Clare (surname)
Clare is a surname of English or Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Clare
- Alex Clare (born 1985), English singer-songwriter
- Alfred Clare (1851–1912), English Registrar
- Alys Clare (real name Elizabeth Harris, born 1944), author of English historical whodunnit novels
- Anthony Clare (1942–2007), Irish psychiatrist and broadcaster
- Cassandra Clare (real name Judith Rumelt, born 1973), American author of young adult fiction
- Craig Clare (born 1984), New Zealand professional rugby union player
- Daryl Clare (born 1978), Jersey-born Irish professional footballer and manager
- Denny Clare (1853–1928), American baseball player
- Diane Clare (1938–2013), English film and television actress
- Dustin Clare (born 1982), Australian actor
- George Adam Clare (1854–1915), Canadian businessman, manufacturer and politician in Preston, Ontario
- George Clare (writer) (1920–2009), British Jewish author who wrote Last Waltz in Vienna
- George William Burdett Clare (1889–1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Horatio Clare (born 1973), author and journalist
- Ina Clare (1932/1933–2010), British actress
- James Clare (rugby union) (1857–1930)
- James Clare (rugby league) (born 1991)
- Jimmy Clare (born 1959), English footballer
- Jason Clare (born 1972), Australian politician
- Jillian Clare (born 1992), American actress and singer
- John Clare (journalist) (born 1955), English author and journalist
- John Clare (soccer), American soccer coach
- Jonathan Clare (born 1986), English cricketer
- Kerry and Lindsay Clare, Australian wife and husband architects
- Leanne Clare, Australian judge
- Madelyn Clare (1894–1975), American actress
- Mary Clare (1892–1970), English actress
- Natalia Clare (1919–2007), American ballet dancer and instructor
- Octavius Leigh-Clare (1841–1912), English barrister and politician
- Osbert of Clare (died in or after 1158), English monk
- Patti Clare (born 1958), English actress
- Robert Clare (born 1983), English professional football player and manager
- Roy Clare (born 1950), English Royal Navy admiral and senior civil servant
- Sheldon Clare, Canadian politician
- Sidney Clare (1892–1972), American comedian, dancer and composer
- Thomas Clare (cricketer) (1883–1940), English cricketer
- Thomas Clare (monk), medieval English Benedictine monk and university chancellor
- Tommy Clare (1865–1929), English international footballer
- Tom Clare (singer) (1876–1946), British music hall singer
- Tom Clare (footballer) (born 1999), English footballer
- Tom Clare (lawyer), American lawyer
de Clare
- de Clare family, a Norman and English aristocratic family in medieval times
- Amice de Clare (c. 1220–1284), daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford
- Gilbert Fitz Richard known also as Gilbert de Clare (died 1117), lord of Clare, Tonbridge and Ceredigion
- Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1100–1148)
- Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford (1115–1153)
- Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester (1180–1230)
- Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and 7th Earl of Gloucester (1243–1295)
- Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford and 8th Earl of Gloucester (1291–1314)
- Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke (1172–1220)
- Isabella of Gloucester and Hertford (1226-1264)
- Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130–1176)
- Richard fitz Gilbert (1035–1090), 1st Lord of Clare, known as "Robert de Clare"
- Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (1153–1217)
- Walter de Clare (1075–1137), Lord of Nether Gwent
Fictional characters
- Angel Clare in Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Ada Clare in Bleak House