Clare (given name)
Clare is a given name, the medieval English form of Clara. The related name Clair was traditionally considered male, but Clare and Claire are usually female.
It is very often associated with the Irish County Clare. That name was derived from the Irish word given to a small bridge that crossed the River Fergus near the town of Ennis in what is now County Clare.
Women
- Clare of Assisi, saint, foundress of the Order of Poor Ladies and companion of Saint Francis
- Clare of Montefalco, Augustinian Catholic saint, nun and abbess
- Clare of Rimini, beatified Poor Clare nun
- Clare Abbott (artist), South African artist
- Clare Abbott (equestrian), Irish eventing rider
- Clare Adamson, British politician
- Clare Akamanzi, Rwandan politician
- Clare Asquith, British scholar
- Clare Athfield, New Zealand interior designer
- Clare Atwood, British painter
- Clare Azzopardi, Maltese writer
- Clare Bailey, British politician
- Clare Balding, British sports presenter
- Clare Baldwin, American journalist
- Clare Buckfield, English actress
- Clare Colvin, British writer
- Clare Eichner, American distance runner
- Clare Gass, Canadian military nurse and social worker
- Clare Grey, British chemist
- Clare Grogan, British musician
- Clare Hastings, British author, fashion journalist, stylist and costume designer
- Clare Hocking, New Zealand's first occupation therapy professor
- Clare Hunt, Australian footballer
- Clare Kummer, American composer, lyricist and playwright
- Clare Lombardelli, British economist
- Clare Boothe Luce, American writer, politician and ambassador
- Clare Maguire, British singer-songwriter
- Clare Martin, Australian politician
- Cläre Mjøen, German-Norwegian translator and women's rights activist
- Clare Moody, British politician
- Clare Mulley, British author and historian
- Clare Nasir, British meteorologist
- Clare Nott, Australian wheelchair basketball player
- Clare Nowland, Australian nonagenarian who died after being tasered by police
- Clare Parnell, British astrophysicist and applied mathematician
- Clare Polkinghorne, Australian footballer
- Clare Potter, American fashion designer
- Clare Short, British politician
- Clare Twomey, British artist
- Clare Venema, Australian model
- Clare Wheatley, British football player and administrator
- Clare Wheeler, Australian footballer
- Clare Whitfield, English writer
Men
- Clare Hibbs Armstrong, United States Army general
- Clare Berryhill, American politician
- Clare Briggs, American comic strip artist
- Clare Bice, Canadian artist
- Clare Barnes Jr., American author and art director
- Clare Baker, English cricketer
- Clare Carlson, American politician
- Clare Drake, Canadian retired ice hockey head coach
- Clare Victor Dwiggins, American cartoonist and illustrator
- Clare Exelby, Canadian football player
- Clare Fischer, American musician
- Clare Ford, English diplomat
- Clare G. Fenerty, American politician
- Clare Grundman, American composer and arranger
- Clare W. Graves, American professor of psychology
- Clare Hunter, American football and basketball coach
- Clare Hoffman, United States Representative from Michigan's 4th congressional district
- Clare Jacobs, American pole vaulter
- Clare Laking, Canadian veteran of the First World War
- Clare Mapledoram, Canadian politician
- George "Clare" Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
- Clare Magee, American lawyer and politician
- Clare MacKichan, American engineer and automobile designer
- Clare Patterson, American outfielder and baseball
- Clare Purcell, American bishop
- Clare Randolph, American football player
- Clare Raglan, Canadian ice hockey player
- Clare Sewell Read, British agriculturist and politician
- Clare Retan, American lawyer and politician
- Clare Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
- Clare H. Timberlake, American diplomat
- Clare Wakshinski, Canadian professional hockey player
- Clare Woolwine, American politician
- Clare Westcott, Canadian politician
- Clare Jack Wheeler, American football player
- Clare Wilson, English professional footballer
Fictional characters
- Clare, the main character from the manga and anime Claymore
- Clare (Power Rangers), in the series Power Rangers: Mystic Force
- Clare, in the British comic strip Clare in the Community
- Clare Abshire in the novel The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Clare Arnold in the 1990s television drama Beverly Hills, 90210
- Clare Bleecker in Don Roff's novel Clare at Sixteen, its sequels and a movie adaptation
- Clare Devine in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Clare Devlin in Derry Girls
- Clare Edwards in the Canadian television drama Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Clare Fishburn in Annie Dillard's novel The Living
- Clare Kendry in Nella Larsen's novel Passing
- Clare Quilty, a male character in ''Lolita''