Clarence (given name)
Clarence is a masculine given name. It's an Irish variant of Lawrence. Notable people with the name include:
- Clarence 13X, American religious leader and the founder of the Five-Percent Nation
- Clarence Acuña, Chilean professional footballer
- Clarence R. Allen, American geologist
- Clarence Applegran, American football player and basketball coach
- Clarence Ashley, American musician and singer
- Clarence Avant, American music executive and film producer
- Clarence Albert Bacote, American historian and activist
- Clarence Badger, American film director of feature films
- Clarence Bailey, American football player
- Clarence Bamberger, American mining executive, politician and philanthropist
- Clarence Barbour, American Baptist clergyman, educator, and the president of Brown University
- Clarence Barlow, British composer
- Clarence W. Barron, American financial editor and publisher who founded Barron's magazine
- Clarence Beavers, American United States Army sergeant and paratrooper
- Clarence Birdseye, pioneer of frozen food
- Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr., American judge and politician
- Clarence Brown (disambiguation), several people
- Clarence Sinclair Bull, American portrait photographer
- Clarence Burton, American actor
- Clarence G. Burton, American politician
- Clarence M. Burton, American lawyer, businessman, historian and philanthropist
- Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey executive, referee, and soldier
- Clarence Thomas Campbell, Canadian physician, historian and politician
- Clarence Cannon, American politician
- Clarence Carnes, American fugitive
- Clarence Carter, blind US soul singer and musician
- Clarence Holbrook Carter, US painter
- Clarence E. Case, acting governor of New Jersey in 1920
- Clarence Chamberlin, American pioneer of aviation
- Clarence Clark, American tennis player and banker
- Clarence Clemons, American musician, saxophonist for the E Street Band
- Clarence Cummings, American Olympic weightlifter
- Clarence Dart, American World War II fighter pilot and member of the Tuskegee Airmen
- Clarence Delgado, Filipino teen actor
- Clarence DeMar, American marathoner
- Clarence Dill, American politician
- Clarence Dixon, American murderer
- Clarence Darrow, American lawyer
- Clarence Day, American author and cartoonist
- Clarence Dillon, American financier and businessman
- Clarence Dutton, American geologist and US Army officer
- Clarence Ransom Edwards, American general
- Clarence Edwards, American blues musician
- Clarence Elkins, American man who was wrongfully convicted of murder
- Clarence Fok, Hong Kong-Canadian film director and actor
- Clarence Gaines, American college basketball player and coach
- Clarence Geldart, American film actor
- Clarence Gillis, Canadian politician
- Clarence Gilyard, American university professor, actor and author
- Clarence Goodson, US footballer
- Clarence Henry (boxer), American boxer
- Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American rhythm and blues singer and pianist
- Clarence Floyd Hirshfeld, American electrical, mechanical and consulting engineer, and educator
- Clarence Z. Hubbell, American architect
- Clarence Janecek, NFL player
- Clarence Jey, American record producer
- Clarence Johnson, American aeronautical engineer
- Clarence M. Kelley, American law enforcement officer, the Chief of the Kansas City Police Department in Kansas City, Missouri, and the second director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and author
- Clarence Kolster, American film editor
- Clarence Lam, American politician and physician who has served in the Maryland Senate representing the 12th district since 2019
- Clarence F. Leary, American officer in the United States Navy during World War I
- Clarence P. LeMire, judge of the United States Tax Court
- Clarence Long, American politician
- Clarence Lung, American actor
- Clarence Mackay, American financier and philanthropist
- Clarence D. Martin, 11th Governor of the state of Washington
- Clarence R. Martin, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- Clarence Edward Mathias, US Sergeant major, Medal of Honor recipient
- Clarence McNair, American writer and entrepreneur
- Clarence Mitchell Jr., an American civil rights activist and chief lobbyist for the NAACP for nearly 30 years
- Clarence Mitchell III, an American politician and son of Clarence Mitchell Jr.
- Clarence Mitchell IV, an American radio cohost of The C4 And Bryan Nehman Show, former American politician, son of Clarence Mitchell III, and grandson of Clarence Mitchell Jr.
- Clarence Moore (disambiguation), several people
- Clarence Morley, American politician
- Clarence E. Mulford, American writer
- Clarence Nash, American voice actor
- Clarence Charles Newcomer, US District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Clarence Paul Oliver, American geneticist
- Clarence Page, American journalist
- Clarence Paul, American songwriter and record producer
- Clarence Perry, American urban planner, sociologist, author, and educator
- Clarence J. Roberts, Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
- Clarence Ryan, Australian actor
- Clarence Sasser, American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Clarence Saunders (athlete), Bermudian high jumper
- Clarence Saunders (grocer), American retailer, pioneer of supermarkets
- Clarence Scharbauer, American rancher
- Clarence Schmalz, Canadian ice hockey administrator
- Clarence Seedorf, Dutch footballer
- Clarence Richard Silva, American Catholic prelate
- Clarence Smith (disambiguation), several people
- Clarence A. Southerland, Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
- Clarence Stein, American urban planner, architect, and writer
- Clarence Stoner, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Clarence Swensen, American actor
- Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Clarence L. Townes Jr., American businessperson, politician, civic activist
- Clarence J. A. Turner, American jockey
- Clarence W. Turner, American lawyer and politician
- Clarence Watters, American organist
- Clarence N. Weems Jr., American scholar and military officer
- Clarence White, American guitarist and singer
- Clarence Cameron White, American composer
- Clarence Hudson White, American photographer
- Clarence Whitehill, American opera singer
- Clarence Wijewardena, Sri Lankan guitarist and vocalist
- Clarence Williams III, American actor
- Clarence Wiseman, Canadian clergy, tenth general of The Salvation Army
- Clarence Woods, early American ragtime composer
- Clarence Zener, American physicist
In fiction
- Clarence Odbody, a guardian angel from the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life and 1990 film Clarence
- Lumpy Rutherford, a recurring character in Leave It to Beaver, an American TV series
- Clarence Wendle, the titular character in the Cartoon Network TV show Clarence
- The title character of Clarence, a 1988 British TV series, portrayed by Ronnie Barker
- Clarence Callahan, the main antagonist in the 2005 video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- Clarence, a wise and virtuous orangutan who acts as adviser to the chimpanzee leader Khan on the 2017 video game Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier.
- Clarence Bailey, a.k.a Chief, a recurring character in the comic book series Dog Man