William or Bill Clarke may refer to: Entertainment William Hanna Clarke (1882–1924), dentist, then an artist, from Glasgow, Scotland William Clarke (musician) (1951–1996), blues harmonica player Will Clarke (novelist) (born 1970), American novelist William Clarke, a.k.a. Bunny Rugs, lead singer for the band Third World Politics William Clarke (MP for Amersham) (c. 1575–1626), English MP for Amersham William Clarke (English politician) (c. 1623–1666), English politician and Secretary to the Council of the Army William Clarke (mayor), American mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1869 William Clarke (Australian politician) (1843–1903), Australian businessman and parliamentarian William Clarke (Fabian) (1852–1901), English socialist activist William Aurelius Clarke (1868–1940), Canadian politician in Ontario William Alexander Clarke, a.k.a. Alexander Bustamante (1884–1977), first prime minister of Jamaica Bill Clarke (politician) (born 1933), Canadian MP for Vancouver Quadra, 1973–1984 Sports Football William Clarke (footballer, fl. 1897–1900), English football forward with Lincoln City in the late 1890s William Clarke (footballer, born 1909) (1909–?), for Bradford City Bill Clarke (Australian footballer) (1882–1945), Australian rules footballer Bill Clarke (Canadian football) (1932–2000), Canadian football defensive lineman Bill Clarke (football manager), English Carlisle United F.C. manager, 1933–1935 Bill Clarke (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), English footballer with Sheffield United, Northampton Town and Southampton Bill Clarke (footballer, born 1916) (1916–1986), English footballer with Leicester City, Exeter and Southampton Willie Clarke (footballer) (1878–1940), Scottish footballer Billy Clarke (footballer, born 1987), Irish footballer Cricket William Clarke (cricketer, born 1798) (1798–1856), English cricketer and team manager William Grasett Clarke (1821–1893), English cricketer William Clarke (Barbadian cricketer) (1841–1907), Barbadian cricketer William Clarke (cricketer, born 1846) (1846–1902), English cricketer William Clarke (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1935), English cricketer Other sports Boileryard Clarke (William Jones Clarke, 1868–1959), American Major League Baseball player William Clarke (athlete) (1873–?), British Olympic runner Will Clarke (cyclist) (born 1985), Australian road cyclist Will Clarke (triathlete) (born 1985), British triathlete Bill Clarke (died 2018), British professional wrestler, best known as the masked King Kendo Science William Clarke (apothecary) (1609–1682), English apothecary associated with Isaac Newton William Branwhite Clarke (1798–1878), English geologist and clergyman, active in Australia William Barnard Clarke (1806–1865), English architect, cartographer and translator William Barnard Clarke (physician) (1807–1894), English physician and curator William Eagle Clarke (1853–1938), British ornithologist William Clarke (Canadian physician) (died 1887), Irish-born physician and politician in Ontario, Canada Other people William Clarke (justice) (died c. 1706), Delaware justice, chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court William Clarke (antiquary) (1696–1771), English cleric and antiquary