Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Eric Clapton
English guitarist, singer, and songwriter
Eric Patrick Claptonis an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rollin...

Gary Clark
American musician
Gary Lee Clark Jr.is an American musician from Austin, Texas. He is known for his fusion of blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop. In 2011 Clark signed with Warner Bros Records and relea...

Richard (Rylan Clark) Clark
English broadcaster
Ross Richard Clark, known professionally asRylan Clarkor mononymously as Rylan, is an English broadcaster. He finished in fifth place on the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, and the following yea...

Morfydd Clark
Welsh actress
Morfydd Clarkis a Welsh actress, best known for playing Galadriel in the Amazon Prime series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–). She received a number of accolades for her performance i...

Wyndham Clark
American professional golfer
Wyndham Robert Clarkis an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. In May 2023, he won the Wells Fargo Championship for his first PGA Tour win; the following month, he won his first maj...

Gregory David Clark
Politician
Gregory David Clark(born 28 August 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells since 2005. Clark was born in Middlesbrough and stud...

Arnold Clark
Scottish billionaire businessman
Sir John Arnold Clarkwas a Scottish billionaire businessman. Clark opened a showroom in Glasgow in 1954 and found some success selling cars. He expanded his business and Arnold Clark Automobiles becam...

Wendy Clark
Interim Chief Executive at National Health Service Blood and Transport
Wendy Clarkis an experienced digital technology leader and CIO with a track record of delivering transformation. Career Wendy has worked across the private and public sectors and multiple industries, ...

Emilia Clarke
English actress
Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarkeis an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received nominat...

Simon Clarke
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Simon Richard Clarkeis a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities since 2022. He served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022. A member...

Noel Clarke
English actor
Noel Anthony Clarkeis an English actor, writer, director, and producer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who (2005–2006, 2008, 2010), he received critical acclaim for writing, d...

Victoria Clarke
Irish journalist and writer
Victoria Mary Clarkeis an Irish journalist and writer who has written for newspapers and magazines in Britain and Ireland; she has also appeared on Irish reality television shows. She is known for her...

Brendan Clarke-smith
British Conservative Party politician
Brendan Clarke-Smithis a British Conservative Party politician and former teacher serving as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office between September and October 2022. He served as Parliamenta...

Jeremy Clarkson
English broadcaster
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarksonis an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes Top Gear and The Grand Tour alo...

Sabrina Claudio
American singer and songwriter
Sabrina Claudiois an American singer and songwriter. In late 2016, Claudio uploaded several songs to SoundCloud, before compiling a select collection as part of her debut extended play, Confidently Lo...

Adam Clayton
English-Irish musician
Adam Charles Claytonis an English-Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. Born in Oxfordshire, England, he lived in County Dublin, Ireland after his family moved to Malahide in 1...

Jonny Clayton
Welsh professional darts player
Jonny Claytonis a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 7. Nicknamed The Ferret, he won the PDC World Cup of Dar...

Christopher Cleanshaw
English television producer
Christopher Clenshawis an English television producer, known for serving as the current executive producer of the BBC soap opera EastEnders since 2022. Life and career Early life and television produc...

Susan Cleaver
English actress
Susan Cleaveris an English actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Eileen Grimshaw on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, which she played from 2000 to 2025. In 2024 Cleaver became a p...

John Cleese
English actor
John Marwood Cleeseis an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a s...