Clare (given name)

Women

• Saint Clare of Assisi, foundress of the Order of Poor Ladies and companion of Saint Francis
• Saint Clare of Montefalco, Augustinian Catholic saint
• Blessed Clare of Rimini, beatified Poor Clare nun
• Clare Abbott, South African artist
• Clare Adamson, British politician
• Clare Akamanzi, Rwandan politician
• Clare Asquith, British scholar
• 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 Hastings, British author, fashion journalist, stylist and costume designer
• Clare Kummer, American composer, lyricist and playwright
• Clare Boothe Luce, American writer, politician, and ambassador
• Clare Maguire, British singer-songwriter
• Clare Martin, Australian politician
• Clare McCann, Irish/Australian actress, singer, dancer, filmmaker and activist
• Clare Moody, British politician
• Clare Nasir, British meteorologist
• Clare Nott, Australian wheelchair basketball player
• Clare Parnell, British astrophysicist and applied mathematician
• Clare Potter, American fashion designer
• Clare Short, British politician
• Clare Twomey, British artist
• Clare Venema, Australian model
• Clare Wheatley, British football player and administrator

  Men

• Clare Briggs, American comic strip artist
• Clare Drake, Canadian retired ice hockey head coach
• Clare Victor Dwiggins, American cartoonist and illustrator
• Clare Fischer, American musician
• Clare Hoffman, United States Representative from Michigan's 4th congressional district.
• Clare Jacobs, American pole vaulter
• George "Clare" Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
• Clare W. Graves, professor of psychology

  Fictional characters

• Clare Devlin in Derry Girls
• Clare in the British comic strip Clare in the Community
• Clare, the main character from the manga and anime Claymore
• Clare in the series Power Rangers: Mystic Force
• Clare Abshire in the novel The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Clare Arnold in Beverly Hills, 90210
• Clare Devine in British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Clare Edwards in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Clare Quilty, a male character in Lolita
• Clare Kendry in Nella Larsen's novel Passing
• Eywa Clare Harrison in the book "The sea is worried once" by author Eywa Harris.