Proper noun
(countable) An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Clark.
Ellipsis of Clarke County.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgMr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace. Eugene Field
I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor. Michael Scheuer
Every apostle or disciple," Mrs. Clarke says, "as much as they're running to follow their savior-they're running just as hard to escape something else. Chuck Palahniuk
I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet. Michael Scheuer
Captain Clarke who had gone out yesterday with eighteen men to bring in the meat we had killed the day before, and to continue the hunt, came in at twelve o'clock. Meriwether Lewis
According to Clarke, the civilian realm is also at risk, noting that the security breaches have already gone beyond stolen credit card numbers, and that potential targets can also include the electric power grid, trains, or the stock market. Source: Internet