Clemens is both a Late Latin masculine given name and a surname meaning "merciful". Notable people with the name include:
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Andrew Clemens (b. 1852 or 1857–1894), American folk artistAurelius Prudentius Clemens, 4th century Roman poetBarry Clemens (born 1943), American basketball playerBert A. Clemens (1874-1935), American politicianBrian Clemens (born 1931), British screenwriter and television producerClayton Clemens, American Professor of GovernmentDan Clemens (born 1945), American politicianGeorge T. Clemens (1902–1992), American cinematographerHarold W. Clemens (1918–1998), American politicianC. Herbert Clemens (born 1939), American mathematicianIsaac Clemens (1815–1880), Canadian farmer and politicianJames Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867), American entomologistJacob Clemens non Papa (c. 1510 to 1515–1555 or 1556), Franco-Flemish composer of the RenaissanceJames Clemens, Lord Mayor of Liverpool 1775-6James Clemens, pen name of author James Paul CzajkowskiJames Clemens, Jr. (1791–1878), a US SenatorJean Clemens (1880–1909), youngest daughter of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)Jeremiah Clemens (1814–1865), U.S. senator and novelistJosef Clemens (born 1947), German bishopJoseph Clemens (1862–1936), American missionary and plant collectorJoseph Clemens of Bavaria (1671–1723), German archbishopKellen Clemens (born 1983), American football playerKoby Clemens (born 1986), American baseball playerMarcus Arrecinus Clemens (disambiguation), multiple peopleMartin Clemens, British World War II soldier and Solomon Islands coastwatcherMary Strong Clemens (1873–1968), American botanist and plant collectorOlivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1904), wife of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)Orion Clemens (1825–1897), brother of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)Paul Clemens (born 1988), American baseball playerRoger Clemens (born 1962), American baseball playerSamuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain (1835–1910), authorSherrard Clemens (1820–1881), American politician and lawyerTitus Flavius Clemens (consul), great-nephew of the Roman Emperor Vespasian and (as Flavius Clemens) a saint in the Greek Orthodox ChurchWilliam Clemens (film director) (1905–1980), American film directorGiven name:
Clemens (rapper), (born 1979), real name Clemens Legolas Telling, Danish rapper, singer, music writer, actorClemens (impostor) (d. c. 15 AD), ancient RomanClemens Alexandrinus (Clement of Alexandria, c. 150 – c. 215), Christian theologianClemens Arnold (born 1978), German field hockey playerClemens Baeumker (1853–1924), German historian of philosophyClemens Bollen (born 1948), German politicianClemens Brentano (1778–1842), German poet and novelistClemens Denhardt (1852–1929), German explorer of AfricaClemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballerArno Clemens Gaebelein (1861–1945), Methodist ministerClemens Maria Hofbauer (1751–1820), patron saint of ViennaClemens Holzmeister (1886–1983), Austrian architectClemens Kalischer (born 1921), German-American photographerClemens Klotz (1886–1969), German architectClemens Krauss (1893–1954), Austrian conductorClemens August Graf von Galen (1878–1946), German count, Bishop of Münster, and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic ChurchClemens von Pirquet (1874–1929), Austrian scientist and pediatricianPrince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony (1739–1812), German ArchbishopClemens Westerhof (born 1940), Dutch football managerClemens Wilmenrod (1906–1967), German television cookClemens Winkler (1838–1904), German chemistFictional characters:
Dr. Jonathon Clemens, a character in the 1992 film Alien 3 played by the British Actor Charles DanceSee Cambridge Latin Course for Clemens, a fictional slave