Clarice

Clarice is a given name of Latin and Greek origin. The "Clarice" spelling is the Germanic variant^{[citation needed]} of the Latin Clarus (bright, clear, famous) and the Greek Clarissa (brilliant).^{[citation needed]} It may refer to:

People[]

Pre-modern world[]

• Clarice Orsini (1450–1488), wife of Lorenzo de' Medici and mother of Pope Leo X
• Clarice de' Medici (1493–1528), noblewoman from Florence, granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici

Modern world[]

• Clarice Assad (born 1978), Brazilian composer
• Clarice Beckett (1887–1935), Australian painter
• Clarice Benini (1905–1976), Italian chess master
• Clarice Blackburn (1921–1995), American actress
• Clarice Carson (1929–2015), Canadian opera singer
• Clarice Cliff (1899–1972), British ceramic artist
• Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), Brazilian writer
• Clarice Mayne (1886–1966), English actress
• Clarice McLean (born 1936), American dancer
• Clarice Modeste-Curwen (born 1945), Grenadian politician
• Clarice Morant (1904–2009), American centenarian and caretaker
• Clarice Phelps, African-American nuclear chemist
• Clarice Shaw (1883–1946), Scottish politician
• Clarice Taylor (1917–2011), American actress
• Clarice Tinsley (born 1954), American journalist
• Clarice Vance (1870–1961), American actress

Fictional characters[]

• Milady "Clarice" de Winter, one of the main antagonists of The Three Musketeers
• The protagonist of the Clarice Bean series of children's books by English writer Lauren Child
• Clarice di Lanza, a character in the Arcana Heart video game series
• Clarice Ferguson, alter ego of Blink, a Marvel Comics superheroine
• Clarice Pendragon, sister of Emma Pendragon from Rugrats
• Clarice Starling, in the Hannibal Lecter series
• Clarice, a character in Sesame Street
• Clarice, a reindeer in the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special

See also[]

• Clara (given name)
• Clare (given name)

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