# Clemens

Clemens is a Late Latin, German, and Dutch masculine given name and a surname, meaning "merciful".
Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Adelaide Clemens (born 1989), Australian actress
* Andrew Clemens (1857–1894), American folk artist
* Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, 4th century Roman poet
* Avery Jae Clemens, Australian model and social media influencer
* Barry Clemens (born 1943), American basketball player
* Bert A. Clemens (1874–1935), American politician
* Brian Clemens (1931–2015), British screenwriter and television producer
* Clayton Clemens, American Professor of Government
* Christopher Clemens, American astronomer
* Dan Clemens (1945–2019), American politician
* Gabriel Clemens (born 1983), German darts player
* George T. Clemens (1902–1992), American cinematographer
* Harold W. Clemens (1918–1998), American politician
* C. Herbert Clemens (born 1939), American mathematician
* Isaac Clemens (1815–1880), Canadian farmer and politician
* Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. 1510 to 1515–1555 or 1556), Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
* James Clemens (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jean Clemens (1880–1909), youngest daughter of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
* Jeremiah Clemens (1814–1865), U.S. senator and novelist
* Josef Clemens (born 1947), German bishop
* Joseph Clemens (1862–1936), American missionary and plant collector
* Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1671–1723), German archbishop
* Kellen Clemens (born 1983), American football player
* Koby Clemens (born 1986), American baseball player
* Kody Clemens (born 1996), American baseball player
* Marcus Arrecinus Clemens (disambiguation), multiple people
* Martin Clemens, British World War II soldier and Solomon Islands coastwatcher
* Mary Strong Clemens (1873–1968), American botanist and plant collector
* Mazie E. Clemens (1890s–1952), American journalist and WWI war correspondent
* Olivia 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 player
* Pierre Clemens (born 1970) Belgian visual artist
* Roger Clemens (born 1962), American baseball player
* Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), American author
* Sherrard Clemens (1820–1881), American politician and lawyer
* Titus Flavius Clemens (consul), great-nephew of the Roman Emperor Vespasian and (as Flavius Clemens) a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church
* William Clemens (film director) (1905–1980), American film director

## Given name

* Clemens (rapper), (born 1979), real name Clemens Legolas Telling, Danish rapper, singer, music writer, actor
* Clemens (impostor) (died c. 15 AD), ancient Roman
* Clemens Alexandrinus (Clement of Alexandria, c. 150–c. 215), Christian theologian
* Clemens Arnold (born 1978), German field hockey player
* Clemens Baeumker (1853–1924), German historian of philosophy
* Clemens Bollen (born 1948), German politician
* Clemens Brentano (1778–1842), German poet and novelist
* Clemens Denhardt (1852–1929), German explorer of Africa
* Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer
* Clemens Maria Hofbauer (1751–1820), patron saint of Vienna
* Clemens Holzmeister (1886–1983), Austrian architect
* Clemens Kalischer (1921–2018), German-American photographer
* Clemens von Ketteler (1853–1900), German diplomat
* Clemens Klotz (1886–1969), German architect
* Clemens Krauss (1893–1954), Austrian conductor
* Clemens Rehbein (born 1992), German musician
* Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878–1946), German count, Bishop of Münster, and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* Clemens von Pirquet (1874–1929), Austrian scientist and pediatrician
* Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony (1739–1812), Saxon prince, Archbishop-Elector of Trier, Prince-Bishop of Freising, Prince-Bishop of Regensburg and Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
* Clemens Westerhof (born 1940), Dutch football manager
* Clemens Wilmenrod (1906–1967), German television cook
* Clemens Winkler (1838–1904), German chemist

## Fictional characters

* Dr. Jonathan Clemens, a character in the 1992 film Alien 3 played by the British Actor Charles Dance
* Clemens, a slave in the Cambridge Latin Course