Clack
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Last name
- Boyd ClackBoyd ClackBoyd Clack is a Welsh writer, actor, and musician.He was born in Vancouver, Canada but grew up in Tonyrefail in Wales. His acting credits include Twin Town, High Hopes and Satellite City. He also co-wrote both High Hopes and Satellite City...
, Welsh writer, actor and musician. - Brenda ClackBrenda ClackBrenda Clack is an African-American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a Democrat and was until 2009 a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. She represented the 34th House District , which is located in Genesee County, and includes much of the city of Flint...
, politician. - Barbara Cooper Clack, world water skiing championWorld water skiing champions- List of Tournament World champions - Men & Women :- List of Ski Racing World Champions:- List of Cable Ski World champions - Men & Women :-1980s:1982*Willa Cook, Deleon Springs, Florida, *Ralph Samuelson, deceased, *Richard Pope, deceased,...
- Darryl Clack, player of American football for the Dallas Cowboys in 19861986 Dallas Cowboys seasonThe Dallas Cowboys concluded the 1986 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing without a winning record for the first time since 1965....
- H. Earl Clack, who has two Historic Places in Montana named after him.
- Michael Clack, leader of the Chalk Farm Salvation Army BandChalk Farm Salvation Army BandThe Chalk Farm Band is brass band of the Salvation Army located at the Salvation Army Centre in Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London, England. It is one of the best known brass bands of the Salvation Army in the UK.-Brief history:...
- Jennifer A. ClackJennifer A. ClackJennifer Alice Clack, FRS, is an English paleontologist, an expert in the field of evolutionary biology. She studies the "fish to tetrapod" transition— the origin, evolutionary development and radiation of early tetrapods and their relatives among the lobe-finned fishes...
, paleonthologist and evolution specialist. - Jill Elizabeth Clack, member of the Greater London CouncilMembers of the Greater London CouncilThe following people served as Members of the Greater London Council, either as councillors or Aldermen. The polling days were:* April 9, 1964 * April 13, 1967...
from 1981 to 1986 - Jim ClackJim ClackJames Thomas Clack was an American football guard in the National Football League. He played for 11 seasons between 1971 and 1981. He died of heart failure in 2006, after a four-year battle with cancer....
, player of American football. - Kris ClackKris ClackKris Clack is an American professional basketball player, formerly for the University of Texas.During his college career he scored 1,592 points and grabbed 771 rebounds. He was the first McDonald's High School All-American in school history...
, basketball player. - Peter ClackPeter ClackPeter Clack is a former drummer with the rock band AC/DC. He joined the band in April 1974, joining Malcolm Young , Angus Young , Dave Evans and Rob Bailey ....
, rock and roll drummer. - Spencer Clack, pioneer who settled in Sevierville, TennesseeSevierville, TennesseeSevierville is a city in Sevier County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern United States. Its population was 11,757 at the 2000 United States Census; in 2004 the estimated population was 14,101. Sevierville is the county seat of Sevier County, Tennessee....
- William Clack, committee chair of the Greater London Council from 1977 to 1981
- William Sydney Clack, member of the Greater London CouncilMembers of the Greater London CouncilThe following people served as Members of the Greater London Council, either as councillors or Aldermen. The polling days were:* April 9, 1964 * April 13, 1967...
from 1970 to 1981 - Zoanne ClackZoanne ClackZoanne Clack , also known as Zoanne Arnette, is an American television producer, writer, story editor, actress, and medical doctor/consultant. Clack's most notable work has been on the medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, in which she has served as executive story editor for twenty-three episodes,...
, television producer, writer, story editor and actress.
Fictional
- Drusilla Clack, a character in the 1868 novel The MoonstoneThe MoonstoneThe Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. The story was originally serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are considered Wilkie...
. - Clack the Miller, a character in the 1662 play Grim the Collier of CroydonGrim the Collier of CroydonGrim the Collier of Croyden; or, The Devil and his Dame: with the Devil and Saint Dunston is a seventeenth-century play of uncertain authorship, first published in 1662. The play's title character is an established figure of the popular culture and folklore of the time who appeared in songs and...
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See also
- Clack Island (Queensland)
- Clacks, a fictional communications system
- Clackers (disambiguation)Clackers (disambiguation)Clackers may refer to:* Clackers, a 1970s toy* A term for editorial staff at the fictional fashion magazine in the novel The Devil Wears Prada* A term for computer operators in the novel The Difference Engine....
- Clack Mill Brook,now known as Siston BrookSiston BrookSiston Brook rises in two separate streams which issue from a ridge just north of the village of Siston, South Gloucestershire, England. The brook is approximately long and is a tributary of the Bristol Avon. Much of its course is through the eastern suburbs of Bristol, although it remains...
, in South Gloucestershire, England - Onomatopoeia
- A clack or Norse mill is also a type of watermillWatermillA watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
- Clackamas (disambiguation)