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
 * 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