Clarice Explained
Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, originally used in reference to the nuns of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare, whose own name ultimately derives from Latin: {{linktext|clara ("clear" and "bright").
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 Y. Hashimoto, American politician
- 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
See also
