Clara

Clara Bow! I find this name pretty, and I’ve used it on one of my own characters before - not named after the actress though.

Clara Osward was a companion in the TV show "Doctor Who". Played by Jenna Coleman.

Clara Alexandra Lukasiak (born August 17, 2009) is the youngest daughter of Marc and Christi Lukasiak and is the younger sister of Chloe Lukasiak. She appeared from “The Competition Begins” to “Lights! Camera! Dance” in Lifetime series, “Dance Moms”.

Clara is a playable character in Honkai: Star Rail.

Clara Gregory Baer (1863 – 1938) was an American physical education instructor and women's sports pioneer. Baer introduced the first teacher certification course for physical education in the Southern United States, and authored the first published rules of women's basketball. She also developed the sport of Newcomb ball and played a role in the early development of netball.

Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County, California.

Clara Sorrenti (born 3/25/1994) is a transgender rights activist and Twitch streamer from Canada.

María Clara, whose full name is María Clara de los Santos, is the mestiza heroine in Noli Me Tángere, a novel by José Rizal, the national hero of the Republic of the Philippines. Her name and character has since become a byword in Filipino culture for the traditional, feminine ideal.

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The María Clara gown, sometimes referred to as Filipiniana dress or traje de mestiza, is a traditional dress worn by women in the Philippines. It is an aristocratic version of the baro't saya. It takes its name from María Clara, the mestiza protagonist of the novel Noli Me Tángere, penned in 1887 by Filipino nationalist José Rizal. It is traditionally made out of piña, the same material used for the barong tagalog. The barong tagalog (lit. "Tagalog dress"), more commonly known simply as barong (and occasionally baro), is an embroidered long-sleeved formal shirt for men and a national dress of the Philippines.

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The baro’t saya or baro at saya (literally "blouse and skirt") is a traditional dress ensemble worn by women in the Philippines. It is a national dress of the Philippines and combines elements from both the precolonial native Filipino and colonial Spanish clothing styles. It traditionally consists of four parts: a blouse (baro or camisa), a long skirt (saya or falda), a kerchief worn over the shoulders (pañuelo, fichu, or alampay), and a short rectangular cloth worn over the skirt (the tapis or patadyong).

It reminds me of Clara from the nutcracker!

Chloe Lukasiak (2009-) is the youngest daughter of former Dance Moms star Christi Lukasiak and younger sister of former Dance Moms star Chloe Lukasiak. She has been featured in part on the TV show, often in the background of clips.

"Clara is a reoccurring character in FNaF: SL. She is Vlad's wife in The Immortal and The Restless. She is voiced by Amber Lee Connors".

There's Clara Sesemann from 'Heidi' by Johanna Spyri. She is a sweet girl with weak legs. She learns to walk by the end of the book. Clara likes books and kittens. She wears pretty dresses.

Clara Buhalmet is one of the twins in Fran Bow. She lives with her sister in a pink cottage at the bottom of a well.

Clara Dao encourages other women to love their small or flat chests. She's all about body positivity and self-love because she knows what it's like to be in a dark place. She spreads love and light. She is strong, vulnerable, beautiful and real.

There's Clara Oswald.

Okay so- I just scrolled through the "Famous" section and there's no mention of Clara Barton (although her name was technically Clarissa). Clara Barton was an independent nurse during the Civil War and was the first president of the American Red Cross. [noted -ed]

Clara Zetkin (5 July 1857 – 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights. Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, then she joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and its far-left wing, the Spartacist League; this later became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), which she represented in the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933.

Clara Maniu (born Clara Coroianu; 1842–1929) was a Romanian feminist and suffragist. She was the president of the Romanian women's movement organisation Reuniunea Femeilor Române Sălăjene (R.F.R.S) from 1881 to 1897. She married Ioan Maniu in 1865, and among their children was Iuliu Maniu.

Clara Petrella (March 28, 1914 in Greco Milanese – November 19, 1987 in Milan) was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, an outstanding singing-actress nicknamed the "Duse of Singers".

Clara Calamai (7 September 1909 – 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress. She was one of the most famous and popular Italian actresses in the 1930s and 1940s, sharing the limelight with actresses such as Alida Valli, Valentina Cortese, and rivals, Doris Duranti, Luisa Ferida and Isa Miranda. She was a charming and versatile actress who starred in both dramas and comedies of the telefoni bianchi style.

Clara Peeters, a still-life painter from Antwerp and the best-known female Flemish artist of this era. She was one of the few women artists working professionally in seventeenth-century Europe, despite restrictions on women's access to artistic training and membership in guild.

Clara Immerwahr was the first woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry in Germany, and is credited with being a pacifist as well as a women's rights activist. She was married to the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Fritz Haber.

Clara Kramer, author of “Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival“, a memoir about her life in Nazi occupied Poland, where she and several other Polish Jews spent 20 months hiding in a bunker beneath a house. The book was first published in 2009. She is a founder of the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University in New Jersey.

Clara Thompson, a psychoanalyst and co-founder of the William Alanson White Institute. Author of “Psychoanalysis: Evolution and Development”. She also published articles and books about the psychology of women.

Clara de Hirsh - a baroness, Belgian businesswoman and philanthropist, who founded Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls in New York city to improve the girls' overall condition and to train them for self-support.

Clara Kimball Young was an American actress in the early silent film era.

Clara Brown, also known as the “Angel of the Rockies” - a community leader, prosperous entrepreneur and philanthropist during the time of Colorado's Gold Rush.

Clara Haskil was a world famous classical pianist, and a good friend of Charlie Chaplin. She was particularly known for her performances and recordings of Mozart. She was also noted as a distinguished interpreter of Beethoven, Schumann, and Scarlatti.

Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. She did civil rights advocacy at a time before women had the right to vote and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.

Clara Alexandra Lukasiak is a youtuber with over 100,000 subscribers and younger sister of dancer and actress, Chloe.

Clara Henry is a Swedish YouTuber.

YouTube vloggers 'A Griffiths Life Vlogs' recently named their daughter Clara Jane.

The German Marxist Theorist and Feminist Clara Zetkin is a famous bearer. She was awesome.

Clara Strauch is a Swedish-American singer.

Clara Petacci, known as Claretta Petacci was a mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, and was executed with him by partisans. Petacci had a long-standing relationship with Mussolini while he was married to Rachele Mussolini. Benito was 28 years older than Petacci.

Clara is the name of the little girl who dances in the Nutcracker, though her name is sometimes Marie. If I have a daughter, I'd like to combine the two and name her Clara Marie (as a first name, not a first and middle! Her middle name would be Isabelle). :)

Clara is the name of the lovely old Hollywood actress, Clara Bow. It's also the name of bassist Flea's oldest daughter. I love this name! I think it's pretty.

I love the name Clara! I'm pregnant with my first and, if it's a girl, Clara is definitely in the running for top names. I also love that Mark Twain's daughter was named Clara.

CLARA OSWIN OSWALD! (Doctor Who).

Name given to the protagonist of the book "La casa de los Espíritus" or House of Spirits by author Isabel Allende in 1982.

Actress Clara Kimball Young (1890-1960).

Clara Bow was an American actress who was popular during the silent film era.

In John Sanford's novel "Certain Prey", one of the antagonists is a hitwoman named Clara Rinker.

Clara Hughes is a famous Canadian with this name. She has won six Olympic medals- both in the summer (cycling) and winter (speed skating) olympics. It seems a lot of strong women throughout history have had this name. It is my daughter's name and I love it! It is soft, feminine and cute, but also strong and sophisticated enough for a grown woman.

Famed country singer Loretta Lynn's mother was named Clara.

Famous fictional bearers - Clara Copperfield, the lovely young mother of Dicken's David Copperfield - and Clara Peggoty, her servant and confidante, who's also David's nurse.

Clara Cluck, a character from the Disney cartoons who is a hen and the best friend of Daisy Duck.

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I've never quite understood why people tend to associate this name with the cow Clarabelle from Disney, when there is a character with the name Clara!

Clara Clayton was the lady that "Doc" Emmet Brown married in Back to the Future III.

Actor Ewan McGregor has a daughter named Clara Mathilde.

Clara is the name Gregory Maguire used for the Cinderella figure in his novel 'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,' an adult retelling of Cinderella.

How has anyone not mentioned Clara Bow, the original Hollywood It-Girl? I love the name Clara, but only when pronounced the European way- Clah-ra, not claire-uh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Bow

Princess Clara from Drawn Together is a famous bearer! :D

Clara del Valle Trueba is the name of a visionary/telekinetic character in Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits."

You also have Clara Hitler, Adolf's mom. I guess the poor woman is not to blame for having such a monster of a son.
My daughter's name is Clara for no other reason that I like it. But of all the famous bearers, I choose Clara Schumann, a woman ahead of her time.

Yes, Clara was a character in Heidi. It's also the name of Dean's younger sister on Gilmore Girls.

I think Clara was a character in the book Heidi.

Clara Petacci (Claretta Petacci) (February 28, 1912 – April 28, 1945) was a young Roman girl from an upper-class family who became Benito Mussolini's mistress. Her father had been the personal physician to the Pope. She was twenty-nine years younger than Mussolini.

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When Mussolini was captured by Communist partisans in April 1945, it is said that Petacci was offered the opportunity to escape, but she firmly refused and instead tried to protect Mussolini with her body. The Duce was then shot immediately after her. On the following day, April 29, 1945, at the Piazzale Loreto in Milan, Mussolini and Petacci's bodies, along with four others, were hanged upside down at an Esso gas station and photographed as a crowd vented their rage upon them.

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Petacci is apparently respectfully considered in Italy; without reference to politics, but only as a woman who did not abandon the man she loved in times of trouble.

Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann (September 13, 1819 – May 20, 1896), wife of composer Robert Schumann, was one of the leading pianists of the Romantic era as well as a composer.

In the opera "The Light in The Piazza" Clara is the main girl who falls in love with an Italian boy named Fabrizio and whose mother tries to keep them apart.

Another famous historical figure to bear the name Clara is Clara Wieck Schumann, a renowned composer and pianist of the Romantic period. She was quite beautiful and married Robert Schumann, and befriended Johannes Brahms, two other prominent romantic period musicians. She was one of the few women in this field and pursued it while taking care of seven children. She was an amazing person, and the reason I started liking the name Clara so much.

A famous bearer of this name was American silent film actress Clara Bow.

Clara is the name of the main girl in the ballet The Nutcracker.