Richard Clarke or Clerke (died 1634) was an eminent scholar, translator and preacher in the Anglican Church.
Clarke was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and was a Fellow there from 1583 to 1598.
He served in the First Westminster Company that was charged with translating the first twelve books of the King James Version of the Bible.
A large folio volume of his sermons was published posthumously by Charles White, M.A., in London in 1637.
His will included legacies to the Cathedral Library,[2] to Christ's Hospital and to the parish of Minster-in-Thanet.