'''Clemens''' is a Late Latin, German, and Dutch masculine given name and a surname, meaning "merciful".
Notable people with the name include:
==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
==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 * Christopher Clemens, American astronomer * Conrad Clemens (born 1983), German politician * 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 * Joachim Clemens (1931–2018), German politician * 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
==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
== See also == * Mount Clemens, Michigan, American city ** Mount Clemens High School * Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens, gardens in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA * Clemens Automobile Company Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Iowa * Clemens church, Swedish church building * Clemens Markets, former supermarket chain in Pennsylvania, USA * Clemons (surname) * Clemons (disambiguation) * Clemmons (disambiguation) * Clement (name), the English form of the name * Clemente, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of the name * Kliment (disambiguation), a Slavic form of the name * Klemen, another Slavic form of the name * Klemens (given name), another German form of the name
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