Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, which ultimately derives from clara ("clear" and "bright"). It can also be a female form of the male name Clarence.
It may refer to:
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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 Herzog (born 1941), Brazilian sociologist and human rights activist
Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), Ukrainian writer naturalized in Brazil.
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 Osiecki (1934–2007), American politician
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
Milady "Clarice" de Winter, one of the main antagonists of The Three Musketeers
Clarice Starling, in the Hannibal Lecter series
Clarice, in the short film Two Chips and a Miss and the Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life TV series