As you may have noticed, we tend to pick each month here in the **First Names First **male and female names that both start with the same letter. We had Clint two weeks ago, now it’s time for Claire. So, take your pick! Find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!

Claire Waldoff* (b Clara Wortmann ) cabaret singer – Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, German Empire (1884)
Claire Adams* silent film actress/ benefactor – Winnipeg, MB Canada (1898)

Claire Rayner* (b Chetwynd) nurse/ journalist/advice columnist – Stepney, London, England (1931)
Claire Bloom* actress – Finchley, Middlesex, England (1931)

Claire Chazal* journalist/ romance writer/television news director – Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France (1956)
Claire Backhouse-Sharpe* (b Backhouse) badminton player/coach – Vancouver, BC Canada (1958)

Claire Fox* journalist/ writer/politician – Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, England (1960)
Claire King* (b Seed) actress (Emmerdale) - Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1962)

Claire Ward* politician – North Shields, Northumberland, England (1972)
Claire Castillon* writer – Boulogne-Billancourt, France (1975)
Claire Williams* motorsport executive – Windsor, Berkshire, England (1976)
Claire Hooper*  stand-up comedian/ television and radio presenter/writer – Perth, WA Australia (1976)
Claire Richards* singer/songwriter/dancer – Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (1977)
Claire Danes* actress – Manhattan, NY USA (1979) pic

Claire Coffee* actress – San Francisco, CA USA (1980)
Claire Foy* actress – Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (1984)
Claire Buffie* photographer – Indianapolis, IN USA (1986)
Claire Holt* actress – Brisbane, QLD Australia (1988)

Claire Kerrane* Sinn Féin politician – Frenchpark, County Roscommon, Ireland (1992)
Claire Wineland* activist/entrepreneur/author – Austin, TX USA (1997)

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