Notable People Associated With St. Clement Danes
- John Layfield (theologian), one of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible, Rector from 1602 to 1617
- Thomas Otway was buried in the churchyard of St. Clement Danes on 16 April 1685.
- Anthony Young, organist at the church from 1707–1747
- Charles Christian Reisen, gem-engraver, born in the parish of St Clement Danes in 1680
- The Twinings tea family lived and did business in the parish and, consequently, many members of the Twining family were baptised in the church, including the social reformer Louisa Twining in 1820.
- Katherine de Roet, daughter of a Herald, mistress and third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, mother of the Beauforts and ancestor of Tudor and Stuart monarchs, married Sir Hugh Swynford here in c.1366.
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