Ireland (surname)

Ireland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Ireland (disambiguation)
  • Alexander Ireland (journalist) (1810–1894), Scottish journalist
  • Alexander Ireland (boxer) (1901–1966), British boxer
• Alleyne Ireland (1871–1951), British traveller and author
• Andrew Ireland (disambiguation)
  • Andy Ireland (born 1930), American politician
  • Andrew Ireland (footballer) (born 1953), Australian rules footballer and administrator
  • Andrew Ireland (rower) (born 1982), Canadian rower
• Ann Ireland (1953–2018), Canadian fiction author
• Anne Ireland (1842–1893), English writer and biographer
• Anne Ireland (volleyball) (born 1946), Canadian volleyball player
• Anthony Ireland (disambiguation)
  • Anthony Ireland (actor) (1902–1957), British actor
  • Anthony Ireland (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player
  • Anthony Ireland (cricketer) (born 1984), Zimbabwean cricketer
• Bernard Ireland (????–2019), British naval engineer and writer
• Betty Ireland (born 1946), American politician
• Betty de Courcy Ireland (1911–1999), Irish socialist and anti-war activist
• Brian Ireland (born 1980), American drummer
• Brian de Courcy-Ireland (1900–2001), British naval officer
• Celia Ireland (born 1966), Australian actress
• Charles Thomas Ireland Jr. (1921–1972), American businessman
• Chris Ireland (born 1951), American pharmacist and professor
• Christopher Ireland (born ????), American brigadier general
• Clifford C. Ireland (1878–1930), American politician
• Colin Ireland (1954–2012), British serial killer
• Courtney Ireland (born ????), New Zealand athlete
• Craig Ireland (born 1975), Scottish footballer
• Daniel Frederick Ireland (1949–2016), American-Canadian film producer and director
• Daniel Anthony Ireland (born 1990), Australian football player
• Darwin Ireland (born 1971), American football player
• David Ireland (disambiguation)
  • David Ireland (artist) (1930–2009), American artist
  • David Ireland (author) (1927–2022), Australian novelist
  • David Ireland (colonel) (1832–1864), American soldier
  • David Ireland (playwright) (born 1976), Northern Irish-born playwright and actor
• De Courcy Ireland (1873–1915), Irish cricketer and British Indian Army officer
• Denis Ireland (1894–1974), Irish essayist and political activist
• Dennis Ireland (born 1954), New Zealand motorcycle racer
• Doug Ireland (1946–2013), American journalist
• Eleanor Ireland (born 1926), British computer scientist
• Faith Ireland (born 1942), American judge
• Gail L. Ireland (1895–1988), American attorney and politician
• Gary Ireland (born 1961), Australian cricketer
• George Ireland (disambiguation)
  • George Ireland (businessman) (1801–1879), British businessman
  • George Ireland (English politician) (died 1596), English politician
  • George Ireland (New Zealand politician) (1829–1880), New Zealand politician
  • George Ireland (1913–2001), American basketball coach
• Gilbert Ireland (1624–1675), English politician
• Greg Ireland (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey coach
• Innes Ireland (1930–1993), Scottish race car driver
• Jake Ireland (born 1946), Canadian football referee
• James Ireland (1846–1886), Scottish architect
• James Ireland (musician) (born ????), Australian drummer
• Janna Ireland (born 1985), African-American photographer
• Jeff Ireland (born 1970), American football administrator
• Jerry Ireland (1938–2020), English footballer
• Jill Ireland (1936–1990), English actress
• Jimmie Ireland (1903–1998), Scottish rugby union player
• John Ireland (1914–1992), Canadian-American actor and film director
• John Ireland (disambiguation)
  • John Ireland (theologian) (fl. 1459–1495), Scottish theologian, diplomat, and priest
  • John Ireland (pirate) (1694–1701), American pirate
  • John Ireland (writer), (died 1808), British author
  • John Ireland (Anglican priest) (1761–1842), English Anglican priest and philanthropist
  • John Busteed Ireland (1823–1913), American lawyer, writer, and landowner
  • John Ireland (politician) (1827–1896), American politician
  • John Ireland (archbishop) (1838–1918), American religious leader and academic
  • John Ireland (composer) (1879–1962), English composer
  • John Ireland (philatelist) (1882–1965), British philatelist
  • John Ireland (cricketer) (1888–1970), English amateur cricketer
  • John de Courcy Ireland (1911–2006), Irish historian and activist
  • John Ireland (1914–1992), Canadian-American actor and film director
  • John Ireland (South African musician) (born 1954), South African pop musician
  • John Ireland (sportscaster) (born 1963), American sportscaster
  • Jon Ireland (born 1967), Australian tennis player
• Jordie Ireland (born 1997), Australian musician and producer
• Justina Ireland (born ????), American author
• Karin Ireland (born ????), American author
• Kathy Ireland (born 1963), American model, actress, author, and entrepreneur
• Kenny Ireland (1944–2014), Scottish director and actor
• Kevin Ireland (1933–2023), New Zealand poet
• Kylie Ireland (born 1970), American pornographic actress and radio show host
• Kym Ireland (born 1955), Australian field hockey player
• Lynwood Ireland (born 1942), American politician
• Mardy S. Ireland (born ????), American author and psychoanalyst
• Margaret Ann Ireland (1928–2018), Canadian pianist and radio producer and broadcaster
• Marin Ireland (born 1979), American actress
• Mark Ireland (disambiguation)
  • Mark Ireland (artist) (born 1960), Australian artist, musician and filmmaker
  • Mark Ireland (priest) (born 1960), British Archdeacon of Blackburn
• Mary E. Ireland (1934–1927), American author and translator
• Merritte W. Ireland (1867–1952), Surgeon General of the United States Army
• Mike Ireland (born 1974), Canadian speed skater
• Patricia Ireland (born 1945), American feminist and administrator
• Paul Ireland (born 1970), Scottish actor
• R. Duane Ireland (born ???), American professor and author
• Richard Ireland (disambiguation)
  • Richard Davies Ireland (1816–1877), Australian politician
  • Richard Ireland (rower) (born ????), English rower
• Robert Ireland (disambiguation)
  • Robert Ireland (died 1599) (1532–1599), English politician
  • Robert Livingston Ireland Jr. (1895–1981), American businessman
  • Robert Ireland (footballer, born 1900), Scottish footballer
  • Robert McGregor Innes Ireland (1930–1993), British military officer
  • Robert Ireland (Australian footballer) (born 1948), Australian rules footballer
• Roderick L. Ireland (born 1944), American judge
• Samuel Ireland (1744–1800), British author
• Sean Ireland (born 1969), Canadian speed skater
• Sidney Ireland (1886–1964), English footballer
• Simon Ireland (born 1971), English footballer
• Stephen Ireland (born 1986), Irish footballer
• Thomas James Ireland (1792–1863), British politician
• Tim Ireland (born 1953), American baseball player
• Walter Ireland (tennis) (1882–1932), Romanian tennis player
• Walter Ireland (1923–2010), American politician
• William Ireland (disambiguation)
  • William Ireland (Jesuit) (1636–1679), English Jesuit and martyr falsely accused of conspiring to murder King Charles II
  • William Henry Ireland (1775–1835), English forger of Shakespearean documents and plays
  • William M. Ireland (died 1891), One of the founders of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
  • William Addison Ireland (1880–1935), American cartoonist
  • William Ireland (tennis) (1882–1932), Romanian tennis player
  • William Henry Ireland (politician) (1883–1962), Canadian merchant and political figure
  • Willis "Bill" Ireland (1927–2007), American college football and baseball coach

Ireland is also used as a forename, like in:

• Ireland Baldwin (born 1995), American actress and model
• Ireland Thomas (1875–1955), American stage performer, newspaper columnist, and theater manager

Ireland is also used as a middle name, like in:

• James Ireland Cash Jr. (born 1947), American business academic
• James Ireland Craig (1868–1952), Scottish mathematician and meteorologist
• John Ireland Blackburne (1783–1874), British politician, father of the man born 1817
• John Ireland Blackburne (1817–1893), British army officer and politician, son of the man born 1783
• John Ireland Howe (1793–1876), American inventor
• John Ireland Falconer (1879–1954), Scottish lord provost