Cleland (surname)

Cleland is a surname of Scottish origin.

People named Cleland

 * Alec Cleland (born 1970), Scottish footballer
 * Andrew N. Cleland (born 1961), American physicist
 * Carol Cleland (born 1948), American philosopher
 * Cook Cleland (1916–2007), US air race pilot
 * David Cleland, co-founder of the Nature Foundation in South Australia in 1981
 * David I. Cleland (1926–2018), US engineer, academic and author of project management textbooks
 * Donald Cleland (1901–1975), Australian soldier and administrator
 * E. Davenport Cleland (1854–1928), journalist and mine manager in South Australia and Western Australia
 * Edward Erskine Cleland (1869–1943), South Australian jurist
 * Hance Cleland (1884–1859), American politician
 * James Cleland (footballer) (1870–1940), Scottish (soccer) footballer
 * James Cleland (politician) (1839–1908), Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada
 * James Cleland (statistician) (1770–1840) was a Scottish statistician and historical writer
 * James William Cleland (1874–1914), Scottish politician
 * Jane Cleland-Huang, English-born American software engineer
 * Joan Burton Cleland (1916–2000), South Australian ornithologist
 * John Cleland (disambiguation), multiple people, including
 * John Cleland (1709–1789), English novelist.
 * John Cleland (racing driver) (born 1952), Scottish racing driver
 * John Burton Cleland (1878–1971), South Australian microbiologist and naturalist
 * John Fullerton Cleland (1821–1901), missionary in China and South Australian public servant
 * John Cleland (anatomist) (1835–1925), Regius Professor of Anatomy (Glasgow)
 * John R. D. Cleland, US major general, of 8th Infantry Division (United States)


 * Marshall Cleland (1912–1958), Canadian equestrian champion
 * Max Cleland (1942–2021), American politician
 * Rachel Cleland (1906–2002), Australian expatriate community and social welfare worker
 * Ralph Erskine Cleland (1892–1971), American botanist
 * Robert Hardy Cleland (born 1947), US District Judge
 * Tammy Cleland (born 1975), US swimmer
 * Thomas Maitland Cleland (1880–1964), US book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer
 * Victoria Cleland (born 1970), Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
 * William Cleland (poet) (c. 1661–1689), Scottish poet and soldier
 * W. Wallace Cleland (1930–2013), US biochemistry professor