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 1985), 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