Rooney (given name)

Rooney is the given name or common first name of the following people:
 * Rooney Lee (1837–1891), American planter, military general and politician
 * Rooney Mara (born 1985), American actress
 * Rooney Massara, (born 1943) British rower and businessman
 * Rooney Roon, former member of the hip hop group Ultramagnetic MCs
 * Rooney Sweeney (1858 – after 1885), American baseball player