# 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 (1834–1927), 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), Irish 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