# Irena (name)

Irena is a traditionally European feminine given name.
* Irena Adamowicz (1910–1973), resistance member during World War II
* Irena Andriukaitienė (born 1948), Lithuanian politician
* Irena Bačiulytė (1939–2024), Lithuanian rower
* Irena Bauman, British architect
* Irena Belohorská (born 1948), Slovak politician
* Irena Białówna, Polish physician
* Irena Bihariová (born 1980), Slovak politician
* Irena Bjelica (born 1994), Montenegrin football
* Irena Boclincă, Moldovan theater actress
* Irena Borecká (born 1980), Czech basketball player
* Irena Borowik, Polish publisher
* Irena Brynner (1917–2003), Russian-born American sculptor, jewelry designer, author
* Irena Česneková (born 1972), Czech biathlete
* Irena Creed, Canadian hydrologist
* Irena Degutienė (born 1949), Lithuanian politician and twice acting Prime Minister
* Irena Dousková (born 1964), Czech writer and poet
* Irena Dubiska (1899–1990), Polish violinist
* Irena Dworakowska, Polish entomologist
* Irena Eichlerówna (1908–1990), Polish actress
* Irena Eris (born 1950), Polish physician
* Irena Fleissnerová (born 1958), Czech swimmer
* Irena Gillarová (born 1992), Czech javelin thrower
* Irena Górska-Damięcka (1910–2008), Polish actress and director
* Irena Grafenauer (born 1957), Slovenian classical flautist
* Irena Grudzińska-Gross (born 1946), Polish historian
* Irena Hajnsek (born 1970), professor of Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
* Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz (1917–2015), Polish doctor and neurologist
* Irena Homola-Skąpska (1929–2017), polish historian
* Irena Iłłakowicz (1906–1943), Polish second Lieutenant of the National Armed Forces and intelligence agent
* Irena Jarocka (1946–2012), Polish singer
* Irena Joveva (born 1989), Slovenian politician
* Irena Justine (1993–2016), Indonesian actress
* Irena Jůzová (born 1965), Czech sculptor
* Irena Káňová (1893–1963), Slovak politician
* Irena Karpa (born 1980), Ukrainian writer, journalist and singer
* Irena Kazazić (born 1972), Slovenian painter and writer
* Irena Kempówna (1920–2002), Polish aviator
* Irena Khubulova (born 2001), Russian judoka
* Irena Klepfisz (born 1941), Polish-American author and activist
* Irena Kohont (born 1941), Slovenian singer
* Irena Koprowska (1917–2012), Polish pathologist
* Irena Kosíková, Czech organist and composer
* Irena Kosmowska (1879–1945), Polish educator and politician
* Irena Krzywicka (1899–1994), Polish feminist
* Irena Kuznetsov (born 2002), Israeli footballer
* Irena Kwiatkowska (1912–2011), Polish actress
* Irena Lasiecka (born 1948), Polish-American mathematician
* Irena Laskowska (1925–2019), Polish actress
* Irena Lasota (born 1945), Polish philosopher
* Irena Latinik-Vetulani (1904–1975), Polish biologist
* Irena Lichnerowicz-Augustyn (born 1974), Polish diplomat
* Irena Machovcak (born 1968), Dutch volleyball player
* Irena Majcen, Slovenian agricultural engineer
* Irena Malkiewicz (1911–2004), Polish actress
* Irena Martínková (born 1986), Czech footballer
* Irena Matović (born 1988), Montenegrin basketball player
* Irena Medavoy (born 1958), American actress
* Irena Milnikiel (1933–1989), Polish swimmer
* Irena Milovan (1937–2020), Yugoslav ballet dancer
* Irena Nalepa (born 1951), Polish neuroscientist
* Irena Nawrocka (1917–2008), Polish fencer
* Irena Netto (1899–1992), Polish actress
* Irena Olevsky (born 1974), Australian synchronized swimmer
* Irena Ondrová (1949–2021), Czech politician
* Irena Ossola (born 1988), American cyclist
* Irena Oženko (born 1962), Lithuanian former long jumper
* Irena Pantelic (born 1981), Dutch model
* Irena Pavelková (born 1974), Czech slalom canoer
* Irena Pavlovic (born 1988), French tennis player
* Irena Pawełczyk (born 1934), Polish luger
* Irena Peeva, American mathematician
* Irena Perminienė, Lithuanian former Paralympic athlete
* Irena Petkova, Bulgarian opera singer
* Irena Pfeiffer (1912–1996), Polish composer, conductor and teacher
* Irena Ponaroshku (born 1982), Russian TV host, journalist and blogger
* Irena Popiel (1925–2010), Polish nun
* Irena Radović (born 1978), Montenegrin diplomat
* Irena Roterman-Konieczna, Polish biochemist and researcher
* Irena Santor (born 1934), Polish singer and actress
* Irena Sawicka (1890–1944), Polish archaeologist and ethnographer
* Irena Natalia Sawicka, Polish linguist
* Irena Schusterová (1937–2008), First Lady of Slovakia (1999–2004)
* Irena Scott, American author and physiologist
* Irena Šedivá (born 1992), Czech javelin thrower
* Irena Sedlecká (1928–2020), Czech sculptor
* Irena Sendler (1910–2008), Polish social worker and resistance member who saved Jewish children during the Nazi occupation
* Irena Šiaulienė (born 1955), Lithuanian politician
* Irena Šinko (born 1964), Slovenian politician
* Irena Škorić (born 1981), Croatian film director and screenwriter
* Irena Škulj, Yugoslav tennis player
* Irena Skwierczyńska (1897–1984), Polish actress
* Irena Solska (1877–1958), Polish actress
* Irena Soukupová (1964–2020), Czech rower
* Irena Spasić, Serbian computer scientist
* Irena Stankiewicz (born 1925), Polish graphic artist
* Irena Stefoska (born 1967), Macedonian historian and politician
* Irena Svobodová (born 1953), Czech volleyball player
* Irena Swanson, Yugoslav-born American mathematician
* Irena Szewińska (1946–2018), Polish sprinter
* Irena Sznajder (born 1977), Polish sprinter
* Irena Szydłowska (1928–1983), Polish archer
* Irena Tanova (born 1984), Bulgarian sport shooter
* Irena Tichá (born 1943), Czech volleyball player
* Irena Tomašovičová (born 1964), Slovak handball player
* Irena Trečiokaitė-Žebenkienė (1909–1985), Lithuanian painter
* Irena Turkevycz-Martynec (1899–1983), Ukrainian-Canadian opera singer
* Irena Tuwim (1898–1987), Polish poet and translator
* Irena Veisaitė (1928–2020), Lithuanian academic and human rights activist
* Irena Vrkljan (1930–2021), Croatian writer
* Irena Vujović (born 1983), Serbian politician
* Irena Weissowa (1888–1981), Polish painter
* Irena Więckowska (born 1982), Polish fencer
* Irena Yebuah Tiran (born 1974), Slovene singer
* Irēna Žauna (born 1981), Latvian hurdler
* Irena Zemanová (born 1977), Czech figure skater
* Irena Žerjal (1940–2018), Slovene poet, writer and translator