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 (1926–2020), 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
- Hannah Ireland (born 1995), New Zealand artist
- 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 (1955–2025), 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
This page lists people with the surname Ireland.
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