Cleland is a surname of Scottish origin.
People named Cleland include:
Alan Cleland (born 2002), Mexican surfer Alberta Cleland (1876–1960), Canadian Impressionist painter and educator Alec Cleland (born 1970), Scottish footballer Andrew N. Cleland (born 1961), American physicist Bruce Cleland (born 1958), Scottish footballer Carol Cleland (born 1948), American philosopher Cook Cleland (1916–2007), American air race pilot David Cleland, co-founder of the Nature Foundation in South Australia in 1981 David I. Cleland (1926–2018), American engineer, academic and author of project management textbooks Donald Cleland (1901–1975), Australian soldier and administrator E. Davenport Cleland (1854–1928), journalist and mine manager in South Australia and Western Australia Edward Erskine Cleland (1869–1943), South Australian jurist Hance Cleland (1884–1859), American politician James Cleland (disambiguation) Jane K. Cleland, American author Jean Cleland (1895–1978), British magazine journalist Joan Burton Cleland (1916–2000), South Australian ornithologist John Cleland (disambiguation) Joseph P. Cleland (1901–1975), American general Margaret Cleland (died 2011), Scottish police officer Marshal Cleland (1912–1958), Canadian equestrian champion Max Cleland (1942–2021), American politician Melinda Cleland (born 1984), Australian gymnast Rachel Cleland (1906–2002), Australian expatriate community and social welfare worker Ralph Erskine Cleland (1892–1971), American botanist Robert Hardy Cleland (born 1947), US district judge Ruth Cleland (born 1976), New Zealand artist Scott Cleland, American researcher and analyst Tammy Cleland (born 1975), American swimmer Tim Cleland (born 1984), Australian water polo player Thomas Maitland Cleland (1880–1964), American book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer Victoria Cleland (born 1970), Chief Cashier of the Bank of England William Cleland (poet) (c. 1661–1689), Scottish poet and soldier William Cleland (surgeon) (1912–2005), British cardiothoracic surgeon W. L. Cleland (1847–1918), medical doctor in South Australia W. Wallace Cleland (1930–2013), American biochemistry professor
See also Jane Cleland-Huang, English-born American software engineer Cleland (disambiguation) Clelland Clevland of Tapeley Park, Devon