Cleveland (surname) explained

Cleveland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Cleaveland (whaling family), American whaling family of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
• Annette Cleveland, member of the Washington State Senate since 2013
• Antonius Cleveland (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Ben Cleveland (born 1998), American football player
• Benjamin Cleveland (1738–1806), American Revolutionary War patriot
• Bill Cleveland (1902–1974), American businessman and politician
• Carol Cleveland (born 1942), British-American actress and comedian
• Charles Cleveland (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (1799-1887), American politician, governor of Connecticut
• Dick Cleveland (1929–2002), American swimmer
• Esther Cleveland (1893–1980), daughter of Grover and Frances Cleveland
• Ezra Cleveland (born 1998), American football player
• Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864 - 1947), wife of Grover Cleveland, and 28th First Lady of the United States
• Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908), 22nd and 24th president of the United States, 1885–1889 and 1893–1897
• James Cleveland (1931–1991), American gospel singer, arranger, composer
• Lady Bird Cleveland (1926-2015), American artist
• Lemuel Roscoe Cleveland (1892–1969), American zoologist and protistologist
• Moses Cleaveland (1754–1806), American lawyer, politician, soldier, and surveyor who founded the City of Cleveland
• Pat Cleveland (born 1950), American fashion model
• Rose Cleveland (1846–1918), sister of Grover Cleveland, and 27th First Lady of the United States
• Ruth Cleveland (1891–1904), daughter of Grover and Frances Cleveland
• Tyrie Cleveland (born 1997), American football player