Cleveland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Cleaveland (whaling family), American whaling family of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Annette Cleveland (born 1962), 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 Brandon Cleveland (born 2004), American football player 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 Greg Cleveland (1963–2019), American football player 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 Marshall Cleveland (c.1832-1862), New York-born Jayhawker unionist and outlaws 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