Irena (name)

Irena is a traditionally European feminine given name.

• Irena Adamowicz (1910–1973), Polish resistance member during World War II given the honor Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem
• 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 footballer
• 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 Vodopivec Jean, Slovenian economist and banker
• 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 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 Å edivá (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 Å iaulienė (born 1955), Lithuanian politician
• Irena Å inko (born 1964), Slovenian politician
• Irena Å korić (born 1981), Croatian film director and screenwriter
• Irena Å kulj, 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 TomaÅ¡ovičová (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