Ion (first name)
Ion is a male given name, which occurs mainly in Romania as a variant of the name Ioan .
Other variants of the name are Ionel and Ionuț .
Name bearer
- Ion Antonescu (1882–1946), Chief of Staff of the Army, dictatorial Prime Minister of Romania
- Ion Baciu (born 1944), Romanian wrestler
- Ion Barbu (mathematician) (1895–1961), Romanian writer and mathematician
- Ion Belaustegui (* 1979), Spanish handball player
- Ion Bogdan (1915–1992), Romanian football player and coach and lawyer
- Ion C. Brătianu (1821–1891), Romanian politician, Prime Minister in 1867 and from 1876 to 1888
- Ion IC Brătianu (1864–1927), Romanian liberal politician, multiple prime minister
- Ion Buzea (* 1934), Romanian tenor
- Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), Romanian writer
- Ion Cernea (born 1936), Romanian wrestler
- Ion Creangă (1839-1889), Romanian writer
- Ion Dincă (1928–2007), Romanian politician and army general
- Ion Draica (* 1958), Romanian wrestler
- Ion Dumitrescu (composer) (1913–1996), Romanian composer
- Ion Dumitru (* 1950), Romanian football player and coach
- Ion Emanuel Florescu (1819-1893), Romanian general and politician
- Ion Geolgău (* 1961), Romanian football player and coach
- Ion Ghica (1816–1897), Romanian mathematician and politician
- Ion Ansotegui Gorostola (* 1982), Spanish football player
- Ion Grigorescu (* 1945), Romanian artist
- Ion Haidu (born 1942), Romanian football player
- Ion Idriess (1889–1979), Australian writer
- Ion Iliescu (* 1930), Romanian politician
- Ion Inculeț (1884–1940), natural scientist and politician of Romanian origin
- Ion Izagirre (* 1989), Spanish cyclist
- Ion Lăpuşneanu (1908-1994), Romanian football player and coach
- Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000), Romanian lawyer and communist politician
- Ion Mincu (1852-1912), Romanian architect
- Ion Nunweiller (1936–2015), Romanian football player and coach
- Ion Oblemenco (1945–1996), Romanian football player and coach
- Ion Mihai Pacepa (* 1928), defunct Romanian secret service employee
- Ion Panțuru (1934–2016), Romanian bobsledder
- Ion Păun (born 1951), Romanian wrestler
- Ion Perdicaris (1840–1925), Greek-American bon vivant
- Ion N. Petrovici (* 1929), German neurologist
- Ion Rotaru (1924–2006), professor of literature at the University of Bucharest
- Ion Țăranu (* 1938), Romanian wrestler
- Ion Timofte (* 1967), Romanian football player
- Ion Țiriac (* 1939), Romanian sportsman and businessman
- Ion Vélez (* 1985), Spanish football player
- Ion Vlădoiu (* 1968), Romanian football player and coach
- Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912-2001), South African engineer and botanist