Ian Paul Titchener (born 1941) JP was Mayor of North Shore City, New Zealand, from 1992 to 1995, having been a North Shore City Councillor from 1989 to 1992.
He was born in Auckland on 7 April 1941 and educated at Takapuna Grammar School and Massey Agricultural College (DipAg).
He married Prudence Valintine in 1964.
He is a yachtsman and past chairman of the Auckland Maritime Trust Museum, and has written several books on maritime history.
He was awarded the Cowan Memorial Prize for historical journalism in 1979.