Spear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Spear (1852–1929), justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and President of the Maine Senate
- Allan Spear (1937–2008), American politician and educator from Minnesota
- Bernard Spear (1919–2003), English actor
- Bob Spear (1920–2014), founding director of the Birds of Vermont Museum, naturalist, birdwatcher and master woodcarver
- Burning Spear (born 1945), Jamaican roots rock reggae artist
- Clay V. Spear (c. 1914–1974), associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
- Duston Spear, American artist
- Ellis Spear (1834–1917), officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who rose to the rank of general during the American Civil War
- Eric Spear (1908–1966), English composer of film music
- Harry Spear (1921–2006), American child actor
- John Murray Spear (1804–1887), American Spiritualist preacher
- John Spear (1848–1921), British Liberal Unionist politician
- Joseph Spear (d. 1837), British naval officer
- Laurinda Hope Spear (born 1950), American architect and landscape architect
- Lawrence York Spear (1870–1950), American naval officer and businessman
- Mary Spear (1913–2006), English cricketer
- Matt Spear (born 1970), American soccer coach
- Mónica Spear (1984–2014), Miss Venezuela 2004
- Percival Spear (1901–1982) British historian of colonial and modern South Asia
- Richard E. Spear (born 1940), American art historian and professor
- Roberta Spear (1948–2003), American poet
- Roger Ruskin Spear (born 1943), British musician and artist, founding member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- Ruskin Spear (1911–1990), British artist
- Samuel P. Spear (1815–1875), American soldier in the Seminole, Mexican–American War, and American Civil Wars
- Terry Spear, award-winning American author
- Timothy L. Spear, Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly
- Tony Spear, American space exploration project manager
- Walter Eric Spear (1921–2008), German physicist
- William T. Spear (1834–1913), U.S. Republican politician
See also
edit- Shapiro, main article on Jewish surnames including Spear as variant
- Speer
- Speir
- Spears (surname)
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