Spear (surname)
Spear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Spear, justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and President of the Maine Senate
- Allan Spear, American politician and educator from Minnesota
- Bernard Spear, English actor
- Bob Spear, founding director of the Birds of Vermont Museum, a longtime naturalist, birdwatcher and master woodcarver
- Burning Spear, Jamaican roots rock reggae artist
- Duston Spear, native of Virginia, is an artist and activist residing in New York City
- Ellis Spear, officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who rose to the rank of general during the American Civil War
- Eric Spear, English composer of film music
- Frank Spear, Founder and Director of Spear Education
- Harry Spear, US child actor
- John Murray Spear, Spiritualist preacher
- John Spear, British Liberal Unionist politician
- Joseph Spear, British naval officer
- Laurinda Hope Spear, American architect and landscape architect
- Lawrence York Spear, American naval officer and businessman
- Mary Spear, English cricketer
- Matt Spear, American soccer coach
- Mónica Spear, Miss Venezuela 2004
- Percival Spear, English historian
- Richard E. Spear, American art historian and professor
- Roberta Spear, American poet
- Roger Ruskin Spear, founding member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- Ruskin Spear, British artist
- Samuel P. Spear, 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, German physicist
- William T. Spear, U.S. Republican politician
