Longyear

Longyear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Barry B. Longyear (born 1942), American science fiction author and screenwriter
 * Burton Orange Longyear (1868–1969), American botanist and forester
 * John Munro Longyear (1850–1922), the founder of Longyearbyen
 * John W. Longyear (1820–1875), U.S. Representative from Michigan
 * Judith Q. Longyear (1938–1995), mathematician