Mears

Mears or Meares may refer to:

People

 * Ainslie Meares (1910–1986), Australian psychiatrist and authority on medical hypnotism
 * Anna Meares (born 1983), Australian cyclist
 * Ashley Mears (born 1980), American sociologist
 * Brian Mears (1931–2009), British author and former chairman of Chelsea Football Club
 * Carl Mears, Senior scientist at Remote Sensing Systems
 * Cecil Meares (1877–1937), Irish-born English chief dog handler on the Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica
 * Chris Mears (baseball) (born 1978), Canadian baseball player
 * Chris Mears (diver) (born 1993), British diver, Olympic champion
 * Daniel Mears (born 1966), American criminologist
 * Donna Mears, American politician from Alaska
 * Eleanor Mears (1917–1992), Scottish medical practitioner and campaigner
 * Gunner F. J. Mears (1890–1929), World War I soldier who became a successful artist after the war
 * Frank Meares (1873–1952), Australian cricketer (also known as Frank Devenish-Meares)
 * Frank Mears (1880–1953), Scottish planning practitioner
 * Frederick Mears (1878–1939), American civil engineer
 * Gus Mears (1873–1912) (Henry Augustus Mears), English businessman, founder of Chelsea Football Club
 * Helen Farnsworth Mears (1872–1916), American artist
 * Henrietta Mears (1890–1963), American Christian educator
 * Joe Mears (1905–1966), chairman of the Football Association and Chelsea Football Club
 * John Meares (1756–1809), English navigator
 * Joseph Mears (1871–1936) (Joseph Theophilus Mears), English businessman, co-founder of Chelsea Football Club
 * Lee Mears (born 1979), English rugby union player
 * Leonard Frank Meares (1921–1993), Australian author
 * Martha Mears (1910–1986), American actress and radio and film singer
 * Nick Mears (born 1996), American baseball player
 * Otto Mears (1840–1931), American builder of roads and railroads
 * Ray Mears (disambiguation), several people
 * Richard Goldsmith Meares (1780–1862), Anglo-Irish public official at the Swan River Colony
 * Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league footballer
 * Thomas Mears (1775–1832), Canadian businessman and politician
 * Tracey Meares, American law professor
 * Tyrone Mears (born 1983), Jamaican footballer with Burnley
 * Walter Mears (1935–2022), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist
 * William Meares (1848–1923), New Zealand cricketer
 * A family of American racing drivers:
 * Casey Mears (born 1978), NASCAR driver, son of Roger
 * Rick Mears (born 1951), uncle of Casey and brother of Roger
 * Roger Mears (born 1947), father of Casey and brother of Rick

Fictional characters

 * Ernie Mears, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
 * Warren Mears, from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Places

 * Cape Meares, a small headland on the Pacific coast of Oregon, United States
 * Cape Meares, Oregon, a census-designated place in Oregon, United States
 * Mears, Michigan, United States, a census-designated place
 * Mears Ashby, a village in Northamptonshire, England
 * Mears Peak, mountain in Colorado
 * Mears Station, Virginia, an unincorporated community

Other uses

 * Mears & Co or Mears & Stainbank, British bell-founders in the 19th century
 * Mears Fork, river in North Carolina, United States
 * Mears Group, British housing and social care provider