Shear (surname)

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


 * Barry Shear (1923–1979), American film director and producer
 * Byron D. Shear (1869–1929), American politician
 * Claudia Shear (born 1962), American actress and playwright
 * Cornelius Lott Shear (1865–1956), American mycologist and plant pathologist
 * David B. Shear (born 1954), American diplomat
 * Harold E. Shear (1918–1999), American Navy admiral
 * Joe Shear (1943–1998), American race car driver
 * Jules Shear (born 1952), American singer-songwriter
 * Linda Shear (born 1948), American musician
 * Marie Shear (1940–2017), American writer and activist
 * Matthew Shear (born 1984), American actor
 * Michael D. Shear, American journalist
 * Rhonda Shear (born 1954), American entertainer and entrepreneur
 * Tom Shear, American musician and music producer
 * Wayne G. Shear Jr., American Navy admiral
 * William Shear (born 1942), American zoologist