Shears

Shears may refer to:

Cutting devices

 * Scissors, also called shears
 * Hair-cutting shears
 * Blade shears, typically used for shearing animals
 * Grass shears, for lawn trimming
 * Kitchen shears, scissors used in the kitchen for food preparation
 * Pinking shears, scissors the blades of which are sawtoothed instead of straight; they leave a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge
 * Pruning shears, for cutting branches and stems
 * Snips, for cutting metal
 * Trauma shears, scissors used by emergency medical personnel to cut clothing

People

 * Albert Shears (born 1900), English footballer
 * Augustus Shears (1827–1911), English clergyman
 * Curtis Shears (1901–1988), American Olympic fencer
 * Ernest Shears (1849–1917), Anglican clergyman in South Africa
 * George Shears (1890–1978), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Jake Shears (born 1978), lead vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters
 * Philip James Shears (1887–1972), British Army officer
 * Stevie Shears (born c. 1950), musician known for playing in English rock bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox
 * Tara Shears (born 1969), English physicist
 * Daniel Towers Shears (1784–1860), English coppersmith and inventor
 * James Shears (c1750-1820), English coppersmith
 * James Henry Shears (1788–1855), English coppersmith and entrepreneur

In fiction

 * Sally Shears (also known as Molly Millions), a recurring character in stories and novels written by William Gibson

Other

 * Shears (moth), European moth of the family Noctuidae
 * Golden Shears, sheep shearing event