Spear (surname)

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


 * Albert Spear (1852–1929), justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and President of the Maine Senate
 * Allan Spear (1937–2008), American politician and educator from Minnesota
 * Bernard Spear (1919–2003), English actor
 * Bob Spear (1920–2014), founding director of the Birds of Vermont Museum, naturalist, birdwatcher and master woodcarver
 * Burning Spear (born 1945), Jamaican roots rock reggae artist
 * Clay V. Spear (c. 1914–1974), associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
 * Duston Spear, American artist
 * Ellis Spear (1834–1917), officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who rose to the rank of general during the American Civil War
 * Eric Spear (1908–1966), English composer of film music
 * Harry Spear (1921–2006), American child actor
 * John Murray Spear (1804–1887), American Spiritualist preacher
 * John Spear (1848–1921), British Liberal Unionist politician
 * Joseph Spear (d. 1837), British naval officer
 * Laurinda Hope Spear (born 1950), American architect and landscape architect
 * Lawrence York Spear (1870–1950), American naval officer and businessman
 * Mary Spear (1913–2006), English cricketer
 * Matt Spear (born 1970), American soccer coach
 * Mónica Spear (1984–2014), Miss Venezuela 2004
 * Percival Spear (1901–1982) British historian of colonial and modern South Asia
 * Richard E. Spear (born 1940), American art historian and professor
 * Roberta Spear (1948–2003), American poet
 * Roger Ruskin Spear (born 1943), British musician and artist, founding member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
 * Ruskin Spear (1911–1990), British artist
 * Samuel P. Spear (1815–1875), 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 (1921–2008), German physicist
 * William T. Spear (1834–1913), U.S. Republican politician