Beare (surname)

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

• Arthur Beare (disambiguation), multiple people
• Charles Beare (1937–2025), British violin expert and craftsman
• Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare (1561–1618), ruler of the O'Sullivan clan
• Ellis Beare, English politician
• Garin Beare (born 1939), Zimbabwean bowler
• Gary Beare (born 1952), American baseball player
• George Beare (disambiguation), multiple people
• Gerry Beare (1905–1983), Australian rules footballer
• Hedley Beare (1932–2010), Australian educator and author
• James Beare, English mariner
• John Beare (1820–1914), Canadian farmer
• Jon Beare (born 1974), Canadian rower
• Kathryn Beare (1917–1997), American baseball player
• Lisa Beare (born 1975), Canadian politician
• Nikki Beare (1928–2014), American journalist and lobbyist
• Norah Beare (born 1946), Northern Irish politician
• Philip O'Sullivan Beare (c. 1590–1636), Irish soldier and author
• Simon Beare (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
• Sir Thomas Hudson Beare (1859–1940), British engineer
• Thomas Hudson Beare (pioneer) (1792–1861), British settler in South Australia
• William Beare (1933–2019), Irish Anglican priest and Dean of Lismore from 1999 to 2008
• William Beare (Latinist) (1900–1963), British Latinist and expert on ancient Roman theatre

In Fiction

• Maggie Beare and Arthur Beare, main characters in the Australian TV series Mother and Son, played by Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald