Gear (name)

Gear is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• C. William Gear (1935–2022), British-American applied mathematician
• Dale Gear (1872–1951), American baseball-player
• George Gear (born 1947), former Australian politician
• Hosea Gear (born 1984), New Zealand rugby-player
• Jenny Gear (born 1982), Canadian singer
• John H. Gear (1825–1900), United States politician
• Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954), American writer
• Luella Gear (1897–1980), American actress
• Michael Gear (bishop) (1934–2018), former Bishop of Doncaster
• Simon Gear (born 1974), English cricketer
• Tom Gear (1949–2018), American politician
• Walter Gear, British astrophysicist
• William Gear (1915–1997), Scottish painter
• W. Michael Gear (born 1955), American writer
• Maurie Gear (1934–1988), Australian footballer