Mears or Meares may refer to:

People

• Ainslie Meares (1910–1986), Australian psychiatrist and authority on medical hypnotism
• Anna Meares (born 1983), Australian cyclist
• Ashley Mears (born 1980), American sociologist
• Brian Mears (1931–2009), British author and former chairman of Chelsea Football Club
• Carl Mears, Senior scientist at Remote Sensing Systems
• Cecil Meares (1877–1937), Irish-born English chief dog handler on the Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica
• Chris Mears (baseball) (born 1978), Canadian baseball player
• Chris Mears (diver) (born 1993), British diver, Olympic champion
• Daniel Mears (born 1966), American criminologist
• Donna Mears, American politician from Alaska
• Eleanor Mears (1917–1992), Scottish medical practitioner and campaigner
• Gunner F. J. Mears (1890–1929), World War I soldier who became a successful artist after the war
• Frank Meares (1873–1952), Australian cricketer (also known as Frank Devenish-Meares)
• Frank Mears (1880–1953), Scottish planning practitioner
• Frederick Mears (1878–1939), American civil engineer
• Gus Mears (1873–1912) (Henry Augustus Mears), English businessman, founder of Chelsea Football Club
• Helen Farnsworth Mears (1872–1916), American artist
• Henrietta Mears (1890–1963), American Christian educator
• Joe Mears (1905–1966), chairman of the Football Association and Chelsea Football Club
• John Meares (1756–1809), English navigator
• Joseph Mears (1871–1936) (Joseph Theophilus Mears), English businessman, co-founder of Chelsea Football Club
• Lee Mears (born 1979), English rugby union player
• Leonard Frank Meares (1921–1993), Australian author
• Martha Mears (1910–1986), American actress and radio and film singer
• Nick Mears (born 1996), American baseball player
• Otto Mears (1840–1931), American builder of roads and railroads
• Ray Mears (disambiguation), several people
• Richard Goldsmith Meares (1780–1862), Anglo-Irish public official at the Swan River Colony
• Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league footballer
• Thomas Mears (1775–1832), Canadian businessman and politician
• Tracey Meares, American law professor
• Tyrone Mears (born 1983), Jamaican footballer with Burnley
• Walter Mears (1935–2022), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist
• William Meares (1848–1923), New Zealand cricketer
• A family of American racing drivers:
  • Casey Mears (born 1978), NASCAR driver, son of Roger
  • Rick Mears (born 1951), uncle of Casey and brother of Roger
  • Roger Mears (born 1947), father of Casey and brother of Rick

Fictional characters

• Ernie Mears, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Warren Mears, from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Places

• Cape Meares, a small headland on the Pacific coast of Oregon, United States
• Cape Meares, Oregon, a census-designated place in Oregon, United States
• Mears, Michigan, United States, a census-designated place
• Mears Ashby, a village in Northamptonshire, England
• Mears Peak, mountain in Colorado
• Mears Station, Virginia, an unincorporated community

Other uses

• Mears & Co or Mears & Stainbank, British bell-founders in the 19th century
• Mears Fork, river in North Carolina, United States
• Mears Group, British housing and social care provider

See also

• Meres (disambiguation)
• Mear One (Kalen Ockerman, born 1971), American graffiti artist

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