# Mears

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
* Bob Mears (born 1933), American football coach
* 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
* Robert Mears, English physicist and Engineer
* 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