Spear

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 See also Speer Speir Spears (surname)