{{Wiktionary|Lear|lear|léar}}{{Wiktionary|leir|leír|léir|lèir}} '''Lear''' or '''Leir''' may refer to: {{tocright}} ==Acronyms== * Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios, a Mexican association of revolutionary artists and writers * Low Energy Ion Ring, an ion pre-accelerator of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN ** Low Energy Antiproton Ring, the former name and function of the Low Energy Ion Ring * Rapeseed, a member of the family Brassicaceae cultivated for its oil-rich seed
==Arts and entertainment== * ''King Lear'', a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the legend of Leir of Britain * ''King Leir'', an anonymous 1594 play based on the legend of Leir of Britain * ''Lear'' (play), a 1971 Edward Bond play * ''Lear'' (opera), a 1978 opera by Aribert Reimann * ''The Last Lear'', a 2007 Indian play * ''The Lears'', a 2017 American comedy-drama film * ''The Yiddish King Lear'', an 1892 play * ''Lear's'' (1988–1994), a monthly women's magazine
==People== * Leir of Britain, a legendary king of the Britons * Lear (1808 cricketer)
===Surname=== * Alan W. Lear (1953–2008), Scottish writer of science fiction and horror * Amanda Lear, French singer * Andrew Lear (born 1958), American classicist * Ben Lear (1879–1966), United States Army general * Beth Lear, American politician * Bill Lear (1902–1978), American engineer, businessman and inventor * Edward Lear (1812–1888), English author and artist * Eliot Lear, member of the Internet Engineering Task Force * Evelyn Lear (1926–2012), American operatic soprano * Frances Lear (1923–1996), American magazine publisher * {{anbl|Hal Lear}} * Jonathan Lear (1948–2025), American philosopher and psychoanalyst * Les Lear (1918–1979), National (U.S.) and Canadian Football League player and coach * Louise Lear (born 1967), BBC Weather presenter * Moya Lear (1915–2001), American businesswoman * Nicholas Lear (c.1826–1902), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * Norman Lear (1922–2023), American television writer and producer * Peter Lear (disambiguation) * Roger Leir (1934–2014), American podiatric surgeon and ufologist * Thomas Lear (disambiguation) * Tobias Lear (1762–1816), personal secretary to President George Washington
==Other uses== * Lear Corporation, an American automotive supplier * LearAvia Lear Fan, an American turboprop business aircraft designed in the 1970s * Learjet, an aircraft series * Leir (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in the Marvel universe * Lear (crater), a crater on Oberon, a moon of Uranus * Lear, County Londonderry, a townland in Cumber Upper, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland * Lear, a thickened sauce used in Battalia pie and other dishes in English Early Modern cooking * Lear, a character in ''Pokémon Masters EX''
==See also== * Children of Lir, an Irish legend * King Lear (disambiguation) * LEA (disambiguation) * Lear's macaw, a rare bird named after Edward Lear * Lir (Irish), mythological gods of the sea * Llŷr (Welsh), mythological gods of the sea * Van Lear (disambiguation) * Laer
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