# Lear

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{{Wiktionary|Lear|lear|léar}}{{Wiktionary|leir|leír|léir|lèir}}
'''Lear''' or '''Leir''' may refer to:
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==Acronyms==
* [Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios](/source/Liga_de_Escritores_y_Artistas_Revolucionarios), a Mexican association of revolutionary artists and writers
* [Low Energy Ion Ring](/source/Low_Energy_Ion_Ring), an ion pre-accelerator of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
** [Low Energy Antiproton Ring](/source/Low_Energy_Antiproton_Ring), the former name and function of the Low Energy Ion Ring
* [Rapeseed](/source/Rapeseed), a member of the family Brassicaceae cultivated for its oil-rich seed

==Arts and entertainment==
* ''[King Lear](/source/King_Lear)'', a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the legend of Leir of Britain
* ''[King Leir](/source/King_Leir)'', an anonymous 1594 play based on the legend of Leir of Britain
* [''Lear'' (play)](/source/Lear_(play)), a 1971 Edward Bond play
* [''Lear'' (opera)](/source/Lear_(opera)), a 1978 opera by Aribert Reimann
* ''[The Last Lear](/source/The_Last_Lear)'', a 2007 Indian play
* ''[The Lears](/source/The_Lears)'', a 2017 American comedy-drama film
* ''[The Yiddish King Lear](/source/The_Yiddish_King_Lear)'', an 1892 play
* ''[Lear's](/source/Lear's)'' (1988–1994), a monthly women's magazine

==People==
* [Leir of Britain](/source/Leir_of_Britain), a legendary king of the Britons
* [Lear (1808 cricketer)](/source/Lear_(1808_cricketer))

===Surname===
* [Alan W. Lear](/source/Alan_W._Lear) (1953–2008), Scottish writer of science fiction and horror
* [Amanda Lear](/source/Amanda_Lear), French singer
* [Andrew Lear](/source/Andrew_Lear) (born 1958), American classicist
* [Ben Lear](/source/Ben_Lear) (1879–1966), United States Army general
* [Beth Lear](/source/Beth_Lear), American politician
* [Bill Lear](/source/Bill_Lear) (1902–1978), American engineer, businessman and inventor
* [Edward Lear](/source/Edward_Lear) (1812–1888), English author and artist
* Eliot Lear, member of the Internet Engineering Task Force
* [Evelyn Lear](/source/Evelyn_Lear) (1926–2012), American operatic soprano
* [Frances Lear](/source/Frances_Lear) (1923–1996), American magazine publisher
* {{anbl|Hal Lear}}
* [Jonathan Lear](/source/Jonathan_Lear) (1948–2025), American philosopher and psychoanalyst
* [Les Lear](/source/Les_Lear) (1918–1979), National (U.S.) and Canadian Football League player and coach
* [Louise Lear](/source/Louise_Lear) (born 1967), BBC Weather presenter
* [Moya Lear](/source/Moya_Lear) (1915–2001), American businesswoman
* [Nicholas Lear](/source/Nicholas_Lear) (c.1826–1902), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
* [Norman Lear](/source/Norman_Lear) (1922–2023), American television writer and producer
* [Peter Lear (disambiguation)](/source/Peter_Lear_(disambiguation))
* [Roger Leir](/source/Roger_Leir) (1934–2014), American podiatric surgeon and ufologist
* [Thomas Lear (disambiguation)](/source/Thomas_Lear_(disambiguation))
* [Tobias Lear](/source/Tobias_Lear) (1762–1816), personal secretary to President George Washington

==Other uses==
* [Lear Corporation](/source/Lear_Corporation), an American automotive supplier
* [LearAvia Lear Fan](/source/LearAvia_Lear_Fan), an American turboprop business aircraft designed in the 1970s
* [Learjet](/source/Learjet), an aircraft series
* [Leir (Marvel Comics)](/source/Leir_(Marvel_Comics)), a fictional character in the Marvel universe
* [Lear (crater)](/source/Lear_(crater)), a crater on Oberon, a moon of Uranus
* [Lear, County Londonderry](/source/Lear%2C_County_Londonderry), a townland in [Cumber Upper](/source/Cumber_Upper), County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
* Lear, a thickened sauce used in [Battalia pie](/source/Battalia_pie) and other dishes in English Early Modern cooking
* Lear, a character in ''[Pokémon Masters EX](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon_Masters_EX)''

==See also==
* [Children of Lir](/source/Children_of_Lir), an Irish legend
* [King Lear (disambiguation)](/source/King_Lear_(disambiguation))
* [LEA (disambiguation)](/source/LEA_(disambiguation))
* [Lear's macaw](/source/Lear's_macaw), a rare bird named after Edward Lear
* [Lir](/source/Lir) (Irish), mythological gods of the sea
* [Llŷr](/source/Ll%C5%B7r) (Welsh), mythological gods of the sea
* [Van Lear (disambiguation)](/source/Van_Lear_(disambiguation))
* [Laer](/source/Laer)

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