# Longyear

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**Longyear** is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Barry B. Longyear](/source/Barry_B._Longyear) (1942–2025), American science fiction author and screenwriter
- [Burton Orange Longyear](/source/Burton_Orange_Longyear) (1868–1969), American botanist and forester
- [John Munro Longyear](/source/John_Munro_Longyear) (1850–1922), the founder of Longyearbyen
- [John W. Longyear](/source/John_W._Longyear) (1820–1875), U.S. Representative from Michigan
- [Judith Q. Longyear](/source/Judith_Q._Longyear) (1938–1995), mathematician

## See also

- [Longyearbyen](/source/Longyearbyen), the largest settlement in Norway's Svalbard archipelago
- [Longyear Company](/source/Longyear_Company), now known as Boart Longyear
- [Longyear River](/source/Longyear_River), a river on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway
- [Longyear Valley](/source/Longyear_Valley), a valley on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway

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