'''Minear''' is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Jeffrey P. Minear, administrative assistant to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. *Richard Minear (born 1938), Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst *Sarah Minear (1941–2025), West Virginia state senator *Tim Minear (born 1963), American screenwriter and director
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