Beare is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charles Beare (born 1937), British violin expert
Gary Beare (born 1952), Major League baseballer with the Milwaukee Brewers
George Beare (footballer) (1885–1970), English footballer
George Beare (painter) (died 1749), English painter
Hedley Beare (1932–2010), Australian educationist
Jon Beare (born 1974) is a Canadian Olympic rower
Kathryn Beare (1917–1997), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Norah Beare (born 1946), politician in Northern Ireland
Philip O'Sullivan Beare (c. 1590–1660), Irish soldier and author of Catholic History of Ireland
Sir Thomas Hudson Beare (1859–1940), Professor of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh University
Thomas Hudson Beare (pioneer) (c. 1798–1861), his father, an early settler of South Australia
In Fiction
Maggie Beare and Arthur Beare, main characters in the Australian TV series Mother and Son, played by Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald
