Kearns is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Peter Kearns (1937–2014) English footballer
Mick Kearns (born 1950), Irish footballer
Ollie Kearns (born 1956) English footballer
Anthony Kearns (born 1971), Irish musician
Austin Kearns (born 1980), baseball player
Bracken Kearns (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
Daniel Kearns (footballer) (born 1991), Irish footballer
Daniel Kearns (designer) (born 1975), Irish menswear designer
Daniel F. Kearns (1896–1963), American military aviator
Dan Kearns (born 1956), Canadian football player
David T. Kearns (1930–2011), American CEO of Xerox Corporation and Deputy Secretary of Education
Dennis Kearns (born 1945), Canadian retired ice hockey player
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born Doris Helen Kearns, 1941), American author
Gerard Kearns (born 1984), English actor
H.G.H. Kearns (1902–1986), British entomologist
James Kearns (born 1957), writer of the film John Q
Joseph Kearns (1907–1962), American actor
Michael Kearns (born 1950), American actor
Mike Kearns (1929–2009), American professional basketball player
Mogue Kearns (died 1798), United Irishmen during the 1798 Rebellion
Robert Kearns (1927–2005), inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper
Steve Kearns (born 1956), Canadian football player
Thomas Kearns (1862–1918), early United States Senator from Utah
William Henry Kearns (1794–1846), Irish composer
