Ware is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mary Lee Ware - The principle sponsor of the Harvard Museum of Natural History's famous Glass Flowers exhibit and key player in the creation of the New Hampshire Rhododendron State Park.
Dr. Charles Eliot Ware - A leading Boston physician and father of Mary Lee Ware.
Andre Ware, American football quarterback
Bronnie Ware, Australian author, song-writer and singer
Bruce A. Ware, American theological academic
Charles Pickard Ware (1849–1921), American educator and folk music transcriber
Charles R. Ware, American naval officer
Charlie Ware (1900-1984), Irish hurler
Charlie Ware (1933-2013), Irish hurler
Caroline F. Ware, American historian and social scientist
Chris Ware, American cartoonist
Christopher Lee Ware, Male fashionista, scarf designer, creator of EAD
David S. Ware, American jazz saxophonist
Rev. Daniel M. Ware, American Nerdcore Geeksta and inventor of being Total Dorkness
DeMarcus Ware, American football player
Ed Ware, American district attorney
Edwin O. Ware, Sr., American clergyman and college founder
Fabian Ware, founder of British Imperial War Graves Commission
George Ware, American dendrologist
Harold Ware, American communist
Henry Ware (disambiguation), multiple people
Herta Ware, American actress and activist
Isaac Ware (1704-1766), English architect and translator of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio
James Ware (disambiguation), multiple people
Jeff Ware (disambiguation), multiple people
Jeremy Ware, Canadian baseball player
Jessie Ware (born 1984), British singer
John Ware (cowboy), American-Canadian cowboy
John H. Ware, III, a US Representative from Pennsylvania
Kallistos Ware, Bishop of Diokleia and Orthodox theologian
Keith L. Ware, U.S. Army Major General killed in Vietnam.
Kevin Ware (born 1993), American basketball player
Lancelot Ware, British barrister and MENSA founder
Leon Ware (1940–2017), American soul musician
Marilyn Ware, American diplomat
Martha Ware, American jurist and politician
Martyn Ware, British electronic musician
Matt Ware, American football player
Michael Ware, Australian journalist
Mike Ware (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
Mike Ware (photographer), chemist and alternative-process photographer
Nicholas Ware, American politician
Opoku Ware I, Ashanti King
Opoku Ware II, Ashanti King
Onzlee Ware, American politician from Virginia
Paul Ware, English footballer
Rick Ware, American racing driver
Riley Ware, American football player
Scott Ware, American football player
Sidney William Ware, Scottish soldier
Taylor Ware, American singer and yodeler
Teyon Ware, American amateur wrestler
Theron Ware, fictional character from The Damnation of Theron Ware
Tim Ware, American musician
Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Native American musician
Tommy Ware (1885–1915), English footballer
Wallace Ware, a pseudonym used by novelist and screenwriter David Karp
Wilbur Ware, American jazz bassist
William Ware, American novelist
William Robert Ware, American architect