Lear or Leir may refer to: Acronyms Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios, a Mexican association of revolutionary artists and writers Low Energy Ion Ring, an ion pre-accelerator of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN Low Energy Antiproton Ring, the former name and function of the Low Energy Ion Ring Rapeseed, a member of the family Brassicaceae cultivated for its oil-rich seed Arts and entertainment King Lear, a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the legend of Leir of Britain King Leir, an anonymous 1594 play based on the legend of Leir of Britain Lear (play), a 1971 Edward Bond play Lear (opera), a 1978 opera by Aribert Reimann The Last Lear, a 2007 Indian play The Lears, a 2017 American comedy-drama film The Yiddish King Lear, an 1892 play Lear's (1988–1994), a monthly women's magazine People Leir of Britain, a legendary king of the Britons Lear (1808 cricketer) Surname Alan W. Lear (1953–2008), Scottish writer of science fiction and horror Amanda Lear, French singer Andrew Lear (born 1958), American classicist Ben Lear (1879–1966), United States Army general Bill Lear (1902–1978), American engineer, businessman and inventor Edward Lear (1812–1888), English author and artist Eliot Lear, member of the Internet Engineering Task Force Evelyn Lear (1926–2012), American operatic soprano Frances Lear (1923–1996), American magazine publisher Jonathan Lear (born 1948), philosopher Les Lear (1918–1979), National (U.S.) and Canadian Football League player and coach Louise Lear (born 1967), BBC Weather presenter Michael Leir, Canadian diplomat Moya Lear (1915–2001), an American businesswoman Nicholas Lear, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Norman Lear (born 1922), American television writer and producer Peter Lear (disambiguation) Roger Leir (1934–2014), American podiatric surgeon and ufologist Tobias Lear (1762–1816), personal secretary to President George Washington Thomas Lear (disambiguation) Other uses Lear Corporation, an American automotive supplier LearAvia Lear Fan, an American turboprop business aircraft designed in the 1970s Learjet, an aircraft series Leir (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in the Marvel universe Lear, County Londonderry, a townland in Cumber Upper, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Lear, a thickened sauce used in Battalia pie and other dishes in English Early Modern cooking Lear, a character in Pokémon Masters EX See also Children of Lir, an Irish legend King Lear (disambiguation) LEA (disambiguation) Lear's macaw, a rare bird named after Edward Lear Lir (Irish), mythological gods of the sea Llŷr (Welsh), mythological gods of the sea Van Lear (disambiguation) Laer