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 The Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) is a particle accelerator at CERN used to accelerate ions from the LINAC 3 to the Proton Synchrotron (PS) to provide ions for collisions within the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). History LEIR was converted from ...

, an ion pre-accelerator of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN **

Low Energy Antiproton Ring The Low Energy Anti-Proton Ring (LEAR) was a particle accelerator at CERN which operated from 1982 until 1996. The ring was designed to decelerate and store antiprotons, to study the properties of antimatter and to create atoms of antihydrogen. ...

, 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 ''King Leir'' is an anonymous Elizabethan play about the life of the ancient Brythonic king Leir of Britain. It was published in 1605 but was entered into the Stationers' Register on 15 May 1594. The play has attracted critical attention princ ...

'', an anonymous 1605 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 ''The Last Lear'' is a 2007 Indian drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The film won the National Award of India for Best Feature Film in English in 2007. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah ...

'', a 2007 Indian play * ''

The Lears ''The Lears'' is a 2017 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Carl Bessai, and starring Bruce Dern, Anthony Michael Hall and Sean Astin. It is a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''King Lear''. Plot On a family weekend, ...

'', a 2017 American comedy-drama film * ''

The Yiddish King Lear ''The Yiddish King Lear'' ( yi, דער ייִדישער קעניג ליר ''Der Yidisher Kenig Lir'', also known as ''The Jewish King Lear'') was an 1892 play by Jacob Gordin, and is generally seen as ushering in the first great er ...

'', an 1892 play * ''

Lear's ''Lear's'' was a monthly women's magazine, intended for women over 50. It covered celebrity interviews, women's issues, and many progressive issues. Its slogan was "For The Woman Who Wasn't Born Yesterday". It was published from 1988 until early ...

'' (1988–1994), a monthly women's magazine

People

* Leir of Britain, a legendary king of the Britons * Lear (1808 cricketer)

Surname

Alan W. Lear Alan William Lear (October 26, 1953 – December 26, 2008) was a Scottish writer of science fiction and horror, whose credits included the 1984 BBC Radio 4 play '' Why Not Take All of Me?'' History Lear wrote four plays for the Audio Visuals se ...

(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 Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limerick (poetry), limericks, a form he popularised. ...

(1812–1888), English author and artist * Eliot Lear, member of the Internet Engineering Task Force *

Evelyn Lear Evelyn Shulman Lear (January 8, 1926 – July 1, 2012) was an American operatic soprano. Between 1959 and 1992, she appeared in more than forty operatic roles, appeared with every major opera company in the United States and won a Grammy Award in ...

(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 Norman Milton Lear (born July 27, 1922) is an American producer and screenwriter, who has produced, written, created, or developed over 100 shows. Lear is known for many popular 1970s sitcoms, including the multi-award winning ''All in the Famil ...

(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) Thomas Lear may refer to: * Sir Thomas Lear, 1st Baronet of the Lear baronets *Thomas Van Lear Thomas H. Van Lear (April 26, 1869 – March 4, 1931) was an American politician who served as the 28th Mayor of Minneapolis from January 1, 1917 t ...

Other uses

* Lear Corporation, an American automotive supplier *

LearAvia Lear Fan The LearAvia Lear Fan 2100 was a turboprop business aircraft designed in the 1970s, with an unusual configuration. The Lear Fan never entered production. Design and development The LearFan was designed by Bill Lear, but not completed before his ...

, an American turboprop business aircraft designed in the 1970s * Learjet, an aircraft series *

Leir (Marvel Comics) Leir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is one of the Celtic gods of Avalon, god of lightning and the spear. For quite some time, enmity existed between the gods of Avalon and the gods of ...

, 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 Battalia pie (obsolete spelling battaglia pye) is an English large game pie, or occasionally a fish pie, filled with many small "blessed" pieces, ''beatilles'', of offal, in a gravy made from meat stock flavoured with spices and lemon. The dish wa ...

and other dishes in English Early Modern cooking * Lear, a character in '' Pokémon Masters EX''

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