Lear or Leir can refer to:
- Leir of Britain, a legendary king of the Britons
- King Leir, an anonymous play based on the legend of Leir of Britain, published in 1605
- King Lear, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, also based on the legend of Leir of Britain
- Learjet aircraft series
- Lear Corporation, an automotive supplier
- King Lear (baseball), the nickname of major league baseball player Charles Barnard Lear
- Lir (Irish) or Llŷr (Welsh), mythological gods of the sea
- Children of Lir, an Irish legend
- The Yiddish King Lear, an 1892 play
- Lear (play), a 1971 Edward Bond play
- Lear (opera), an opera by Aribert Reimann
- Leir, a fictional character in the Marvel universe
- The Last Lear, a 2007 Indian play
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Famous quotes containing the word lear:
“They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winter’s morn, on a stormy day,”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)
“Does any here know me? This is not Lear.
Does Lear walk thus? speak thus? Where are his eyes?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There was an old party of Lyme
Who married three wives at one time.”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)