Ware is a surname. The surname likely originates from people who lived or were employed around weirs such as Ware in Hertfordshire, England but could also be from "Waer" a nickname. Notable people with the surname include:
Amy Robbins Ware, American author, world court worker Andre Ware, American football quarterback Anna Ware Poole, American composer Arthur Wellington Ware (1861 – 29 January 1927), Mayor of Adelaide, South Australia, 1898–1901 Bruce A. Ware, American theological academic Charles Eliot Ware (1814–1887), American physician 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 (1899–1990), 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 DeMarcus Ware, American football player Edmund Ware (sculptor) (1883-1960), British sculptor and teacher 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 (disambiguation), multiple people John Ware (cowboy), American-Canadian cowboy John Ware (physician) (1795–1864), American physician and professor of medicine John H. Ware, III, a US Representative from Pennsylvania Jylan Ware (born 1993), American football player Kallistos Ware (1934–2022), Metropolitan of Diokleia in Phrygia, an Orthodox assistant bishop in the UK Keith L. Ware, U.S. Army Major General killed in Vietnam Kel'el Ware (born 2004), American basketball player Kevin Ware (born 1993), American basketball player Lancelot Ware, British barrister and MENSA founder Leon Ware (1940–2017), American soul musician Marilyn Ware (1943-2017), American diplomat Martha Ware (1917-2009), American jurist and politician Martyn Ware, British electronic musician Mary Lee Ware (1858–1937), American philanthropist Mary Ware (writer) (1828 –1915), poet, prose writer 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 Rosie Ware (born 1959), Torres Strait Islander textile designer and printmaker Scott Ware, American football player Sidney William Ware, Scottish soldier Spencer Ware (born 1991), American football player 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
See also Buzzy Wares (1886–1964), American baseball player Eddie Wares (1915–1992), Canadian hockey player Shamsul Wares (born 1946), Bangladeshi architect Wear (surname)
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