Puryear may refer to:
People Bennet Puryear Jr. (1884–1982), United States Marine Corps major general Chad Puryear, American teacher and politician Eugene Puryear (born 1986), American activist and politician Martin Puryear (born 1941), American sculptor Pauline Sims Puryear (1900—1971), American social worker and clubwoman Richard Puryear (died 1894), African American lynching victim Richard Clauselle Puryear (1801–1867), American politician Joe Puryear (1973–2010), American mountain climber
Places Puryear, Tennessee, United States, a city Mordecai Puryear House, a center-hall house in Franklin, Tennessee, United States