Cea is the surname of:
- Edmundo B. Cea (1911–1993), Filipino politician
- Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea (1899–1966), provisional president of El Salvador in 1962
- Jean Céa (born 1932), French mathematician
- José Pedro Cea (1900–1970), Uruguayan footballer
- José Roberto Cea (born 1939), Salvadoran novelist and poet
- Ricardo Mella Cea (1861–1925), Spanish writer, intellectual and anarchist activist
- Severo Cea (fl. 1913–1935), Filipino politician