General Wayne Donald Eyre CMM MSC CD (born 1966/1967) is a retired Canadian Forces officer who served as the chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) from 2021 to 2024.

[3] In 1993 Eyre, who was a captain at the time, was deployed to Croatia as part of the United Nations Protection Force.

He took part in Operation Medak Pocket in which he commanded a reconnaissance platoon, which witnessed the aftermath of ethnic cleansing in the village of Lički Čitluk.

[10] He was appointed General Officer Commanding 3rd Canadian Division and Joint Task Force West in 2014.

[22] On March 15, 2022, Eyre, along with 313 other Canadians, was banned from entering Russia, in protest of the Government of Canada's opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.