Adams (surname)
Adams is a common surname of English, Scottish, and origin, meaning "son of Adam".
People with the surname
Politics and law
- A. A. Adams, American politician
- Abigail Adams, second First Lady of the United States and mother of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States
- Barbara Adams, Canadian politician
- Benjamin F. Adams, American politician
- Brock Adams, U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Washington
- Bryan Adams , member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish
- Campbell W. Adams, New York state engineer and surveyor
- Charles C. Adams, Jr., American international arbitration lawyer, civic activist
- Charles Francis Adams, Sr., U.S. congressman, ambassador
- Dick Adams , Australian politician
- Dorothy Adams, later known as Dorothy Williams, South African anti-apartheid activist
- Floyd Adams, Jr., American politician
- Fraser L. Adams, mayor of Huntsville, Alabama
- Gabriel Adams, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician, former Leader of Sinn Féin
- Henry Cullen Adams, U.S. representative from Wisconsin
- Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea, Scottish politician
- Isaac Adams , American inventor and politician
- Isaac Adams , American politician
- Isaac Adams , American politician
- John Donley Adams, American lawyer and politician
- John Adams, one of the Founding Fathers, first Vice President of the United States and second President of the United States
- John Adams , Chief of the Canadian Security Establishment
- John Adams , U.S. congressman from New York
- John Adams , American politician
- John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States and son of John Adams, second president of the United States
- Judith Adams, Australian senator
- Jüri Adams, Estonian politician
- Mumuni Adams, Ghanaian politician
- Natalie Adams, Australian judge
- Nigel Adams, British politician
- Philip Adams, British diplomat
- Platt Adams , New York politician
- Robert Adams, Jr., U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
- Robert H. Adams, U.S. senator from Mississippi
- Samuel Adams, American revolutionary
- Samuel Adams , governor of Arkansas
- Thomas Adams , American Continental Congressman
Sports
- Alvan Adams, American basketball player
- Amanda Adams, American author and archaeologist
- Amos Adams , English footballer
- Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer
- Babe Adams, American baseball pitcher
- Blair Adams, English footballer
- Bob Adams , American National League baseball pitcher
- Bob Adams , American National League baseball pitcher
- Bobby Adams, American Major League Baseball infielder
- Bob Adams , US American football player
- Bud Adams, owner of American professional football team, Tennessee Titans
- Carl Adams, American NASCAR driver
- Charles Adams, American businessman and Boston Bruins founder
- Che Adams, English footballer
- Chris Adams , English footballer
- Chris Adams , English judoka and professional wrestler
- Chris Adams , English cricketer
- Chris Adams , Australian rugby league footballer
- Chuck Adams, American tennis player
- Danesha Adams, American footballer
- Danielle Adams, American basketball player
- Darren Adams, English footballer
- Davante Adams, American football player
- Davey Adams, Scottish footballer
- Dennis Adams, South African boxer of the 1950s and 1960s
- Derek Adams, Scottish footballer and manager
- Diane Adams, Canadian curler, World champion
- Doc Adams, American baseball player and executive, credited with inventing the shortstop position
- Don Adams , American basketball player
- Emery Adams, American baseball player
- Frederick Adams , Filipino basketball player
- Gaines Adams, American football player
- Gary Adams, American college baseball coach
- Georgia Adams, English women's cricketer
- Harry Adams , American Major League Baseball umpire
- Hassan Adams, American basketball player
- Jack Adams, National Hockey League player, coach, and manager
- Jamal Adams, American football player
- Jamie Adams, Scottish footballer
- Jen Adams, Australian lacrosse coach and former player
- Jimmy Adams , US racecar driver
- Jordan Adams, American basketball player
- Josh Adams , American football player
- Katrina Adams, American professional tennis player
- Keion Adams, American football player
- Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player
- Marcus Adams , Australian rules footballer
- Martin Adams, English darts player, 2007 British Darts Organisation World Champion
- Matthew Adams , American football player
- Michael Adams , English chess grandmaster
- Michael Adams , American NBA basketball player, college basketball
- Micky Adams, English football manager
- Mike Adams,, professional American football player
- Montravius Adams, American football player
- Neil Adams, British judoka
- Neil Adams, English football player
- Nicola Adams, English boxer
- Ondigui Adams, Cameroonian football player
- Rex Adams, English footballer
- Rodney Adams, American football player
- Russ Adams, American baseball player with the Toronto Blue Jays
- Philippe Adams, Belgian Formula One driver, 2 GP with Team Lotus in 1994
- Sadick Adams, Ghanaian footballer
- Sam Adams, US American football player
- Sam Adams, Sr., US American football player
- Shawn Adams, Canadian curler
- Sidney Adams, English cricketer
- Spencer Adams, American Baseball player
- Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player; half-brother of Valerie Adams
- Steven Adams, Ghanaian football player
- Stewart Adams, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tony Adams, English footballer and manager
- Trey Adams, American football player
- W. Adams, English football manager of Shrewsbury Town Football Club between 1905 and 1912
- Valerie Adams, New Zealand shot putter
- Vicki Adams, Scottish curler
- Vicki Adams rodeo performer
Literature and journalism
- Bristow Adams, American journalist, forester, professor, illustrator
- Brooks Adams, American historian and a critic of capitalism
- Carol J. Adams, American writer, feminist, and animal rights advocate
- Cecil Adams, pseudonym of author of a syndicated question-and-answer column, The Straight Dope
- Douglas Adams, British comic radio dramatist and writer, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Eddie Adams, American photojournalist
- Francis Adams , Australian essayist, poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist
- Franklin Pierce Adams, American columnist, writer, and wit
- Hannah Adams, American historian and theologian
- Harriet Adams, American novelist and publisher
- Henry Brooks Adams, American historian, journalist, and novelist
- Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American editor, letter writer
- Mary Mathews Adams, American writer, philanthropist
- Matthew Adams, American writer
- Phillip Adams, Australian broadcaster, columnist
- Poppy Adams, British television director/producer and novelist
- Richard Adams, British novelist, author of Watership Down and The Plague Dogs
- R. J. Q. Adams, American historian and professor
- Roy Adams, Canadian author, newspaper columnist, human rights activist, and academic
- Samuel Hopkins Adams, American journalist and short story writer
- Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet, hymn writer
Music
- Ben Adams, British singer, businessman
- Bryan Adams, Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter
- Charlie Adams, American musician
- Dave Adams, English musician and songwriter
- Derroll Adams, American folk musician
- India Adams, American singer
- Jim Adams , American, songwriter, heavy-metal guitarist with the band Defiance
- John Adams , American minimalist composer
- John Luther Adams, American composer
- Louise Adams , Australian musician
- Oleta Adams, American soul and jazz singer
- Pepper Adams, American jazz saxophonist and composer
- Pierrette Adams, singer from the Republic of the Congo
- Ryan Adams, American alternative-country and rock and roll singer/songwriter
- Suzanne Adams, American operatic soprano
- Victoria Adams, birth name of British pop singer "Posh Spice" Victoria Beckham
- Yolanda Adams, American gospel singer
Art and photography
- Ansel Adams, American photographer
- Art Adams, American comic book artist
- Clinton Adams, American painter and lithographer
- Elinor Proby Adams, English painter
- Gina Adams, Ojibwe-American cross-media artist and activist
- Herbert Adams , American sculptor
- J. Ottis Adams, American Impressionist painter
- JJ Adams, British mixed media artist
- Mark Adams , American artist
- Mark Adams , New Zealand photographer
- Neal Adams, American comic book artist
- Robert Adams , American photographer
- Scott Adams, cartoonist and creator of the Dilbert comic strip
- Theo Adams, British performance artist
- Tracey Adams, American expressionist painter
- Wayman Elbridge Adams, American portrait painter
Dance
- Precious Adams, American ballet dancer
Drama and television
- Abel Adams, Finnish film producer
- Amy Adams, American actress
- Beverly Adams, Canadian-born actress
- Brian Adams , American professional wrestler
- Brooke Adams, American actress
- Carol Adams, American actress
- Cecily Adams, American actress, daughter of Don Adams
- Chris Adams, English model and professional wrestler
- CJ Adams, American actor
- Don Adams, American actor, comedian and director
- Edie Adams, American comedienne, actress, singer and businesswoman
- Fran Adams, American actress
- Joey Adams, American actress
- Joey Adams,, American author and comedian
- Julie Adams, American actress
- Kathryn Adams, American silent film actress
- Kelly Adams, English actress
- Mary Kay Adams, American actress
- Maud Adams, Swedish model and actress
- Maude Adams, American stage actress
- Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter
- Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor
- Ryland Adams, American YouTuber
- Stanley Adams, American actor and film writer
- Stella Adams, American actress
- Toni Adams, American professional female wrestler
- Tony Adams, Welsh actor
- Trudy Adams, American actress and professional wrestler
Models
- Stephanie Adams, American Playboy model and author
Military
- Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Civil War General and president of the Union Pacific Railroad
- Charles Francis Adams III, U.S. Navy secretary
- Donald E. Adams, American pilot and Korean War flying ace
- Robert Bellew Adams, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Samuel Adams , U.S. Navy officer
Science, medicine, and engineering
- Arthur Adams, British physician and naturalist
- Charles Hitchcock Adams, U.S. astronomer
- Clarence Raymond Adams, American mathematician
- Douglas Q. Adams, American linguist
- Edward Dean Adams, engineer, financier, and scientist, Niagara Falls hydroelectric dam engineer, recipient of the 1926 John Fritz Medal
- Edwin Plimpton Adams, American physicist
- Francis Adams, Scottish medical doctor and translator of Greek medical works
- Henry Adams, American architectural engineer
- Henry Percy Adams, English architect
- Johann Friedrich Adam, Russian botanist known by the author abbreviation "Adams"
- John Bodkin Adams, Irish-British physician and suspected serial killer
- John Couch Adams, British mathematician and astronomer
- Karl Adams , Swiss mathematician and teacher
- Matthew Algernon Adams, British medical doctor and chemist
- Michael James Adams, American aviator and NASA astronaut
- Otto Eugene Adams, American architect
- Patch Adams, American physician, social activist and clown
- Raymond Delacy Adams, American neurologist
- Robert Adams, British architect and surveyor
- Robert Adams, British firearms designer
- Robert McCormick Adams, Jr., U.S. anthropologist
- Roger Adams, American organic chemist
- Stewart Adams , British chemist
- Thomas Adams, Scottish architect and urban planner
- Walter Sydney Adams, US astronomer
- William Adams , British locomotive engineer
- William Adams , British ophthalmic surgeon
- William Bridges Adams, British author, inventor, and locomotive engineer
Other
- Adams baronets, a 17th and 18th century English baronetcy
- Alfred Albert Thomas William Adams, New Zealand forestry pioneer
- Charles Francis Adams IV, American: president of Raytheon Company
- Charles Kendall Adams, American educator and historian
- Charlotte Adams, Australian, first European woman to climb to the peak of Mount Kosciuszko
- Clifford Adams, computer programmer
- Eliphalet Adams, American Puritan minister
- Herbert Baxter Adams, American educator and historian
- John Adams , last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island
- Kevin Adams, American theatrical lighting designer
- Margaret Adams, Australian pilot
- Richard Adams , non-conforming English Presbyterian divine
- Richard Adams , British fair trade organisation founder
- Robert Merrihew Adams, American philosopher
- Samuel Adams, American beer company
- Scott Adams , American computer game designer and programmer
- Trudie Adams, American woman who has been missing since 1978
- Weaver W. Adams, American chess player
- William Adams , English navigator and first Briton to reach Japan
- William Adams , English Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
- Zabdiel Adams, American minister, writer, and cousin of President John Adams
Disambiguation
- Andrew Adams
- Arthur Adams
- Brian Adams
- Charles Adams
- Charles Francis Adams
- Chris Adams
- Colin Adams
- Craig Adams
- Daniel Adams
- David Adams
- Don Adams
- Edward Adams
- Francis Adams
- Frank Adams
- George Adams
- Greg Adams
- Henry Adams
- Herbert Adams
- James Adams
- Jimmy Adams
- John Adams
- Keith Adams
- Lee Adams
- Mark Adams
- Michael Adams
- Mike Adams
- Neil Adams
- Nick Adams
- Patrick Adams
- Paul Adams
- Richard Adams
- Rick Adams
- Robert Adams
- Roger Adams
- Samuel Adams
- Scott Adams
- Stanley Adams
- Stephen Adams
- Steve Adams
- Terry Adams
- Thomas Adams
- Tom Adams
- Tony Adams
- Walter Adams
- William Adams