Adams is a common surname in English-speaking countries.

People with the surname Adams

Politics and law

• Abigail Adams (1744–1818), U.S. First Lady
• Brockman Adams (1927–2004), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Washington
• Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807–1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, U.S. congressman, ambassador
• Dick Adams (b. 1951), Australian politician
• Gerry Adams (born 1948), Irish Republican politician, President of Sinn Féin
• Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
• John Adams (1735–1826), second U.S. President
• John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth U.S. President
• Judith Adams, Australian Senator
• Katherine Adams (born 1947), Scottish MP
• Robert Adams, Jr. (Pennsylvania) (1849-1906), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Robert H. Adams (1792–1830), U.S. Senator from Mississippi
• Samuel Adams (1722–1803), American revolutionary
• Samuel Adams (governor) (1805–1850), Governor of Arkansas
• Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), American Continental Congressman

Sports

• Babe Adams (1882–1968), American baseball pitcher
• Bob Adams (AL baseball pitcher) (1901–1996), American League baseball pitcher
• Bobby Adams (1921–1997), Major League Baseball infielder
• Charles Adams (ice hockey) (1876–1947), Boston Bruins founder
• Michael Adams (born 1971), English chess grandmaster
• Michael Adams (basketball) (born 1963), American NBA basketball player, college basketball
• Micky Adams English football Manager
• Neil Adams British judo player
• Neil Adams (footballer) English football player
• Russ Adams (born 1980), baseball player with the Toronto Blue Jays
• Sam Adams (football player) (born 1973), American football player
• Sam Adams Sr. (born 1948), American football player, father of Sam Adams
• Tony Adams (footballer) (born 1966), English footballer and manager

Literature and journalism

• Bristow Adams (1875–1957), American journalist, forester, professor, illustrator
• Brooks Adams (1848-1927), American historian and a critic of capitalism
• Cecil Adams, pseudonym of author(s) of a syndicated humor column, The Straight Dope
• Douglas Adams (1952–2001), British comic radio dramatist and writer, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
• Eddie Adams (photographer) (1933–2004), American photojournalist
• Francis Adams (writer) (1862–1893), Australian essayist, poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist
• Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960), American columnist (under the pen name F.P.A.), writer, and wit
• Henry Adams (1838–1918), American historian, journalist, and novelist
• Richard Adams (author) (born 1920), British novelist, author of Watership Down and The Plague Dogs
• Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871-1958), American journalist and short story writer

Music

• Ben Adams (born 1981), British singer, businessman
• Bryan Adams (born 1959), Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter
• Charlie Adams, American musician
• Dave Adams, English musician and songwriter
• John Coolidge Adams (born 1947), American minimalist composer
• John Luther Adams (born 1953), American composer
• Oleta Adams (born 1962), American soul and jazz singer
• Ryan Adams (born 1974), American alt-country and rock and roll singer/songwriter
• Steven Adams (born 1974), English songwriter and singer with The Broken Family Band
• Victoria Adams (born 1974), birthname of British pop singer "Posh Spice" (Victoria Beckham)

Drama and television

• Cecily Adams (1958–2004), American actress, daughter of Don Adams
• Don Adams (1923–2005), American actor
• Maud Adams (born 1945), Swedish model and actress
• Nick Adams (1931–1968), American actor and screenwriter
• Stanley Adams (actor) (1915–1977), American actor and filmwriter
• Tony Adams (actor) (born 1940), Welsh actor

Military

• Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835–1915), Civil War General and president of the Union Pacific Railroad
• Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), U.S. Navy secretary
• Robert Bellew Adams (VC) (1856–1928), recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Samuel Adams (naval officer) (1912–1942), U.S. Navy officer
• W. Adams (died 1748), captain in British Navy

Science, medicine, and engineering

• Francis Adams (translator) (1796-1861), Scottish medical doctor and translator of Greek medical works
• John Bodkin Adams, Eastbourne physician and suspected serial killer]
• John Couch Adams (1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomer
• J. Stacy Adams, creator of the Equity theory
• Robert Adams of London (1809–1870), British firearms designer
• Robert McCormick Adams Jr. (born 1926), U.S. anthropologist
• William Adams (locomotive engineer) (1823–1904), British locomotive engineer
• William Adams (oculist) (1783–1827), English ophthalmic surgeon
• William Bridges Adams (1797–1872) British author, inventor, and locomotive engineer

Other

• Ansel Adams (1902–1984), American photographer
• Arthur Adams (photographer), American Photographer
• Arthur Adams, American comic book artist
• Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), president of Raytheon Company
• Clifford Adams, computer programmer
• Herbert Adams (1858-1945), American sculptor
• Herbert Baxter Adams (1850–1901), American educator and historian
• John Adams (mutineer) (1766–1829), last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island
• Michael James Adams (1930–1967), American aviator and NASA astronaut
• Milivi Adams (1997–2002), Puerto Rican cancer patient
• Neal Adams (born 1941), American comic book artist
• Richard Adams (ca. 1626–1698), non-conforming English Presbyterian divine
• Richard Adams (Traidcraft), British fair trade organisation founder
• Robert Adams (architect) (1540–1595), English architect and surveyor
• Robert Merrihew Adams (born 1937), American philosopher
• Robert Adams (photographer) (born 1937), American photographer
• Scott Adams (disambiguation)
  • Scott Adams (born 1957), cartoonist
  • Scott Adams (game designer), computer game designer and programmer
• Thomas Adams (architect) (1871–1940), Scottish architect and urban planner
• William Adams (sailor) (1564–1620), English navigator, first Briton to reach Japan
• William Adams (master) (1706–1789), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
• Zabdiel Adams (1739–1801), American minister, writer, cousin of President John Adams

Disambiguation

• Andrew Adams
• Arthur Adams
• Carl Adams
• Charles Adams
• Charles Francis Adams
• Chris Adams
• Colin Adams
• Daniel Adams
• David Adams
• Don Adams
• Eddie Adams
• Francis Adams
• George Adams
• Greg Adams
• Herbert Adams
• James Adams
• John Adams
• Keith Adams
• Michael Adams
• Mike Adams
• Nick Adams
• Paul Adams
• Richard Adams
• Robert Adams
• Robert M. Adams
• Samuel Adams
• Scott Adams
• Steve Adams
• Steven Adams
• Thomas Adams
• Tony Adams
• Walter Adams
• William Adams

Fictional

• Eddie Adams, real name of fictional porn star Dirk Diggler

See also

• Addams
• List of people by name: Ada#Adams

External links

• Adams surname on Genealogy at wikicities.

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