Adams (surname)
Adams Meaning "Son of Adam" Region of origin England, Scotland Variant form(s) Addams , MacAdam (in Scotland)
Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from the given name Adam .[ 1] [ 2] Addams and McAdam/MacAdam .
People with the surname
Politics and law
A. A. Adams (1900–1985), American politicianAbigail Adams (1744–1818), second First Lady of the United States and mother of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United StatesAlma Adams (born 1946), U.S. representative from North CarolinaAnnette Abbott Adams (1877–1956), judge of the California Court of AppealArlin Adams (1921–2015), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitBarbara Adams (born 1962), Canadian politicianBenjamin C. Adams (1847–1907), American politicianBenjamin F. Adams (1822–1902), American politicianBrock Adams (1927–2004), U.S. representative and U.S. senator from WashingtonBryan Adams (politician) (born 1963), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson ParishCampbell W. Adams (1852–1930), New York state engineer and surveyorCharles C. Adams Jr. (born 1947), American international arbitration lawyer, civic activistCharles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), U.S. congressman, ambassadorDick Adams (Australian politician) (born 1951), Australian politicianDorothy Adams, later known as Dorothy Williams (activist) (1928–2011), South African anti-apartheid activist
Ekene Abubakar Adams (1985–2024), Nigerian politicianElmer B. Adams (1842–1916), United States District Court judgeElmer Ellsworth Adams (1861–1950), American newspaper editor and politicianEric Adams (born 1960), Mayor of New York City (2022–present)Floyd Adams Jr. (1945–2014), American politicianFraser L. Adams (1891–1979), mayor of Huntsville, AlabamaGabriel Adams (1790–1864), mayor of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaGerry Adams (born 1948), Irish republican politician, leader of Sinn Féin 1983–2018Grantley Herbert Adams (1898–1971), Barbadian politician Hank Adams (1943–2020), Native American rights activistHenry Cullen Adams (1850–1906), U.S. representative from WisconsinIrene Adams , Baroness Adams of Craigielea (born 1947), Scottish politicianIsaac Adams (inventor) (1802–1883), American inventor and politicianIsaac Adams (Maine politician) (1773–1834), American politicianIsaac Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1825–1879), American politicianJ. J. Adams (1860–1935), American politicianJed C. Adams (1876–1935), judge of the United States Board of Tax AppealsJesse A. Adams (1876–1940), American politicianJohn Donley Adams (born 1973), American lawyer and politicianJohn Adams (1735–1826), one of the Founding Fathers, first Vice President of the United States and second President of the United StatesJohn Adams (Canadian general) (born 1942), Chief of the Canadian Security EstablishmentJohn Adams (New York politician) (1778–1854), U.S. congressman from New YorkJohn Adams (Virginia politician) (1773–1825), American politicianJohn Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States and son of John Adams, second president of the United StatesJudith Adams (1943–2012), Australian senatorJunior Adams (born 1979), American football coachJüri Adams (born 1947), Estonian politicianLawrence Adams (politician) (1914–1994), American politicianLeo G. Adams (born 1937), American politicianMarshal T. Adams (1886–1987), American politicianMumuni Adams (born 1907), Ghanaian politicianN. Q. Adams (1839–1922), American politicianNatalie Adams (born 1965), Australian judgeNigel Adams (born 1966), British politicianPhilip Adams (1915–2001), British diplomatPlatt Adams (politician) (1792–1887), New York politicianRobert Adams Jr. (1849–1906), U.S. representative from PennsylvaniaRobert H. Adams (1792–1830), U.S. senator from MississippiSalisbury Adams (1925–2004), American lawyer and politicianSamuel Adams (1722–1803), American revolutionarySamuel Adams (Arkansas politician) (1805–1850), governor of ArkansasSimeon R. Adams (1814–1860), American politician and newspaper ownerThomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), American Continental CongressmanTom Adams (politician) (1931–1985), Barbadian politician , the prime minister of Barbados W. C. Adams (1884–1972), American politicianWashington Adams (1814–1883), justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
Sports
Alvan Adams (born 1954), American basketball playerAmos Adams (footballer) (1880–1941), English footballerAndre Adams (born 1975), New Zealand cricketerAustin Adams (baseball, born 1986) , American baseball playerAustin Adams (baseball, born 1991) , American baseball playerBabe Adams (1882–1968), American baseball pitcherBlair Adams (born 1991), English footballerBob Adams (1920s pitcher) (1901–1996), American National League baseball pitcherBob Adams (1930s pitcher) (1907–1970), American National League baseball pitcherBob Adams (American football) (born 1946), US American football playerBobby Adams (1921–1997), American Major League Baseball infielderBoyd Adams (born 1934), American racing driverBrendan Adams (born 2000), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Bud Adams (1923–2013), owner of American professional football team, Tennessee TitansCarl Adams (born 1942), American racing driverCharles Adams (1876–1947), American businessman and Boston Bruins founderChé Adams (born 1996), English footballer who plays for ScotlandChris Adams (cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketerChris Adams (footballer) (1927–2012), English footballerChris Adams (rugby league) (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballerChris Adams (wrestler) (1955–2001), English judoka and professional wrestlerChuck Adams (born 1971), American tennis playerDanesha Adams (born 1986), American footballer (soccer)Danielle Adams (born 1989), American basketball playerDarren Adams (born 1974), English footballerDavante Adams (born 1992), American football playerDavey Adams (1883–1948), Scottish footballerDennis Adams (1934–1971), South African boxer of the 1950s and 1960sDerek Adams (born 1975), Scottish footballer and managerDiane Adams , Canadian curler, World championDoc Adams (1814–1899), American baseball player and executive, credited with inventing the shortstop positionDon Adams (basketball) (1947–2013), American basketball playerEddie Adams , American racing driverEli Adams (born 2002), Australian footballerEmery Adams (1911–1960), American baseball playerErnie Adams (footballer, born 1922) (1922–2009), English footballerErnie Adams (footballer, born 1948) (born 1948), English footballerGaines Adams (1983–2010), American football playerGary Adams (baseball) (born 1939), American college baseball coachGeorgia Adams (born 1993), English women's cricketerHarry Adams (baseball umpire) (1863–1941), American Major League Baseball umpireHassan Adams (born 1984), American basketball playerIsaiah Adams (born 2000), American football playerJack Adams (1894–1968), National Hockey League player, coach, and managerJalen Adams (born 1995), American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier LeagueJamal Adams (born 1995), American football playerJamie Adams (born 1987), Scottish footballerJen Adams (born 1980), Australian lacrosse coach and former playerJeff Adams (born 1970), Canadian wheelchair racerJimmy Adams (racing driver) (born 1972), US racecar driverJordan Adams (born 1994), American basketball playerJordyn Adams (born 1999), American baseball playerJosh Adams (American football) (born 1996), American football playerJunior Adams (born 1979), American football coachKatrina Adams (born 1968), American professional tennis playerKeion Adams (born 1995), American football playerKevyn Adams (born 1974), American ice hockey playerKola Adams (born 1980), Nigerian footballerMarcus Adams (footballer) (born 1993), Australian rules footballerMartin Adams (born 1956), English darts player, 2007 British Darts Organisation World ChampionMatt Adams (born 1988), American baseball playerMatthew Adams (American football) (born 1995), American football playerMichael Adams (basketball) (born 1963), American NBA basketball player, college basketballMichael Adams (chess player) (born 1971), English chess grandmasterMicky Adams (born 1961), English football (soccer) managerMike Adams (born 1974), professional American football playerMontravius Adams (born 1995), American football playerMyles Adams (born 1998), American football playerNeil Adams (born 1958), British judokaNeil Adams (born 1965), English football (soccer) playerNick Adams (born 1948), British racing driverNicola Adams (born 1982), English boxerOndigui Adams (born 1987), Cameroonian football (soccer) playerPhilippe Adams (born 1969), Belgian Formula One driverPhillip Adams (American football) (1988–2021), American football playerRex Adams (1928–2014), English footballerRiley Adams (born 1996), American baseball playerRodney Adams (born 1994), American football playerRonnie Adams (1916–2004), British rally driverRoosevelt Adams (born 1994), Filipino-American basketball playerRuss Adams (born 1980), American baseball player with the Toronto Blue JaysSadick Adams (born 1990), Ghanaian footballerSam Adams (born 1973), US American football playerSam Adams Sr. (1948–2015), US American football playerShawn Adams (born 1974), Canadian curlerSidney Adams (1904–1945), English cricketerSpencer Adams (1898–1970), American Baseball playerStephen Adams (born 1989), Ghanaian football playerSteven Adams (born 1993), New Zealand basketball player; half-brother of Valerie Adams (below)Stewart Adams (ice hockey) (1904–1978), Canadian ice hockey playerTaeyanna Adams (born 2002), Micronesian swimmerTony Adams (born 1966), English footballer and managerTrey Adams (born 1997), American football playerTyler Adams (born 1999), American soccer playerValerie Adams (born 1984), New Zealand shot putterVicki Adams (born 1989), Scottish curlerVicki Adams (trick rider) (born 1951), rodeo performerW. Adams , English football manager of Shrewsbury Town Football Club between 1905 and 1912
Literature and journalism
Bristow Adams (1875–1957), American journalist, forester, professor, illustratorBrooks Adams (1848–1927), American historian and a critic of capitalismCarol J. Adams (born 1951), American writer, feminist, and animal rights advocateCecil Adams , pseudonym of author(s) of a syndicated question-and-answer column, The Straight Dope Douglas Adams (1952–2001), British comic radio dramatist and writer, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy seriesEddie Adams (1933–2004), American photojournalistFrancis Adams (writer) (1862–1893), Australian essayist, poet, dramatist, novelist and journalistFranklin P. Adams (1881–1960), American columnist (under the pen name F.P.A.), writer, and witHannah Adams (1755–1831), American historian and theologianHarriet Adams (1892–1982), American novelist and publisherHenry Adams (1838–1918), American historian, journalist, and novelistKay Adams (sportscaster) (born 1986), American sportscaster and television personalityLois Bryan Adams (1817–1870), American writer, journalist, newspaper editorMary Hall Adams (1816–1860), American editor, letter writerMary Mathews Adams (1840–1902), American writer, philanthropistPhillip Adams (born 1939), Australian broadcaster, columnistPoppy Adams , British television director/producer and novelistR. J. Q. Adams (born 1943), American historian and professorRichard Adams (1920–2016), British novelist, author of Watership Down and The Plague Dogs Roy Adams (born 1940), Canadian author, newspaper columnist, human rights activist, and academicSamuel Hopkins Adams (1871–1958), American journalist and short story writerSarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805–1848), English poet, hymn writer
Music
Ben Adams (born 1981), British singer, businessmanBryan Adams (born 1959), Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriterCharlie Adams (drummer) (born 1954), American musicianDave Adams (1938–2016), English musician and songwriterDerroll Adams (1925–2000), American folk musicianGregory Adams (born 1987), American musician, guitarist, and songwriterIndia Adams (1927–2020), American singerJim Adams (musician) (born 1967), American, songwriter, heavy-metal guitarist with the band DefianceJohn Adams (composer) (born 1947), American minimalist composerJohn Luther Adams (born 1953), American composerLouise Adams (born 1983), Australian musicianOleta Adams (born 1962), American soul and jazz singerPepper Adams (1930–1986), American jazz saxophonist and composerPierrette Adams (born 1962), singer from the Republic of the CongoRyan Adams (born 1974), American alternative-country and rock and roll singer/songwriterRyan Adams (born 1993), American rapperSuzanne Adams (1872–1953), American operatic sopranoVictoria Adams (born 1974), birth name of British pop singer Victoria Beckham , known as "Posh Spice"
William James Adams Jr. (born 1975), birth name of will.i.am , American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
Yolanda Adams (born 1961), American gospel singer
Art and photography
Ansel Adams (1902–1984), American photographerArthur Adams (comics) (born 1963), American comic book artistClinton Adams (1918–2002), American painter and lithographerElinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), English painterGina Adams (born 1965), Ojibwe -American cross-media artist and activistHarriet Isabel Adams (1863–1952), British artist and scientific illustratorHerbert Adams (sculptor) (1858–1945), American sculptorIgshaan Adams (born 1982), South African textile artistJ. Ottis Adams (1851–1927), American Impressionist painterJJ Adams (born 1978), British mixed media artistLee Adams (born 1970), British performance artistMark Adams (artist) (1925–2006), American artistMark Adams (photographer) (born 1949), New Zealand photographerNeal Adams (1941–2022), American comic book artistPhoebe Adams (born 1953), American visual artistRobert Adams (photographer) (born 1937), American photographerScott Adams (born 1957), cartoonist and creator of the Dilbert comic stripTheo Adams (born 1989), British performance artistTracey Adams (born 1954), American expressionist painterWayman Elbridge Adams (1883–1959), American portrait painter
Dance
Drama and television
Abel Adams (1879–1938), Finnish film producerAmy Adams (born 1974), American actressBeverly Adams (born 1945), Canadian-born actressBrian Adams (wrestler) (1964–2007), American professional wrestlerBrooke Adams (born 1949), American actressCarol Adams (1918–2012), American actressCecily Adams (1958–2004), American actress, daughter of Don AdamsChris Adams (1955–2001), English model and professional wrestlerCJ Adams (born 2000), American actorDon Adams (1923–2005), American actor, comedian and directorEdie Adams (1927–2008), American comedienne, actress, singer and businesswomanFran Adams , American actressJane Adams (born 1965), American actressJoey Adams (1911–1999), American author and comedianJoey Adams (born 1968), American actressJulie Adams (1926–2019), American actressKathryn Adams (1893–1959), American silent film actressKelly Adams (born 1979), English actressMarla Adams (1938–2024), American actressMary Kay Adams (born 1962), American actressMaud Adams (born 1945), Swedish model and actressMaude Adams (1872–1953), American stage actressNick Adams (1931–1968), American actor and screenwriterPatrick J. Adams (born 1981), Canadian actorStanley Adams (1915–1977), American actor and film writerStella Adams (1883–1961), American actressToni Adams (1964–2010), American professional female wrestlerTony Adams (born 1940), Welsh actorTrudy Adams , American actress and professional wrestler
Models
Military
Amanda Adams (born 1976), American author and archaeologistArthur Adams (1820–1878), British physician and naturalistCharles Hitchcock Adams (1868–1951), U.S. astronomerClarence Raymond Adams (1898–1965), American mathematicianDouglas Q. Adams , American linguistEdward Dean Adams (1846–1931), American engineer, financier, and scientist, Niagara Falls hydroelectric dam engineer, recipient of the 1926 John Fritz MedalEdwin Plimpton Adams (1878–1956), American physicistEmily Adams , molecular diagnosticianFrancis Adams (1796–1861), Scottish medical doctor and translator of Greek medical worksFred Adams (born 1961), American astrophysicistHenry Adams (1858–1929), American architectural engineerHenry Percy Adams (1865–1930), English architectJean Adams , epidemiologistJohann Friedrich Adam (1780–1838), Russian botanist known by the author abbreviation "Adams"John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), Irish-British physician and suspected serial killerJohn Couch Adams (1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomerKarl Adams (mathematician) (1811–1849), Swiss mathematician and teacherMatthew Algernon Adams (1836–1913), British medical doctor and chemistMichael J. Adams (1930–1967), American aviator and NASA astronautOtto Eugene Adams (1889–1968), American architectPatch Adams (born 1945), American physician, social activist and clownRaymond Delacy Adams (1911–2008), American neurologistRobert Adams (1540–1595), British architect and surveyorRobert Adams (1809–1870), British firearms designerRobert McCormick Adams Jr. (1926–2018), U.S. anthropologistRoger Adams (1889–1971), American organic chemistStewart Adams (chemist) (1923–2019), British chemistThomas Adams (1871–1940), Scottish architect and urban plannerWalter Sydney Adams (1876–1956), US astronomerWilliam Adams (locomotive engineer) (1823–1904), British locomotive engineerWilliam Adams (oculist) (1783–1827), British ophthalmic surgeonWilliam Bridges Adams (1797–1872), British author, inventor, and locomotive engineer
Other
Adams baronets , a 17th and 18th century English baronetcyBarbara Adams (Egyptologist) (1945–2002), British EgyptologistCallum Adams (fl. 1981–Present), Youtuber, Musician, Husband of Game developer Thomas HawleyCharles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), American: president of Raytheon CompanyCharles Kendall Adams (1835–1902), American educator and historianCharlotte Adams (1859–?), Australian, first European woman to climb to the peak of Mount KosciuszkoClifford Adams (fl. 1990s–2010s), computer programmerEliphalet Adams (1677–1753), American Puritan ministerHerbert Baxter Adams (1850–1901), American educator and historianJane Kelley Adams (1852–1924), American educatorJiDion Adams (born 2000), American Christian YouTuber and streamerJohn Adams (mutineer) (1766–1829), last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn IslandKevin Adams (born 1962), American theatrical lighting designerMarcel Adams (1920–2020), Canadian real estate investor, billionaire, and Holocaust survivorMary Ann Adams , or Kudnarto, the first Aboriginal woman to marry a British settler in the colony of South Australia in 1848Richard Adams (businessman) (born 1946), British fair trade organisation founderRichard Adams (religious writer) (c. 1626–1698), non-conforming English Presbyterian divineRobert Merrihew Adams (born 1937), American philosopherRolan Adams (1975–1991), victim of racially motivated murder in Southeast LondonSamuel Adams , American beer companyScott Adams (game designer) (born 1952), American computer game designer and programmerShorland Adams (c1605–1664), British priestThomas William Adams (1842–1919), New Zealand forestry pioneerTrudie Adams (born 1959), American woman who has been missing since 1978Weaver W. Adams (1901–1963), American chess playerWilliam Adams (pilot) (1564–1620), English navigator and first Briton to reach JapanWilliam Adams (Master of Pembroke) (1706–1789), English Master of Pembroke College, OxfordZabdiel Adams (1739–1801), American minister and writer, cousin of President John Adams
Disambiguation lists
See also
Surnames associated with the given name
Adam Celtic Germanic Romance Slavic Liithuanian Other
References
