Adams (surname)

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Adams
Origin
Meaning"Son of Adam"
Region of originEngland, Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)Addams, MacAdam (in Scotland)
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Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning "son of Adam".[2][1]

People with the surname[]

Politics and law[]

  • A. A. Adams (1900–1985), American politician
  • Abigail Adams (1744–1818), 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 (1822–1902), American politician
  • Brock Adams (1927–2004), U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Washington
  • Bryan Adams (politician) (born 1963), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish
  • Campbell W. Adams (1852–1930), New York state engineer and surveyor
  • Charles C. Adams Jr. (born 1947), American international arbitration lawyer, civic activist
  • Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), U.S. congressman, ambassador
  • Dick Adams (politician) (born 1951), Australian politician
  • Dorothy Adams, later known as Dorothy Williams (1928–2011), South African anti-apartheid activist
  • Eric Adams (born 1960), American politician
  • Floyd Adams Jr. (1945–2014), American politician
  • Fraser L. Adams (1891–1979), mayor of Huntsville, Alabama
  • Gabriel Adams (1790–1864), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Gerry Adams (born 1948), Irish republican politician, former Leader of Sinn Féin (1983–2018)
  • Hank Adams (1943–2020), Native American rights activist
  • Henry Cullen Adams (1850–1906), U.S. representative from Wisconsin
  • Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea, (born 1947), Scottish politician
  • Isaac Adams (inventor) (1802–1883), American inventor and politician
  • Isaac Adams (Maine politician) (1773–1834), American politician
  • Isaac Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1825–1879), American politician
  • John Donley Adams (born 1974), American lawyer and politician
  • John Adams (1735–1826), one of the Founding Fathers, first Vice President of the United States and second President of the United States
  • John Adams (Canadian general) (born 1942), Chief of the Canadian Security Establishment
  • John Adams (New York politician) (1778–1854), U.S. congressman from New York
  • John Adams (Virginia politician) (1773–1825), American politician
  • John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States and son of John Adams, second president of the United States
  • Judith Adams (1943–2012), Australian senator
  • Jüri Adams (born 1947), Estonian politician
  • Mumuni Adams (born 1907), Ghanaian politician
  • Natalie Adams (born 1965), Australian judge
  • Nigel Adams (born 1966), British politician
  • Philip Adams (1915–2001), British diplomat
  • Platt Adams (politician) (1792–1887), New York politician
  • Robert Adams Jr. (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 (Arkansas politician) (1805–1850), governor of Arkansas
  • Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), American Continental Congressman

Sports[]

Literature and journalism[]

  • Bristow Adams (1875–1957), American journalist, forester, professor, illustrator
  • Brooks Adams (1848–1927), American historian and a critic of capitalism
  • Carol J. Adams (born 1951), American writer, feminist, and animal rights advocate
  • Cecil 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 series
  • Eddie Adams (1933–2004), American photojournalist
  • Francis Adams (writer) (1862–1893), Australian essayist, poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist
  • Franklin P. Adams (1881–1960), American columnist (under the pen name F.P.A.), writer, and wit
  • Hannah Adams (1755–1831), American historian and theologian
  • Harriet Adams (1892–1982), American novelist and publisher
  • Henry Adams (1838–1918), American historian, journalist, and novelist
  • Kay Adams (born 1986), American sportscaster and television personality
  • Mary Hall Barrett Adams (1816–1860), American editor, letter writer
  • Mary Mathews Adams (1840–1902), American writer, philanthropist
  • Matthew Adams (died 1753), American writer
  • Phillip Adams (born 1939), Australian broadcaster, columnist
  • Poppy Adams, British television director/producer and novelist
  • Richard Adams (1920–2016), British novelist, author of Watership Down and The Plague Dogs
  • R. J. Q. Adams (born 1943), American historian and professor
  • Roy Adams (born 1940), Canadian author, newspaper columnist, human rights activist, and academic
  • Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871–1958), American journalist and short story writer
  • Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805–1848), English poet, hymn writer

Music[]

  • Ben Adams (born 1981), British singer, businessman
  • Bryan Adams (born 1959), Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter
  • Charlie Adams (drummer) (born 1954), American musician
  • Dave Adams (1938–2016), English musician and songwriter
  • Derroll Adams (1925–2000), American folk musician
  • India Adams (1927–2020), American singer
  • Jim Adams (musician) (born 1967), American, songwriter, heavy-metal guitarist with the band Defiance
  • John Adams (composer) (born 1947), American minimalist composer
  • John Luther Adams (born 1953), American composer
  • Louise Adams (born 1983), Australian musician
  • Oleta Adams (born 1962), American soul and jazz singer
  • Pepper Adams (1930–1986), American jazz saxophonist and composer
  • Pierrette Adams (born 1962), singer from the Republic of the Congo
  • Ryan Adams (born 1974), American alternative-country and rock and roll singer/songwriter
  • Ryan Adams (born 1993), American rapper
  • Suzanne Adams (1872–1953), American operatic soprano
  • Victoria Adams (born 1974), birth name of British pop singer "Posh Spice" Victoria Beckham
  • Yolanda Adams (born 1961), American gospel singer

Art and photography[]

  • Ansel Adams (1902–1984), American photographer
  • Arthur Adams (comics) (born 1963), American comic book artist
  • Clinton Adams (1918–2002), American painter and lithographer
  • Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), English painter
  • Gina Adams (born 1965), Ojibwe-American cross-media artist and activist
  • Harriet Isabel Adams (1863–1952), British artist and scientific illustrator
  • Herbert Adams (sculptor) (1858–1945), American sculptor
  • J. Ottis Adams (1851–1927), American Impressionist painter
  • JJ Adams (born 1978), British mixed media artist
  • Mark Adams (artist) (1925–2006), American artist
  • Mark Adams (photographer) (born 1949), New Zealand photographer
  • Neal Adams (born 1941), American comic book artist
  • Robert Adams (photographer) (born 1937), American photographer
  • Scott Adams (born 1957), cartoonist and creator of the Dilbert comic strip
  • Theo Adams (born 1989), British performance artist
  • Tracey Adams (born 1954), American expressionist painter
  • Wayman Elbridge Adams (1883–1959), American portrait painter

Dance[]

Drama and television[]

  • Abel Adams (1879–1938), Finnish film producer
  • Amy Adams (born 1974), American actress
  • Beverly Adams (born 1945), Canadian-born actress
  • Brian Adams (wrestler) (1964–2007), American professional wrestler
  • Brooke Adams (born 1949), American actress
  • Carol Adams (1918–2012), American actress
  • Cecily Adams (1958–2004), American actress, daughter of Don Adams
  • Chris Adams (1955–2001), English model and professional wrestler
  • CJ Adams (born 2000), American actor
  • Don Adams (1923–2005), American actor, comedian and director
  • Edie Adams (1927–2008), American comedienne, actress, singer and businesswoman
  • Fran Adams, American actress
  • Jane Adams (born 1965), American actress
  • Joey Adams (born 1968), American actress
  • Joey Adams (1911–1999), American author and comedian
  • Julie Adams (1926–2019), American actress
  • Kathryn Adams (1893–1959), American silent film actress
  • Kelly Adams (born 1979), English actress
  • Mary Kay Adams (born 1962), American actress
  • Maud Adams (born 1945), Swedish model and actress
  • Maude Adams (1872–1953), American stage actress
  • Nick Adams (1931–1968), American actor and screenwriter
  • Patrick J. Adams (born 1981), Canadian actor
  • Ryland Adams (born 1991), American YouTuber
  • Stanley Adams (1915–1977), American actor and film writer
  • Stella Adams (1883–1961), American actress
  • Toni Adams (1964–2010), American professional female wrestler
  • Tony Adams (born 1940), Welsh actor
  • Trudy Adams, American actress and professional wrestler

Models[]

Military[]

Science, medicine, and engineering[]

  • Arthur Adams (1820–1878), British physician and naturalist
  • Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868–1951), U.S. astronomer
  • Clarence Raymond Adams (1898–1965), American mathematician
  • Douglas Q. Adams, American linguist
  • Edward Dean Adams (1846–1931), engineer, financier, and scientist, Niagara Falls hydroelectric dam engineer, recipient of the 1926 John Fritz Medal[3]
  • Edwin Plimpton Adams (1878–1956), American physicist
  • Francis Adams (1796–1861), Scottish medical doctor and translator of Greek medical works
  • Henry Adams (1858–1929), American architectural engineer
  • Henry Percy Adams (1865–1930), English architect
  • Johann Friedrich Adam (1780–1838), Russian botanist known by the author abbreviation "Adams"
  • John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), Irish-British physician and suspected serial killer
  • John Couch Adams (1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomer
  • Karl Adams (mathematician) (1811–1849), Swiss mathematician and teacher
  • Matthew Algernon Adams (1836–1913), British medical doctor and chemist
  • Michael J. Adams (1930–1967), American aviator and NASA astronaut
  • Otto Eugene Adams (1889–1968), American architect
  • Patch Adams (born 1945), American physician, social activist and clown
  • Raymond Delacy Adams (1911–2008), American neurologist
  • Robert Adams (1540–1595), British architect and surveyor
  • Robert Adams (1809–1870), British firearms designer
  • Robert McCormick Adams Jr. (1926–2018), U.S. anthropologist
  • Roger Adams (1889–1971), American organic chemist
  • Stewart Adams (chemist) (1923–2019), British chemist
  • Thomas Adams (1871–1940), Scottish architect and urban planner
  • Walter Sydney Adams (1876–1956), US astronomer
  • William Adams (locomotive engineer) (1823–1904), British locomotive engineer
  • William Adams (oculist) (1783–1827), British ophthalmic surgeon
  • William Bridges Adams (1797–1872), British author, inventor, and locomotive engineer

Other[]

  • Adams baronets, a 17th and 18th century English baronetcy
  • Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), American: president of Raytheon Company
  • Charles Kendall Adams (1835–1902), American educator and historian
  • Charlotte Adams (1859–?), Australian, first European woman to climb to the peak of Mount Kosciuszko
  • Clifford Adams, computer programmer
  • Eliphalet Adams (1677–1753), American Puritan minister
  • 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
  • Kevin Adams (born 1962), American theatrical lighting designer
  • Marcel Adams (1920–2020), Canadian real estate investor, billionaire, and Holocaust survivor
  • Margaret Adams (pilot), Australian pilot
  • Richard Adams (religious writer) (c. 1626–1698), non-conforming English Presbyterian divine
  • Richard Adams (businessman) (born 1946), British fair trade organisation founder
  • Robert Merrihew Adams (born 1937), American philosopher
  • Samuel Adams, American beer company
  • Thomas William Adams (1842–1919), New Zealand forestry pioneer
  • Scott Adams (game designer) (born 1952), American computer game designer and programmer
  • Trudie Adams, American woman who has been missing since 1978
  • Weaver W. Adams (1901–1963), American chess player
  • William Adams (pilot) (1564–1620), English navigator and first Briton to reach Japan
  • William Adams (Master of Pembroke) (1706–1789), English Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
  • Zabdiel Adams (1739–1801), 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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Last name: Adams", Surname Database, Name Origin Research, archived from the original on 12 August 2010, retrieved 31 August 2011, This interesting surname is a patronymic of Adam....
  2. ^ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Honor For E. D. Adams: Engineers to Award the John Fritz Medal for Niagara Development". The New York Times. March 17, 1926. p. 6. ProQuest 119063396.
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