John Adams (disambiguation)

John Adams (1735–1826) was the second President of the United States (1797–1801).

John Adams may also refer to:

Politicians

• John Adams, 1st Baron Adams (1890–1960), British politician and public servant
• John Adams (b. 1819) (1819–1908), Wisconsin state legislator
• John Adams (Major General) (born 1942), former Chief of the Canadian Communications Security Establishment
• John Adams (MP) (by 1511–1571/75), Welsh MP for Pembroke Boroughs
• John Adams (New York) (1778–1854), United States Congressman from New York
• John Adams (Ohio politician) (born 1960), present-day member of Ohio House of Representatives
• John H. Addams (1822–1881), Illinois State Senator and father of Jane Addams
• John J. Adams (1848–1919), Congressman from New York during the 48th United States Congress
• John Q. Adams (Wisconsin) (1816–1895), Wisconsin state legislator
• John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), 6th President of the United States and son of the 2nd President
• John Quincy Adams (1848–1919), general land and town-agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee
• John Adams II (1803–1834), son of John Quincy Adams and grandson of John Adams
• John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), American politician and grandson of the President of the same name
• John R. Adams (born 1955), United States federal judge
• John T. Adams (1862–1939), Republican National Committee chairman
• Tom Adams (politician) or Jon Adams (1931–1985), Prime Minister of Barbados

Composers

• John Adams (composer) (born 1947), American composer, came to prominence with Shaker Loops in 1978
• John Luther Adams (born 1953), American post-minimalist composer, 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner

Military

• John G. B. Adams (1841–1900), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• John Giles Adams (1792–1832), U.S. militia commander at the Battle of Stillman's Run during the 1832 Black Hawk War
• John Adams (Royal Navy officer) (1918–2008), British rear admiral
• John Mapes Adams (1871–1921), Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor recipient
• John Worthington Adams (1764–1837), British general in India
• John G. Adams (1932–2003), US Army's counsel in the Army-McCarthy Hearings
• John Adams (Confederate Army officer) (1825–1864), United States Army officer

Scientists

• John Couch Adams (1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomer
• John Adams (physicist) (1920–1984), British accelerator physicist
• John Frank Adams or Frank Adams (1930–1989), British mathematician
• John Adams (geographer) (born 1938), Emeritus Professor of Geography at University College London, environmentalist and risk theorist

Sports

• John Bertram Adams (baseball) or Bert Adams (1891–1940), American baseball player
• John Adams (offensive lineman) (1921–1969), American football offensive lineman
• John Adams (basketball) (1917–1979), All-American basketball player from Arkansas
• John Adams (drummer) (born 1951), perennial attendee of Cleveland Indians baseball home games
• John Adams (ice hockey born 1920) (1920–1996), Canadian ice hockey winger who played in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens
• John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• John Adams (ice hockey, born 1982), American ice hockey defenceman
• John Adams (running back) (1937–1995), American football player
• John C. Adams (1887–?), American college football player
• John H. Adams (1914–1995), American Hall of Fame jockey
• Johnny Adams (American football) (born 1989), American football cornerback

Martyrs

• John Adams (Catholic martyr) (ca. 1543–1586), English Catholic priest who was hanged, drawn and quartered
• John Adams (Protestant martyr) (died 1546), burnt to death

Literature

• John Adams (poet) (1704–1740), only son of the Nova Scotia merchant John Adams
• John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1897), editor of religious texts
• John Joseph Adams (born 1976), American science fiction/fantasy editor
• John Turvill Adams (1805-1882), American novelist
• John Wolcott Adams (1874–1925), American illustrator

Fictional characters

• John Adams, fictional character in the video game The Conduit

Other people

• John Adams (provost) (1662–1720), provost of King's College, Cambridge
• John Adams (cartographer) (before 1670–1738), cartographer who produced an early and elaborate map of England and Wales
• John Adams (mutineer) (1767–1829), on the HMAV Bounty
• John Adams (educator) (1772–1863), educator who organized several hundred Sunday schools
• Sir John Adams (1857–1934), Scottish education scholar
• John Adams (glassmaker) (1823–?), pioneer glass manufacturer
• John Adams Sr. (1691–1761), father and grandfather of two US presidents
• John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), British physician and suspected serial killer
• John Clayton Adams (1840–1906), English landscape artist
• John H. Adams (NRDC) (born 1936), founding director and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council
• John Jay Adams (1860–1926), American lawyer and judge
• Johnny Adams (1932–1998), American blues singer
• John Adams (merchant) (1672/3–1745), American-born Canadian merchant and member of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
• John Adams (educational writer) (c. 1750–1814), Scottish compiler of books for young readers
• John Hicks Adams (1830–1878), Deputy United States Marshal for the Arizona Territory 1878
• John Adams (documentary producer), producer of the 1953 film The Word
• J. Stacey Adams, behavioral psychologist known for equity theory

Other uses

• John Adams (book), a 2001 biography written by David McCullough
• John Adams (miniseries), a 2008 HBO television miniseries based on McCullough's book
• John Adams, California, former name of Centerville, California, US
• USS John Adams, several US Navy ships
• John Quincy Adams (train), a named train of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

See also

• Jonathan Adams (disambiguation)
• John Adam (disambiguation)
• Jack Adams (disambiguation)
• Adams (surname)