John Adams (1735–1826), second president of the United States. John Adams may also refer to:

Relatives of the United States president

John Adams Sr. John Adams Sr. (February 8, 1691 – May 25, 1761), also known as Deacon John, was a British-North American colonial farmer and minister. He was the father of the second U.S. president, John Adams Jr., and grandfather of the sixth president ...

(1691–1761), father and grandfather, respectively, of two U.S. presidents * John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States and son of President John Adams * John Adams II (1803–1834), son of President John Quincy Adams and grandson of President John Adams * John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), American politician and grandson of President John Quincy Adams *

John Quincy Adams (1848–1919) John Quincy Adams (June 16, 1848 – November 13, 1919) was an employee of the Milwaukee Road Railroad serving in the capacity as the general land and townsite agent in 1907, when Adams County, North Dakota was created, which is named after h ...

, land and townsite agent for Milwaukee Railroad

Politics

United States

John Adams (Virginia politician) John Adams (July 14, 1773 – June 23, 1825) was an American physician who served as mayor of Richmond, Virginia from 1819 to 1825. Life and public service John Adams, the tenth child of Richard and Elizabeth Adams, was born 14 July 1773. He gr ...

(1773–1825), mayor of Richmond, Virginia *

John Adams (New York politician) John Adams (August 26, 1778 – September 25, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States Congressman from New York (state), New York from 1833 to 1835. Life John studied law, and taught school in Durham. ...

(1778–1854), congressman from New York * John Q. Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1816–1895), Wisconsin state legislator * John W. Adams (Wisconsin politician, born 1862) (1862–1939), Wisconsin state legislator * John Adams (Wisconsin politician, born 1819) (1819–1908), Wisconsin state legislator * John H. Addams (1822–1881), Illinois state senator and father of Jane Addams *

John J. Adams John Joseph Adams (September 16, 1848 – February 16, 1919) was an American politician and a United States Congressman from New York State, serving two terms from 1883 to 1887. Biography Adams was born in Douglas Town in the New Brunswick co ...

(1848–1919), congressman from New York *

John T. Adams John Taylor Adams (December 22, 1862 – October 28, 1939) was a noted businessman in the Dubuque, Iowa area and also a former Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1921 to 1924. Biography Adams was born on December 22, 1862 in Dub ...

(1862–1939), Republican National Committee chairman *

John Adams Sr. (Nebraska politician) John Adams Sr. (February 2, 1876 – April 21, 1962) was an American minister, lawyer, and politician and a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, was a lawyer and minister in South Carolina, Washington (s ...

(1876–1962), American minister, lawyer, and politician * John Adams Jr. (Nebraska politician) (1906–1999), American lawyer and politician *

John Adams (Ohio politician) John Adams (born January 14, 1960) is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2014. For part of his tenure, he served as the majority whip. In 2022, he ran for Ohio Secretary of State, but wa ...

(born 1960), Ohio House of Representatives * John Adams (journalist) (1819–?), American lawyer, politician and journalist in Maine

Elsewhere

John Adams (Pembroke MP) John Adams (by 1511 – 1571/1575), of Peterchurch in Pembroke and St Petrox, Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bor ...

(by 1511–1571/75), Welsh MP for Pembroke Boroughs * John Adams (merchant) (1672/3–1745), American-born member of the Nova Scotia Council * John Adams (Carmarthen MP) (c. 1746–1817), British politician *

John Adams, 1st Baron Adams John Jackson Adams, 1st Baron Adams, Order of the British Empire, OBE, Justice of the Peace, JP (12 October 1890 – 23 August 1960) was a British politician and public servant. The son of Thomas Adams and Mary Bowness, he was raised to the peera ...

(1890–1960), British politician and public servant * Tom Adams (politician) or Jon Adams (1931–1985), prime minister of Barbados

Academics

* John Adams (Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) (died 1746), Master of Sidney Sussex 1730–1746 *

John Adams (educational writer) John Adams (1750? – 1814) was a Scottish compiler of books for young readers. Biography Adams was born at Aberdeen about 1750. Having graduated at the university there, he obtained a preaching license, and coming to London was appointed minister ...

(1750? – 1814), Scottish compiler of books for young readers *

John Adams (educationist) Sir John Adams (2 July 1857 – 30 September 1934) was a Scottish education scholar who was the first Principal of UCL Institute of Education. Adams was born in Glasgow, the third son of Charles Adams, a blacksmith. He was educated at St David's ...

(1857–1934), Scottish educator and Principal of the Institute of Education * John Cranford Adams (1903–1986), American educator and president of Hofstra University * John Adams (geographer) (born 1938), English professor of geography and theorist on risk compensation

Arts and entertainment

John Adams (poet) John Adams (March 26, 1705 – January 22, 1740) was an American poet. Biography Adams was the only son of merchant Hon. John Adams and Hannah Checkley of Nova Scotia, and he graduated from Harvard University in 1721. He joined the ministry of t ...

(1704–1740), only son of the Nova Scotian merchant John Adams * John Turvill Adams (1805–1882), American novelist *

John "Grizzly" Adams John Boyden Adams (also known as James Capen Adams and Grizzly Adams) (October 22, 1812 – October 25, 1860) was a famous California mountain man and trainer of grizzly bears and other wild animals he captured for menageries, zoological gardens ...

(1812–1860), American mountain man and animal trainer *

John Clayton Adams John Clayton Adams or J. Clayton Adams (26 January 1840 – 20 June 1906) was an English landscape artist. Life Adams was born the second son of Mr. C.H. Adams in Edmonton, Middlesex (now in Greater London), and studied art at the Bloomsbu ...

(1840–1906), English landscape artist * John Wolcott Adams (1874–1925), American illustrator * John Quincy Adams (painter) (1874–1933), Austrian genre and portrait painter *

Jon Adams (musician) Jon Adams is an American folk musician active in the coffee house circuit in the 1960s. He was born in Berkeley, California in 1939. His mother was from Oregon and his father was a Methodist minister. Adams frequently played coffee houses and ...

(born 1939), American folk musician *

John Adams (composer) John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer and conductor whose music is rooted in minimalism. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, which ...

(born 1947), American composer of classical music and opera * John Clement Adams (born 1947), American composer and educator * John Luther Adams (born 1953), American composer whose music is inspired by nature * John Joseph Adams (born 1976), American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor

Works

* ''John Adams'' (book), a 2001 biography by David McCullough * ''John Adams'' (miniseries), a 2008 HBO television miniseries based on McCullough's book

Law

John Hicks Adams John Hicks Adams (1820–1878) was an American 49er of the California Gold Rush and sheriff of Santa Clara County between 1864 and 1870, and again between 1871 and 1875. He was also Deputy United States Marshal for the Arizona Territory 1878, ...

(1820–1878), Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Arizona Territory 1878 * John Jay Adams (1860–1926), American lawyer and judge *

John R. Adams John Randell Adams Jr. (born September 22, 1955) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Education and career Adams was born in Orrville, Ohio, and received a Bachelor of Scienc ...

(born 1955), U.S. federal judge *

John Donley Adams John Donley Adams (born November 2, 1973) is an American lawyer from Virginia. He is a partner at McGuire Woods, where he chairs the Government Investigations Department and co-chairs the Appellate Team. Adams ran for Attorney General of Virginia ...

(born 1973), American lawyer and candidate for Attorney General of Virginia *

J. Christian Adams John Christian Adams (born 1968) is an American attorney and conservative activist formerly employed by the United States Department of Justice under the George W. Bush administration. Since leaving the DOJ, Adams has become notable for making al ...

(born 1968), American attorney and conservative activist

Military

* John Worthington Adams (1764–1837), British general in India *

John Giles Adams John Giles Adams (December 2, 1792 – May 14, 1832) was a cavalry officer in the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War of 1832. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee and came to Illinois in 1828, eventually marrying and fathering eight childre ...

(1792–1832), U.S. commander at the Battle of Stillman's Run during the 1832 Black Hawk War * John Adams (Confederate Army officer) (1825–1864), US Army officer *

John G. B. Adams John Gregory Bishop Adams (October 6, 1841 – October 19, 1900) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War. Biography John was born on October 6, 1841 in Groveland, Massachusetts, to Is ...

(1841–1900), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient *

John Mapes Adams John Mapes Adams (October 11, 1871 – January 6, 1921) was an American Marine who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the Boxer Rebellion. His birth name was George Lawrence Day, but he served in the Marine Corps under the alias ...

(1871–1921), Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor recipient *

John Adams (Royal Navy officer) Rear Admiral (Royal Navy), Rear Admiral John Harold Adams, (19 December 1918 – 3 November 2008) was a Royal Navy officer who was best known for his command of , a 22,000 ton Centaur-class aircraft carrier, ''Centaur''-class light aircraft carr ...

(1918–2008), British rear admiral *

John G. Adams John Gibbons Adams (23 March 1912 – 26 June 2003) was the US Army's counsel in the Army-McCarthy Hearings. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and he worked in Washington, DC for the Defense Department before he became the US Army genera ...

(1932–2003), Army counsel in the Army-McCarthy hearings *

John Adams (Canadian general) John Lawrence Adams, , (born May 31, 1942) was the Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada and Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence from July 2005 to January 2012. He was succeeded by John Forster. Adams graduated from ...

(born 1942), Canadian military leader

Religion

* John Adams (Protestant martyr) (died 1546), burnt to death * John Adams (Catholic martyr) (c. 1543–1586), English Catholic priest who was hanged, drawn, and quartered * John Adams (Provost of King's College, Cambridge) (1662–1720), British Anglican priest * John Adams (minister) (c. 1704–1757), Scottish minister and moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland * John Adams (educator) (1772–1863), educator who organized several hundred Sunday schools *

John Greenleaf Adams John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1897) was co-editor with Dr. E.H. Chapin of the Universalist Hymns for Christian Devotion and alone for the Gospel Psalmist, 1861. Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he married twice, including Mary Hall Barrett Adam ...

(1810–1897), editor of religious texts *

(c. 1750–1814), Scottish minister and author of school texts * John Hurst Adams (1927–2018), American civil rights activist and Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church * John Adams (bishop) (born 1963), New Zealand Roman Catholic bishop

Science

John Adams (physicist) Sir John Bertram Adams (24 May 1920 – 3 March 1984) was an English accelerator physicist and administrator. Adams is mostly known for his work at CERN and Culham Laboratory. Despite a lack of formal university education, Adams worked f ...

(1920–1984), British accelerator physicist * John Couch Adams (1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomer *

John Franklin Adams John Franklin-Adams (1843 – 1912) was a British astronomer and stellar cartographer. The minor planets 982 Franklina and 1925 Franklin-Adams are named after him. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin-Adams, John 19th-century British astron ...

(1843–1912), British amateur astronomer and author of stellar maps * John Stacey Adams, behavioral psychologist known for

equity theory Equity theory focuses on determining whether the distribution of resources is fair to both relational partners. Equity is measured by comparing the ratio of contributions (or costs) and benefits (or rewards) for each person. Considered one of the ...

Sports

Football

* John C. Adams (1887–1969), American college football player *

John Adams (offensive lineman) John William "Tree" Adams (September 22, 1921 – August 20, 1969) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins from 1945 to 1949. He played college football at the University ...

(1921–1969), American football offensive lineman * John Adams (running back) (1937–1995), American football player *

Johnny Adams (gridiron football) Johnny Adams (born June 9, 1989) is a former Canadian football cornerback of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans. He attended Buchtel High School when he was a member of the football, ba ...

(born 1989), American football cornerback * John Adams (center), college football player

Hockey

* John Adams (ice hockey, born 1920) (1920–1996), Canadian ice hockey winger in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens * John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946), Canadian ice hockey goaltender

Other sports

* Bert Adams (John Bertram Adams, 1891–1940), American baseball player *

John H. Adams (jockey) John H. Adams (September 1, 1914 – August 19, 1995) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1965. Early life Born in Carlisle, Arkansas, John Adams ...

(1914–1995), American Hall of Fame jockey *

John Adams (basketball) John Adams (April 9, 1917 – June 1979) was an American basketball player. He was an All-American player at Arkansas in the 1940s. Adams is one of several men credited with creating the jump shot in basketball. John Adams, a 6'3 guard/forwa ...

(1917–1979), All-American basketball player from Arkansas *

John Adams (drummer) John Joseph Adams (October 9, 1951 – January 30, 2023) was an American who was regarded as a fan (person), superfan of the Cleveland Indians, a Major League Baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. Adams played his bass drum in the bleacher s ...

(1951–2023), perennial attendee of Cleveland Indians baseball home games * John Adams (golfer) (born 1954), American professional golfer * John Adams (judoka) (born 1960), Dominican Republic judoka

Other people

John Adams (cartographer) John Adams (c.1643-1690) was an English cartographer responsible for an elaborate map of England and Wales (1677) and an exceptionally large Gazetteer known as his ''Index Villaris'' (1680). Biography John Adams was born in Shropshire and in ...

(1643–1690), produced a map of England and Wales * John Adams (mutineer) (1767–1829), aboard HMS ''Bounty'' * John Adams (glassmaker) (1823–1886), pioneer glass manufacturer *

John Bodkin Adams John Bodkin Adams (21 January 18994 July 1983) was an Irish-born British general practitioner, convicted fraudster, and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, 163 of his patients died while in comas, which was deemed to be worthy of i ...

(1899–1983), British physician and suspected serial killer * John

Frank Adams John Frank Adams (5 November 1930 – 7 January 1989) was a British mathematician, one of the major contributors to homotopy theory. Life He was born in Woolwich, a suburb in south-east London, and attended Bedford School. He began research ...

(1930–1989), British mathematician * John H. Adams (environmentalist) (born 1936), founding director and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council * John Till Adams (1748–1786), English Quaker physician

Other uses

* Johnadams, a minor planet * John Adams, California, the former name of Centerville, California, US * USS ''John Adams'', several US Navy ships * ''John Quincy Adams'' (train), of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad * John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, a UK physics research institute named for the physicist John Adams *

John Adams Institute (Netherlands) The West-Indisch Huis ("West India House") is the former headquarters of the Dutch West India Company in Amsterdam. In this building, the Dutch West India Company's governors in 1625 ordered the construction of a fort on the island of Manhattan, ...

(''Stichting John Adams Instituut''), a 1987 American cultural promotion organization