Thomas Adams may refer to:

Politicians

* Thomas Adams (MP), Member of Parliament for

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...

Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586 – 24 February 1667/1668) was the Lord Mayor of the City of London and a Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1654 to 1655 and 1656–1658. Adams was born in 1586, at Wem, Shropshire, educated at ...

(1586–1667/68), Lord Mayor of London * Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress * Thomas Boylston Adams (judge) (1772–1832), son of US president John Adams * Thomas Boylston Adams (academic) (1910–1997), American writer, executive, and political candidate * Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (1917–2006), American politician in Florida * Thomas Adams (sheriff) (1804–1869), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military

* Thomas Adams (British Army officer) (c. 1730–1764), British Army major, noted for his defense of the British position in Bengal in 1763 * Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet (1738–1770), naval officer

Musicians

* Thomas Adams (organist, born 1785) (1785–1858), English organist and composer * Thomas Adams (organist, born 1857) (1857–1918), English organist and composer

Writers and publishers

* Thomas Adams (priest) (1583–1652), English priest and religious writer * Thomas Adams (publisher) (died 1620), English bookseller and publisher * Thomas Adams (writer) (c. 1633–1670), English religious writer

Educators

* Thomas Sewall Adams (1873–1933), American economist and educator * Thomas R. Adams (1921–2008), US educational figure, librarian and professor at Brown University * Thomas Adams (classicist) (1884–1953), New Zealand professor of classical languages and cricketer

Other people

Thomas Adams (manufacturer and philanthropist) Thomas Adams (5 February 1807 – 16 May 1873) was a British lace manufacturer and philanthropist based in Nottingham. Early years Thomas Adams was born at Worksop, Nottinghamshire on 5 February 1807. His father (also named Thomas) was a malts ...

(1807–1873), English Nottingham lace manufacturer and philanthropist *

Thomas Adams (chewing gum maker) The American Chicle Company was a chewing gum trust founded by Thomas Adams, Jr., with Edward E. Beeman and Jonathan Primle. Thomas Adams Thomas Adams (May 4, 1818 – February 7, 1905) was a 19th-century American scientist and inventor who ...

(1818–1905), American businessman * Thomas Albert Smith Adams (1839–1888), American religious figure *

Thomas Adams (architect) Thomas Adams (10 September 1871 – 24 March 1940) was a pioneer of urban planning. Born on Meadowhouse Farm near Edinburgh to dairy farmers James and Margaret Adams, he was educated at Daniels Stewart's College in Edinburgh and was a farmer i ...