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Revision as of 14:19, 19 January 2009
John Adams (1735–1826) was the second President of the United States.
John Adams may also refer to:
Politicians
- John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), 6th President of the United States and son of the 2nd President
- John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams (1931–1985), known better as "Tom" Adams, Prime Minister of Barbados
- John J. Adams (1848–1919), Congressman from New York during the 48th United States Congress
- John Quincy Adams (1833–1894), American politician and grandson of the President of the same name
- John Adams (New York), (1778–1854), United States Congressman from New York
- John H. Addams (1822–1881), Illinois State Senator and father of Jane Addams
- John T. Adams (1862–1939), Republican National Committee chairman
- John Adams, 1st Baron Adams (1890–1960), British peer
Composers
- John Adams (composer) (born 1947), American composer who came to prominence with his opera Nixon in China
- John Luther Adams (born 1953), an American postminimalist composer
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 (rear admiral) (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
Scientists
- John Couch Adams (1819–1892), Cornish mathematician and astronomer who predicted the existence of Neptune
- John Adams (physicist) (1920–1984), Director general of CERN and particle accelerator designer
- John Frank Adams (1930–1989), British mathematician
- John Adams (geographer), professor of geography, environmentalist and risk theorist
Others
- John Adams (martyr) (died 1586), Catholic priest and martyr under Elizabeth I of England
- John Adams (provost) (1662–1720), provost of King's College, Cambridge
- John Adams (poet) (1704–1740), only son of the Nova Scotia merchant John Adams
- John Adams (mutineer) (1766–1829), on the HMAV Bounty
- John Adams (educator), (1772–1863), educator who organized several hundred Sunday schools
- John Adams (Confederate Army officer) (1825–1864), United States Army officer
- John Adams (glassmaker) (1823–1886), Pioneer Glass Manufacturer
- John H. Adams (born 1915), American Hall of Fame jockey
- John Adams (ice hockey) (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player
- John Adams (drummer) (born 1951), perennial attendee of Cleveland Indians baseball home games
- John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), British physician and suspected serial killer
- John Clayton Adams (1820–1906), landscape artist
- John Jay Adams (1860–1926), American lawyer and judge
- John Joseph Adams (born 1976), American science fiction/fantasy editor
- Bert Adams or John Bertram Adams (1891–1940), American baseball player
- John Adams, a character in of 13 Beloved
Other works
- John Adams (book), a 2001 biography written by David McCullough
- John Adams (miniseries), a 2008 HBO television miniseries based on McCullough's book
See also
- Jack Adams (disambiguation)
- Johnny Adams (1932–1998) American blues singer
- John Adam (disambiguation)