John Adams (disambiguation)

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
• John R. Adams (1955-), United States federal judge
• John Adams (Ohio politician), present-day member of Ohio House of Representatives

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 Adams (running back) (1937-1995), American football player
• John H. Adams (1915-1995), 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, character of the video game The Conduit

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

Geography

• John Adams, former name of Centerville, Butte County, California

See also

• Jack Adams (disambiguation)
• Johnny Adams (1932–1998) American blues singer
• John Adam (disambiguation)