John Adams (disambiguation)

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

John Adams is also the name of:

• Politicians:
• John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), 6th President of the United States and son of the 2nd President
• John Adams (merchant), Nova Scotia merchant and president of the colonial Nova Scotia Council
• John J. Adams, Congressman from New York during the 48th United States Congress
• John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams (1931–1985), known better as "Tom" Adams, Prime Minister of Barbados from 1976 to 1985
• John Adams (mayor) (1773–1825), Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
• John Adams (1690-1761), Father of John Adams.

• Musicians:
• John Coolidge Adams (born 1947), an American minimalist composer who came to prominence with his opera Nixon in China.
• John Luther Adams (born 1953), an American postminimalist composer

• Others:
• John Adams (died 1586), Catholic priest and martyr under Elizabeth I of England
• John Adams (1766–1829), on the HMS Bounty
• John Adams, professor of geography, environmentalist and risk theorist
• John Adams (1920–1984), Director general of CERN and particle accelerator designer
• John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), British physician and alleged serial murderer
• John Couch Adams (1819–1892), mathematician who predicted the existence of Neptune
• John Adams (1662–1720), provost of King's College, Cambridge
• John Adams (1704–1740), only son of the Nova Scotia merchant John Adams
• John Adams, perennial attendee of Cleveland Indians baseball home games, who strikes a bass drum to encourage cheers