Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from the given name Adam. Related surnames include Addams and McAdam/MacAdam.
People with the surname
Politics and law
A. A. Adams (1900–1985), American politician
Abigail Adams (1744–1818), second First Lady of the United States and mother of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States Alma Adams (born 1946), U.S. representative from North Carolina Annette Abbott Adams (1877–1956), judge of the California Court of Appeal Arlin Adams (1921–2015), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Barbara Adams (born 1962), Canadian politician Benjamin F. Adams (1822–1902), American politician Brock Adams (1927–2004), U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Washington Bryan Adams (politician) (born 1963), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish Campbell W. Adams (1852–1930), New York state engineer and surveyor Charles C. Adams Jr. (born 1947), American international arbitration lawyer, civic activist Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), U.S. congressman, ambassador Dick Adams (politician) (born 1951), Australian politician Dorothy Adams, later known as Dorothy Williams (activist) (1928–2011), South African anti-apartheid activist Elmer B. Adams (1842–1916), United States District Court judge Elmer Ellsworth Adams (1861–1950), American newspaper editor and politician Eric Adams (born 1960), Mayor of New York City (2022–present) Floyd Adams Jr. (1945–2014), American politician Fraser L. Adams (1891–1979), mayor of Huntsville, Alabama Gabriel Adams (1790–1864), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Gerry Adams (born 1948), Irish republican politician, leader of Sinn Féin 1983–2018 Hank Adams (1943–2020), Native American rights activist Henry Cullen Adams (1850–1906), U.S. representative from Wisconsin Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea (born 1947), Scottish politician Isaac Adams (inventor) (1802–1883), American inventor and politician Isaac Adams (Maine politician) (1773–1834), American politician Isaac Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1825–1879), American politician Jed C. Adams (1876–1935), judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals John Donley Adams (born 1973), American lawyer and politician John Adams (1735–1826), one of the Founding Fathers, first Vice President of the United States and second President of the United States John Adams (Canadian general) (born 1942), Chief of the Canadian Security Establishment John Adams (New York politician) (1778–1854), U.S. congressman from New York John Adams (Virginia politician) (1773–1825), American politician John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States and son of John Adams, second president of the United States Judith Adams (1943–2012), Australian senator Jüri Adams (born 1947), Estonian politician Leo G. Adams (born 1937), American politician Mumuni Adams (born 1907), Ghanaian politician Natalie Adams (born 1965), Australian judge Nigel Adams (born 1966), British politician Philip Adams (1915–2001), British diplomat Platt Adams (politician) (1792–1887), New York politician Robert Adams Jr. (1849–1906), U.S. representative from Pennsylvania Robert H. Adams (1792–1830), U.S. senator from Mississippi Salisbury Adams (1925–2004), American lawyer and politician Samuel Adams (1722–1803), American revolutionary Samuel Adams (Arkansas politician) (1805–1850), governor of Arkansas Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), American Continental Congressman Washington Adams (1814–1883), justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri