John Adams (disambiguation)
John Adams was a Founding Father of the United States and served as its second president.
John Adams may also refer to:
Relatives of the United States president
- John Adams Sr., father and grandfather, respectively, of two U.S. presidents
- John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States and son of President John Adams
- John Adams II, son of President John Quincy Adams and grandson of President John Adams
- John Quincy Adams II, American politician and grandson of President John Quincy Adams
- John Quincy Adams (railroad official), land and townsite agent for Milwaukee Railroad
Politics
United States
- John Adams (Virginia politician), mayor of Richmond, Virginia
- John Adams (New York politician), congressman from New York
- John Q. Adams (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin state legislator
- John W. Adams (Kentucky politician), Kentucky state legislator
- John W. Adams (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin state legislator
- John Adams (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin state legislator
- John H. Addams, Illinois state senator and father of Jane Addams
- John J. Adams, congressman from New York
- John T. Adams, Republican National Committee chairman
- John Adams Sr. (Nebraska politician), American minister, lawyer, and politician
- John Adams Jr. (Nebraska politician), American lawyer and politician
- John Adams (Ohio politician), Ohio House of Representatives
- John Adams (journalist), American lawyer, politician and journalist in Maine
- J. C. Adams (politician), American politician and businessman in Arizona
Elsewhere
- John Adams (Pembroke MP), Welsh MP for Pembroke Boroughs
- John Adams (merchant), American-born member of the Nova Scotia Council
- John Adams (Carmarthen MP), British politician
- John Adams, 1st Baron Adams, British politician and public servant
- Tom Adams (politician) or Jon Adams, prime minister of Barbados
Academics
- John Adams (Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge), Master of Sidney Sussex 1730–1746
- John Adams (educational writer), Scottish compiler of books for young readers
- John Adams (educationist), Scottish educator and Principal of the Institute of Education
- John Cranford Adams, American educator and president of Hofstra University
- John Adams (geographer), English professor of geography and theorist on risk compensation
Arts and entertainment
Music
- John Clement Adams, American composer and educator
- John Adams (composer), American composer of classical music and opera
- John Luther Adams, American composer whose music is inspired by nature
- Jon Adams (musician), American folk musician
Literature
- John Adams (poet), poet; only son of the Nova Scotian merchant John Adams
- John K. Adams, English journalist and ornithologist; editor of Country Life
- John Joseph Adams, American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor
- John Turvill Adams, American novelist
Performing arts
- John "Grizzly" Adams, American mountain man and animal trainer
- John L. Adams, American actor, comedian and director
Visual arts
- John Clayton Adams, English landscape artist
- John Quincy Adams (painter), Austrian genre and portrait painter
- John Wolcott Adams, American illustrator
Works of art
- John Adams (book), a 2001 biography by David McCullough
- John Adams (miniseries), a 2008 HBO television miniseries based on McCullough's book
Law
- John Hicks Adams, Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Arizona Territory 1878
- John Jay Adams, American lawyer and judge
- John R. Adams, U.S. federal judge
- John Donley Adams, American lawyer and candidate for Attorney General of Virginia
- J. Christian Adams, American attorney and conservative activist
- John T. Adams, American lawyer and District Attorney in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Military
- John Worthington Adams, British general in India
- John Giles Adams, U.S. commander at the Battle of Stillman's Run during the 1832 Black Hawk War
- John Adams (Confederate Army officer), US Army officer
- John G. B. Adams, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- John Mapes Adams, Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor recipient
- John Adams (Royal Navy officer), British rear admiral
- John G. Adams, Army counsel in the Army-McCarthy hearings
- John Adams (Canadian general), Canadian military leader
Religion
- John Adams (Protestant martyr), burnt to death
- John Adams (Catholic martyr), English Catholic priest who was hanged, drawn, and quartered
- John Adams (Provost of King's College, Cambridge), British Anglican priest
- John Adams (minister), Scottish minister and moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- John Adams (educator), educator who organized several hundred Sunday schools
- John Greenleaf Adams, editor of religious texts
- John Adams (educational writer), Scottish minister and author of school texts
- John Hurst Adams, American civil rights activist and Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
- John Adams (bishop), New Zealand Roman Catholic bishop
Science
- John Adams (physicist), British accelerator physicist
- John Adams (mathematician), British mathematician
- John Couch Adams, British mathematician and astronomer
- John Franklin Adams, British amateur astronomer and author of stellar maps
- John Gennings Curtis Adams, Canadian dentist and father of dental public health in Canada
- John Stacey Adams, behavioral psychologist known for equity theory
Sports
Football
- John C. Adams, American college football player
- John Adams (offensive lineman), American football offensive lineman
- John Adams (running back), American football player
- Johnny Adams (gridiron football), American football cornerback
- John Adams (center), college football player
Hockey
- John Adams (ice hockey, born 1920), Canadian ice hockey winger in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens
- John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Other sports
- Bert Adams, American baseball player
- John H. Adams (jockey), American Hall of Fame jockey
- John Adams (basketball), All-American basketball player from Arkansas
- John Adams (drummer), perennial attendee of Cleveland Indians baseball home games
- John Adams (golfer), American professional golfer
- John Adams (judoka), Dominican Republic judoka
Other people
- John Adams (cartographer), produced a map of England and Wales
- John Adams (mutineer), aboard HMS Bounty
- John Adams (glassmaker), pioneer glass manufacturer
- John Bodkin Adams, British physician and suspected serial killer
- John Frank Adams, British mathematician
- John H. Adams (environmentalist), founding director and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council
- John Till Adams, English Quaker physician
- John Adams (shoemaker), American shoemaker, veteran and centenarian
Other uses
- Johnadams, a minor planet
- John Adams, California, the former name of Centerville, California, US
- USS John Adams, several US Navy ships
- John Quincy Adams (train), of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, a UK physics research institute named for the physicist John Adams
- John Adams Institute (Netherlands), a 1987 American cultural promotion organization