John Adams (disambiguation)

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John Adems is the name of:

• Politicians:
  • John Adams (1735–1826), the second President of the United States.
  • 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 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 Quincy Adams (1833-1894), American politician and grandson of the President of the same name
  • John Adams (mayor) (1773–1825), Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
  • John Adams (New York), (1778-1854), United States Congressman from New York
  • John Adams (1690-1761), Father of the 2nd President of the United States, John Adams
  • John Adams (Ontario politician) a former Toronto city council who has run for office provincially.
• 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 (Confederate Army officer), United States Army officer
  • 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) (1704–1702), only son of the Nova Scotia merchant John Adams
  • John Adams (mutineer) (1766–1829), on the HMS Bounty
  • John Adams (educator), (1772-1863), educator who organized several hundred Sunday schools
  • John Adams (physicist) (1920–1984), Director general of CERN and particle accelerator designer
  • John Adams (geographer), professor of geography, environmentalist and risk theorist
  • John Adams (ice hockey) (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player
  • John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), British physician and alleged serial murderer
  • John Clayton Adams (1820-1906), landscape artist
  • John Couch Adams (1819–1892), mathematician who predicted the existence of Neptune
  • John Joseph Adams (born 1976), American science fiction/fantasy editor
  • John T Adams (1862-1939), Republican National Committee chairman
  • John T Adams (Color) (borm 1873), Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, 1931-1935
  • Adams Glass (1823 - 1886), Pioneer Glass Manufacturer
  • John Adams (jockey) (b. 1915), American Hall of Fame jockey

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John Adam