George Adams

George Adams may refer to:

Public officials

George Adams (1731–1789), English Whig political figure; in 1773 inherited Anson family estates and assumed the surname of Anson
George Adams (judge) (1784–1844), American jurist and political figure who served in Kentucky legislature and as Mississippi attorney general and federal judge
George Willison Adams (1799–1879), American political leader and abolitionist best known as G. W. Adams from Ohio; built famed mansion Prospect Place
George Washington Adams (1801–1829), American political figure; eldest son of John Quincy Adams; in 1826 served as member of Massachusetts House
George Adams (Pitcairn Island administrator) (1804–1873), British Colonial Service official who, in 1848, served as administrator of the isolated outpost, Pitcairn Island
George Madison Adams (1837–1920), American political figure; Democrat from Kentucky; represented 8th congressional district in 1867–73 and 9th in 1873–75
George E. Adams (1840–1917), American political figure; Republican from Illinois; represented 4th congressional district from 1883 to 1891
George Bethune Adams, (1845–1911), American jurist and Civil War veteran from Pennsylvania; served as judge on U.S. Court for Southern District of New York from 1901 to 1911

George Adams (optician) (ca. 1720–1773), English maker of mathematical instruments and globes; authored scientific treatises
- George Adams, Jr. (1750–1795), successor in his father's business, and scientific author
George Adams (translator) (1698?–1768?), English translator, in prose, of Sophocles, and probably a clergyman, polemic and apologist.
George Burton Adams (1851–1925), American historian specializing in medieval period; professor at Yale for nearly four decades; one of founders of American Historical Review
George Adams (anthroposophist) (1894–1963), Polish-Jewish-English scholar who authored numerous works elucidating the philosophical constructs of anthroposophy

George Adams (American football) (born 1962), American National Football League running back whose career lasted from 1985 to 1991
George Adams (baseball), 19th-century baseball player
George Adams (basketball) (born 1949), American player; career lasted from 1972 to 1975; first inductee into Gardner Webb Hall of Fame
George Adams (football player and coach) (born 1950), Scottish forward and coach, currently director of football of Ross County F.C.
George Adams (footballer), Scottish fullback who played for Dundee Hibernian from April 1921 to May 1922

George J. Adams (1811–1880), American leader of a schismatic Latter Day Saint sect which attempted to settle in Palestine
George Gammon Adams (1821–1898), English sculptor of public monuments; noted for 1856 Trafalgar Square statue of General Charles James Napier
George Adams (businessman) (1839–1904), Australian entrepreneur and lottery promoter noted as the founder of Tattersalls gambling
George Adams (musician) (1940–1992), African-American jazz tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist, flutist and singer