Adam (surname)
For other uses, see Adam (disambiguation).
Adam is a surname.
In the Russian language, the surname "Ада́м" (Adam) is a variant of Adamov.[1]
People with the surname include
- Adolphe Adam (1803–1856), French composer and music critic
- Aimé Adam (born 1913), Canadian politician
- Albrecht Adam (1786–1862), German painter
- Bidwell Adam (1894-1982), Mississippi lawyer and politician
- Benno Adam (1812–1892, Kelheim), German painter
- Brad Adam, American sports anchor
- Brian Adam (1948–2013), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Charles Adam (1780–1853), British naval officer
- Charlie Adam (footballer, born 1962), Scottish association football player
- Charlie Adam (born 1985), Scottish international association football player
- Emil Adam (1843–1924), German painter
- Eugen Adam (1817–1880), German painter
- François Gaspard Balthazar Adam (1710–1761), French sculptor
- Franz Adam (1815–1886), German painter
- Sir Frederick Adam (1781–1853), Scottish major-general
- Germanos Adam (1725–1809), Melkite Catholic bishop and Christian theologian
- Graeme Mercer Adam (1839–1912), Canadian author, editor, and publisher
- Grant Adam, Scottish association football player
- Heinrich Adam (1787–1862), German painter
- Helen Adam (1909–1993), Scottish-American poet
- Jacob Adam (1748–1811), German copper etcher
- James Adam (architect), Scottish architect, brother of Robert
- James Adam (classicist), a Scottish Classics scholar
- Jean Adam, Scottish poet
- Jenö Ádám (1896–1982), Hungarian composer and music educator
- Johann Friedrich Adam (died 1806), Russian botanist, later called Michael Friedrich Adams
- John Adam (actor), Australian actor
- John Adam (architect) was one of the Adam Brothers, the well known partnership of Scottish 18th century architects
- John Adam (hoax), the name given by Islamic militants of a U.S. soldier that they claimed to have captured.
- John Adam (India) (1779–1825), British administrator in India, serviing as the acting governor-general of the British East India Company in 1823.
- John Adam (rugby league footballer), an Australian rugby league player and inaugural head of the players union
- Juliette Adam (1836–1936), French writer
- Jumaat Haji Adam (born 1956), botanist
- Karl Adam (footballer) (1924–1999), German association football player
- Karl Adam (rowing coach) (1912–1976), German rowing coach
- Karl Adam (theologian) (1876–1966), German Catholic theologian
- Sir Ken Adam (born 1921), British production designer
- Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759), French sculptor
- Melchior Adam (1575–1622), German historian
- Mike Adam (born 1981), Canadian curler
- Robert Adam (1728–1792), Scottish architect, creator of the Adam style
- Roger Adam, French aeronautical engineer
- Sir Ronald Adam (1885–1982), British Army General
- Ron Adam, Canadian football player
- Ronald Adam (actor) (1896–1979), British actor
- Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French association football player
- Theo Adam (born 1926), German opera singer
- Udi Adam (born 1959), Israeli general
- Ulrich Adam (born 1950), German politician
- Mihai Adam (born 1940), Romanian footballer
- William Adam (architect) (1689–1748), Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur
- William Adam (MP) (1751–1839), Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament and subsequently a judge
- William Adam (artist) (1846–1931), English landscape artist who worked in California for 33 years
- William Adam (malacologist) (1909–1988), Belgian malacologist
- William Adam (trumpeter) (born 1917), American trumpeter, and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University
- Yekutiel Adam (1927–1982), Israeli general
Scottish Adam family members
- William Adam (1689–1748), Scottish architect and builder, born near Kirkcaldy, Fife.
- John Adam (1721–1792), born near Kirkcaldy, eldest son of William. Architect and builder.
- William Adam (1751–1839), only son of John Adam, Member of Parliament and judge.
- Charles Adam (1780–1853), second son of William Adam (1751–1839), British naval officer.
- William Patrick Adam (1823–1881), son of Charles Adam, British Liberal politician, Governor of Madras 1880–1881
- Frederick Adam (1784–1853), fourth son of William Adam (1751–1839), General in the British Army, Governor of Madras 1832–1837.
- Charles Adam (1780–1853), second son of William Adam (1751–1839), British naval officer.
- William Adam (1751–1839), only son of John Adam, Member of Parliament and judge.
- Robert Adam (1728–1792), born near Kirkcaldy, second son of William. Architect, interior designer and furniture designer, originator of the "Adam style".
- James Adam (1732–1794), born in Edinburgh, third son of William. Architect and furniture designer, business partner of Robert.
- John Adam (1721–1792), born near Kirkcaldy, eldest son of William. Architect and builder.
See also
- Adam (given name)
- Adamyan, an Armenian surname derived from Adam
References
Notes
- ↑ Ganzhina, p. 14
Sources
- И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001. ISBN 5-237-04101-9