Adam (surname)

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
• Ioan Adam (1875-1911), Romanian writer
• 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 (theologian) (1876–1966), German Catholic theologian
• Karl Adam (rowing coach) (1912–1976), German rowing coach
• Karl Adam (footballer) (1924–1999), German association football player
• Sir Ken Adam (born 1921), British production designer
• Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759), French sculptor
• Melchior Adam (1575–1622), German historian
• Mihai Adam (born 1940), Romanian footballer
• Mike Adam (born 1981), Canadian curler
• Omer Adam (born 1993), Israeli singer
• 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
• 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.
  • 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.

See also

• Adam (given name)
• Adamyan, an Armenian surname derived from Adam

References

Notes

Sources

• И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001. ISBN 5-237-04101-9