William Adams

William Adams may refer to:

Armed forces members

William Adams (Royal Navy officer) (died 1748), captain of HMS Harwich in the Royal Navy
William Adams (Royal Navy officer, born 1716) (1716–1763)
William Adams (sailor) (1564–1620), English sailor and visitor to Japan (and later naturalized citizen and samurai of Japan)
William E. Adams (1939–1971), Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient
William Wirt Adams (1819–1888), American Confederate Army general

Billy Adams, banjo player, a former member of Dexys Midnight Runners
will.i.am (William James Adams, Jr., born 1975), musician, producer, and member of The Black Eyed Peas
Willy Northpole (William Adams, born 1980), rapper signed to Ludacris' DTP Records

Acton Adams (William Acton Blakeway Adams, 1843–1924),New Zealand politician
Billy Adams (William Herbert Adams, 1861–1954), Governor of Colorado
William Adams (British Columbia politician) (1851–1936), rancher and politician in British Columbia, Canada
William Adams (1752–1811), MP for Totnes
William Adams (New Zealand politician) (1811–1884), New Zealand politician
William E. Adams (New York) (1922–1983), New York politician
William G. Adams (1923–2005), Canadian politician
William Henry Adams (1809–1865), British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston 1857–1859 and Chief Justice of Hong Kong (1860 to 1865)
William Taylor Adams (1822–1897), author & politician
William Thomas Adams (1884–1949), British Member of Parliament for Hammersmith South, 1945–1949
Willie Adams (born 1934), Canadian politician

William Adams (locomotive engineer) (1823–1904), British locomotive engineer
William Adams (master) (1706/7–1789), English scholar
William Adams (oculist) (1783–1827), English ophthalmic surgeon
William Bridges Adams (1797–1872), British inventor, author & locomotive engineer
William Grylls Adams (1836–1915), professor of natural philosophy

Bill Adams (American football) (born 1950), former Buffalo Bills offensive guard
Bill Adams (American football coach), American college football coach
Bill Adams (Australian footballer) (1900–1973), former VFL player and coach
Bill Adams (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1963), former Southampton FC right half back
Bill Adams (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1997), English footballer
Bill Adams (ice hockey) (1897–1978), Canadian ice hockey player
Billy Adams (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1945), footballer for Barrow and West Bromwich Albion
Billy Adams (footballer, born 1919) (1919–1989), English footballer
William Adams (cricketer) (1885–1957), English cricketer
William Adams (footballer), footballer who played for Walsall and West Bromwich Albion
Willie Adams (1910s pitcher) (1890–1937), American baseball player
Willie Adams (1990s pitcher) (born 1972), American baseball player (Oakland Athletics)
Willie Adams (American football) (born 1941), American football player

William Adams (author) (1814–1848), English religious writer
William Davenport Adams (1851–1904), English writer and journalist, son of W. H. D. Adams
William Henry Davenport Adams (1828–1891), English writer and journalist
William Y. Adams (born 1927), American author of Nubia: Corridor to Africa
W. E. Adams (1832–1906), English radical and journalist

William Adams (haberdasher) (1585–1661), London haberdasher and founder of Adams' Grammar School in 1656
William Adams (lawyer) (1772–1851), English lawyer notable for his part in negotiating settlements with the United States in the 1814/1815 period
William Adams (minister) (1807–1880), United States religious leader and college president
William Adams (potter) (c. 1746–1805), North Staffordshire potter, founded the Greengates Pottery
William Bridges-Adams (1889–1965), British stage director
William Drea Adams, president of Bucknell University, 1995–2000; president of Colby College, 2000–2014
William Adams (mining engineer)
William Forbes Adams (1833–1920), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton