# Adam (surname)

Adam is a surname.
The surname Adam is most prevalent in Sudan, and has the most bearer density in Maldives.

## People with the surname

* Adolphe Adam (1803–1856), French composer and music critic
* Aimé Adam (1913–2009), Canadian politician
* Albrecht Adam (1786–1862), German painter
* André Adam (1911–1991), French sociologist
* André Adam (1936–2016), Belgian-French diplomat
* Benno Adam (1812–1892), German painter
* Bidwell Adam (1894–1982), American politician
* Brian Adam (1948–2013), Member of the Scottish Parliament
* Charles Adam (1780–1853), British naval officer
* Charlie Adam (footballer, born 1962) (1962–2012), Scottish football player
* Charlie Adam (born 1985), Scottish football player
* Corinna Adam (1937–2012), British journalist
* Dietrich Adam (1953–2020), German television actor
* Emil Adam (1843–1924), German painter
* Eugen Adam (1817–1880), German painter
* François Gaspard Adam (1710–1761), French sculptor
* Franz Adam (1815–1886), German painter
* Frederick Adam (1781–1853), Scottish major-general
* Georgina Adam, British art market journalist
* Germanos Adam (1725–1809), Melkite Catholic bishop and Christian theologian
* Graeme Mercer Adam (1839–1912), Canadian author, editor, and publisher
* Grant Adam (born 1991), Scottish football player
* Ebenezer Adam (1919–2011), Ghanaian politician
* Hans Ritter von Adam (1886–1917), German flying ace
* Heinrich Adam (1787–1862), German painter
* Helen Adam (1909–1993), Scottish-American poet
* Ioan Adam (1875–1911), Romanian writer
* Jacob Adam (1748–1811), Austrian copper etcher
* James Adam (architect) (1732–1794), Scottish architect, brother of Robert Adam
* James Adam (classicist) (1860–1907), Scottish Classics scholar
* Jason Adam (born 1991), American baseball player
* Jean Adam (1704–1765), Scottish poet
* Jenő 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) (1721–1792), one of the Adam Brothers, Scottish 18th century architects
* John Adam (hoax), the name given by Islamic militants to a U.S. soldier they claimed to have captured
* John Adam (India) (1779–1825), British administrator, acting governor-general of the British East India Company
* John Adam (rugby league footballer), Australian rugby league player and inaugural head of the players union
* Jonathan Adam (born 1984), British racing driver
* Juliette Adam (1836–1936), French writer
* Julius Adam (1852–1913), German painter
* Jumaat Haji Adam (born 1956), botanist
* Karen Adam (fl. 2020s), Scottish politician
* Karl Adam (theologian) (1876–1966), German Catholic theologian
* Karl Adam (rowing coach) (1912–1976), German rowing coach
* Karl Adam (footballer) (1924–1999), German football player
* Ken Adam (1921–2016), British production designer
* Kenneth Adam (1908–1978), English journalist and broadcasting executive
* Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759), French sculptor
* Louis Adam (1758–1848), French composer, music teacher, and piano virtuoso
* Lucien Adam (1833–1918), French linguist
* Luke Adam (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
* Madge Adam (1912–2001), English astronomer
* Magda Ádám (1925–2017), Hungarian historian, Holocaust survivor
* Maisie Adam (born 1994), English comedian, writer and actress
* Melchior Adam (1575–1622), German historian
* Mihai Adam (1940–2015), Romanian footballer
* Mike Adam (born 1981), Canadian curler
* Nicolas-Sébastien Adam (1705–1778), also called "Adam the Younger", French sculptor
* Omer Adam (born 1993), Israeli singer
* Piers Adam (born 1964), British businessman, owner of London nightclubs
* Rebecca Adam, Australian lawyer and business executive
* Robert Adam (1728–1792), Scottish architect, creator of the Adam style
* Roger Adam, French aeronautical engineer
* Shiraz Adam, Canadian actor
* Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet (1885–1982), British Army General
* Ron Adam, Canadian football player
* Ronald Adam (actor) (1896–1979), British actor
* Shaiful Edham Adam (1976–1999), Singaporean convicted murderer
* Shea Adam, American auto racing reporter
* Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French football player
* Theo Adam (1926–2019), German opera singer
* Udi Adam (born 1959), Israeli general
* Ulrich Adam (born 1950), German politician
* Will Adam, Church of England priest
* Wilhelm Adam (1893–1978), German colonel
* William Adam (architect) (1689–1748), Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur
* William Adam (MP) (1751–1839), Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) and judge
* William Adam (artist) (1846–1931), English landscape artist who worked in California
* William Adam (malacologist) (1909–1988), Belgian malacologist
* William Adam (trumpeter) (1917–2013), American trumpeter, and academic
* 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