John Adams (disambiguation)

**John Adams** (1735–1826) was the second president of the United States.

**John Adams** may also refer to:

## Relatives of the United States president
* John Adams Sr. (1691–1761), father and grandfather, respectively, of two U.S. presidents
* John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States and son of President John Adams
* John Adams II (1803–1834), son of President John Quincy Adams and grandson of President John Adams
* John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), American politician and grandson of President John Quincy Adams
* John Quincy Adams (1848–1919), land and townsite agent for Milwaukee Railroad

## Politics
### United States
* John Adams (Virginia politician) (1773–1825), mayor of Richmond, Virginia
* John Adams (New York politician) (1778–1854), congressman from New York
* John Q. Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1816–1895), Wisconsin state legislator
* John W. Adams (Kentucky politician), Kentucky state legislator
* John W. Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1862–1939), Wisconsin state legislator
* John Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1819–1908), Wisconsin state legislator
* John H. Addams (1822–1881), Illinois state senator and father of Jane Addams
* John J. Adams (1848–1919), congressman from New York
* John T. Adams (1862–1939), Republican National Committee chairman
* John Adams Sr. (Nebraska politician) (1876–1962), American minister, lawyer, and politician
* John Adams Jr. (Nebraska politician) (1906–1999), American lawyer and politician
* John Adams (Ohio politician) (born 1960), Ohio House of Representatives
* John Adams (journalist) (1819–1897), American lawyer, politician and journalist in Maine

### Elsewhere
* John Adams (Pembroke MP) (by 1511–1571/75), Welsh MP for Pembroke Boroughs
* John Adams (merchant) (1672/3–1745), American-born member of the Nova Scotia Council
* John Adams (Carmarthen MP) (c. 1746–1817), British politician
* John Adams, 1st Baron Adams (1890–1960), British politician and public servant
* Tom Adams (politician) or Jon Adams (1931–1985), prime minister of Barbados

## Academics
* John Adams (Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) (died 1746), Master of Sidney Sussex 1730–1746
* John Adams (educational writer) (1750?–1814), Scottish compiler of books for young readers 
* John Adams (educationist) (1857–1934), Scottish educator and Principal of the Institute of Education
* John Cranford Adams (1903–1986), American educator and president of Hofstra University 
* John Adams (geographer) (born 1938), English professor of geography and theorist on risk compensation

## Arts and entertainment
* John Adams (poet) (1704–1740), only son of the Nova Scotian merchant John Adams
* John Turvill Adams (1805–1882), American novelist
* John "Grizzly" Adams (1812–1860), American mountain man and animal trainer
* John Clayton Adams (1840–1906), English landscape artist
* John Wolcott Adams (1874–1925), American illustrator
* John Quincy Adams (painter) (1874–1933), Austrian genre and portrait painter
* Jon Adams (musician) (born 1939), American folk musician
* John Adams (composer) (born 1947), American composer of classical music and opera
* John Clement Adams (born 1947), American composer and educator
* John Luther Adams (born 1953), American composer whose music is inspired by nature
* John Joseph Adams (born 1976), American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor
* John L. Adams (born 1973), American actor, comedian and director

### Works 
* *John Adams* (book), a 2001 biography by David McCullough
* *John Adams* (miniseries), a 2008 HBO television miniseries based on McCullough's book

## Law
* John Hicks Adams (1820–1878), Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Arizona Territory 1878
* John Jay Adams (1860–1926), American lawyer and judge
* John R. Adams (born 1955), U.S. federal judge
* John Donley Adams (born 1973), American lawyer and candidate for Attorney General of Virginia
* J. Christian Adams (born 1968), American attorney and conservative activist

## Military
* John Worthington Adams (1764–1837), British general in India
* John Giles Adams (1792–1832), U.S. commander at the Battle of Stillman's Run during the 1832 Black Hawk War
* John Adams (Confederate Army officer) (1825–1864), US Army officer
* John G. B. Adams (1841–1900), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
* John Mapes Adams (1871–1921), Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor recipient
* John Adams (Royal Navy officer) (1918–2008), British rear admiral
* John G. Adams (1932–2003), Army counsel in the Army-McCarthy hearings
* John Adams (Canadian general) (born 1942), Canadian military leader

## Religion
* John Adams (Protestant martyr) (died 1546), burnt to death
* John Adams (Catholic martyr) (c. 1543–1586), English Catholic priest who was hanged, drawn, and quartered
* John Adams (Provost of King's College, Cambridge) (1662–1720), British Anglican priest
* John Adams (minister) (c. 1704–1757), Scottish minister and moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
* John Adams (educator) (1772–1863), educator who organized several hundred Sunday schools
* John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1897), editor of religious texts
* John Adams (educational writer) (c. 1750–1814), Scottish minister and author of school texts
* John Hurst Adams (1927–2018), American civil rights activist and Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
* John Adams (bishop) (born 1963), New Zealand Roman Catholic bishop

## Science 
* John Adams (physicist) (1920–1984), British accelerator physicist
* John Couch Adams (1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomer
* John Franklin Adams (1843–1912), British amateur astronomer and author of stellar maps
* John Stacey Adams, behavioral psychologist known for equity theory

## Sports
### Football
* John C. Adams (1887–1969), American college football player
* John Adams (offensive lineman) (1921–1969), American football offensive lineman
* John Adams (running back) (1937–1995), American football player
* Johnny Adams (gridiron football) (born 1989), American football cornerback
* John Adams (center), college football player

### Hockey
* John Adams (ice hockey, born 1920) (1920–1996), Canadian ice hockey winger in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens
* John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946), Canadian ice hockey goaltender

### Other sports
* Bert Adams (John Bertram Adams, 1891–1940), American baseball player
* John H. Adams (jockey) (1914–1995), American Hall of Fame jockey
* John Adams (basketball) (1917–1979), All-American basketball player from Arkansas
* John Adams (drummer) (1951–2023), perennial attendee of Cleveland Indians baseball home games
* John Adams (golfer) (born 1954), American professional golfer
* John Adams (judoka) (born 1960), Dominican Republic judoka

## Other people
* John Adams (cartographer) (1643–1690), produced a map of England and Wales
* John Adams (mutineer) (1767–1829), aboard HMS *Bounty*
* John Adams (glassmaker) (1823–1886), pioneer glass manufacturer
* John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), British physician and suspected serial killer
* John Frank Adams (1930–1989), British mathematician
* John H. Adams (environmentalist) (born 1936), founding director and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council
* John Till Adams (1748–1786), English Quaker physician
* John Adams (shoemaker) (1745–1849), American shoemaker, veteran and centenarian

## Other uses
* Johnadams, a minor planet
* John Adams, California, the former name of Centerville, California, US
* USS *John Adams*, several US Navy ships
* *John Quincy Adams* (train), of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
* John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, a UK physics research institute named for the physicist John Adams
* John Adams Institute (Netherlands) (*Stichting John Adams Instituut*), a 1987 American cultural promotion organization