George Adams
Appearance
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George Adams may refer to:
Arts
[edit]- George Gammon Adams (1821–1898), English portrait sculptor and medallist
- George G. Adams (architect) (1850–1932), American architect from Lawrence, Massachusetts
- George Adams (musician) (1940–1992), American jazz musician
Politics
[edit]- George Adams (1731–1789), British Whig politician and Staffordshire landowner
- George Adams (Mississippi judge) (1784–1844), American lawyer and political figure in Kentucky and Mississippi
- George Willison Adams (1799–1879), abolitionist and member of the Ohio General Assembly
- George Washington Adams (1801–1829), eldest son of John Quincy Adams
- George Adams (magistrate) (1804–1873), Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands, 1848
- George Madison Adams (1837–1920), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- George E. Adams (1840–1917), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- George B. Adams (1845–1911), U.S. lawyer and federal judge
- George H. Adams (1851–1911), American Republican politician and lawyer
Science and academia
[edit]- George Adams (scientist, died 1773) (c. 1709–1773), English instrument maker and scientific writer
- George Adams (scientist, died 1795) (1750–1795), his son, English instrument maker and scientific writer
- George Adams (translator) (1698–1768), English translator of Sophocles
- George Burton Adams (1851–1925), American medievalist historian at Yale University
- George Rollie Adams (born 1941), American educator and historian
- George W. Adams (academic) (1905–1981), Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses and Director of the University Extension at Harvard University
Sports
[edit]- George Adams (American football) (born 1962), former American football running back
- George Adams (baseball) (1855–1920), American baseball player for the 1879 Syracuse Stars
- George Adams (basketball) (born 1949), retired American basketball player
- George Adams (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2011), Scottish football player (Leyton Orient)
- George Adams (footballer, born 1947), English football player (Peterborough United)
- George Adams (footballer, born 1950), Scottish football player and coach (director of football at Ross County)
- George C. Adams (1863–1900), head coach of the Harvard University football program
Others
[edit]- George J. Adams (1811–1880), leader of a schismatic Latter Day Saint sect who led an ill-fated effort to establish a colony of Americans in Palestine
- George James Adams (1811–1888), 19th century textile manufacturer and abolitionist
- George Adams (businessman) (1839–1904), Australian publican and lottery promoter, founder of Tattersall's
- George Matthew Adams (1878–1962), newspaper columnist and founder of the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service
- George G. Adams (engineer) (born 1948), American mechanical engineer
See also
[edit]- Adams George Archibald (1814–1892), Canadian lawyer and politician
- George Adam (born 1969), Scottish politician
- George Adams Post (1854–1925), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Adams (surname)