Robert Adams
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Baseball
- Bob Adams (1920s pitcher) (1901–1996), American League baseball pitcher
- Bob Adams (1930s pitcher) (1907–1970), National League baseball pitcher
- Bobby AdamsBobby AdamsRobert Henry Adams was a third baseman/second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds & Redlegs , Chicago White Sox , Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs . Adams batted and threw right-handed...
(1921–1997), Major League Baseball infielder - Bob Adams (first baseman)Bob Adams (first baseman)Robert Melvin Adams is a former professional baseball first baseman and catcher. He played 15 games in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1977, mostly as a pinch hitter. Of the three games he played in the field, two were at first base and one was at catcher. In just 24 major league at...
(born 1952), Major League Baseball utility player
Football
- Bob Adams (tight end)Bob Adams (tight end)Robert Bruce "Bob" Adams is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League and an official within the Church of Scientology. He attended El Camino High School during the 1960s, and was encouraged by a coach at the College of San Mateo to play football...
(born 1946), American football tight end for several National Football League teams - Bob Adams (footballer)Bob Adams (footballer)Robert James LM Adams was a footballer who played in The Football League for Cardiff City, Bristol Rovers and Millwall.-References:...
(1917–1970), English footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Cardiff City and Millwall
Politicians
- Bob Adams (politician)Bob Adams (politician)Bob Adams is a Republican from Jefferson County, West Virginia, who lost a tightly contested race for the West Virginia State Senate, by 200 votes out of nearly 54,000 cast, in the 16th Senatorial district in 2008. Adams moved to West Virginia with his wife, Allison in 2003. The couple has four...
, American businessman who was a candidate for the 2008 West Virginia State Senate in the 16th Senatorial district - Robert Adams, Jr. (1849–1906), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1893–1906)
- Robert H. AdamsRobert H. AdamsRobert Huntington Adams was a Mississippi lawyer and politician who, in the final months of his life, briefly served as United States senator from Mississippi....
(1792–1830), United States senator from Mississippi who served from January to July 1830
Others
- Robert Adams (photographer)Robert Adams (photographer)Robert Adams is an American photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West. His work first came to prominence in the mid-1970s through the book The New West and the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape...
(born 1937), American photographer - Robert Adams (architect)Robert Adams (architect)Robert Adams was a 16th century English architect, engraver and surveyor of buildings to Queen Elizabeth.None of Robert Adams' architectural works are known to have survived, but some of his plans and engravings are still extant, such as a large 1588 plan of Middleburgh and, from the same year, a...
(1540–1595), English architect - Robert Adams (physician)Robert Adams (physician)-Life:He was born in Ireland, studied at Trinity College, Dublin between 1810 and 1814 and received his B.A. in 1814. He began his medical training under William Hartigan and George Stewart, leading Dublin surgeons...
(1791–1875), Irish physician - Robert Adams (handgun designer) (1809–1880), British designer and manufacturer of firearms
- Robert Bellew Adams (VC)Robert Bellew Adams (VC)Major General Sir Robert Bellew Adams VC KCB was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Adams was 41 years old, and a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in the Staff...
(1856–1928), British general, from Scotland, 1897 recipient of the Victoria Cross - Robert Adams (chemist), recipient of the 1945 Davy MedalDavy MedalThe Davy Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of London "for an outstandingly important recent discovery in any branch of chemistry". Named after Humphry Davy, the medal is awarded with a gift of £1000. The medal was first awarded in 1877 to Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff "for...
- Robert Adams (actor)Robert Adams (actor)Robert Adams was a British actor of stage and screen. He was the founder and director of the Negro Repertory Arts Theatre, one of the first professional black theatre companies in Britain.-Early years:...
(1906–1965), pioneering black actor - Robert Adams (sculptor and designer)Robert Adams (sculptor and designer)Robert Adams , was a sculptor and designer. From about 1930 -1950 he lived in Hardingstone then a village about four miles outside Northampton.-Education and early life:...
(1914-1984) - Robert McCormick Adams Jr. (1926-), American anthropologist
- Robert Adams (science fiction writer)Robert Adams (science fiction writer)Franklin Robert Adams was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, formerly a career soldier. He is best known for his "Horseclans" books. He wrote as Robert Adams, an abbreviation of his complete name.-Writings:...
(1933–1990), American science fiction and fantasy writer, best known for his Horseclans series - Robert George Adams, founder of the New Zealand Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- Robert Merrihew Adams (1937-), American philosopher
- Robert V. Adams (1960-), English social scientist and teacher; author of numerous works relating to social structures
- Rob Adams (architect)Rob Adams (architect)Rob Adams is an architect and urban designer, Director of City Design at the City of Melbourne, Australia. He won multiple awards as the leader of the revitalization of the Melbourne City Centre and surrounds, helping to create a vibrant city streetscape with innovative design...
, Director of City Design, City of Melbourne, Australia - Robert 'Shellsuit Bob' Adams, Fictional character in BBC Scotland's River City
- Robert AdamsRobert Adams-Baseball:*Bob Adams , American League baseball pitcher*Bob Adams , National League baseball pitcher*Bobby Adams , Major League Baseball infielder...
a litery critic and writer of "A Love of Reading"
See also
- Robert AdamRobert AdamRobert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...
(1728–1792), architect