William Adams
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Politicians
- Acton Adams (William Acton Blakeway Adams), 19th century New Zealand politician
- William Adams (MP)William Adams (MP)William Adams was a British merchant and Tory politician. He was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon at a by-election in June 1801, and was returned unopposed to the House of Commons at the next three general elections, holding the seat until his death in 1811 at the...
(1752–1811), MP for Totnes - William Adams (British Columbia politician)William Adams (British Columbia politician)William Adams was a farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1893 to 1898....
(1851–19??), rancher and politician in British Columbia, Canada - William Adams (New Zealand)William Adams (New Zealand)William Adams was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Marlborough, New Zealand and the first Superintendent of Marlborough Province.-Early life:...
(1811–1884), New Zealand politician - William Henry AdamsWilliam Henry AdamsWilliam Henry Adams was a British politician Conservative Party politician. He was elected unopposed at the 1857 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament for Boston in Lincolnshire, having contested the seat unsuccessfully at the 1852 general election and at a by-election in 1856...
(1809–1865), British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston 1857–1859 - William Taylor AdamsWilliam Taylor AdamsWilliam Taylor Adams , pseudonym Oliver Optic, was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts in 1822 to Captain Laban Adams and Catherine Johnson Adams....
(1822–1897), author & politician - William Herbert Adams (1861–1954), Governor of Colorado
- William G. AdamsWilliam G. AdamsWilliam G. Adams , born St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, was the ninth mayor of St. John's and a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly....
(1923–2005), Canadian politician - Willie AdamsWillie AdamsWillie Adams is a Canadian Inuit politician who was a member of the Senate of Canada from 1977 to 2009.Adams was born in Fort Chimo, Quebec. He was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Jules Léger on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, on April 5, 1977, and is a member of the...
(born 1934), Canadian politician - William Thomas AdamsWilliam Thomas AdamsWilliam Thomas Adams was a British Labour Co-operative politician in London who served as a Member of Parliament for the last four years of his life....
(1884–1949), British Member of Parliament for Hammersmith South, 1945–1949 - Billy AdamsBilly AdamsWilliam Herbert Adams , better known as Billy Adams, was the 25th Governor of the State of Colorado, United States, from 1927 until 1933....
(1861–1954), governor of the State of Colorado, United States, 1927–1933
Sportspeople
- William Adams (cricketer)William Adams (cricketer)William Adams was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire...
(1885–1957), English cricketer - William Adams (baseball) (born ca. 1921), minor league baseball player and manager
- William Adams (footballer)William Adams (footballer)William Edward Adams was a footballer who played in The Football League for Walsall. He also played for West Bromwich Albion. He was born in Smethwick, England.-References:...
, footballer who played for Walsall and West Bromwich Albion - Willie Adams (American football)Willie Adams (American football)Willie James Adams is a former American football defensive end and linebacker who played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1965 to 1966. He played college football at New Mexico State University and was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1965 NFL Draft.-References:...
(born 1941), American football player - Willie Adams (1910s pitcher)Willie Adams (1910s pitcher)James Irvin Adams , born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, was a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns , Pittsburgh Rebels and Philadelphia Athletics ....
(1890–1937), American baseball player - Willie Adams (1990s pitcher)Willie Adams (1990s pitcher)William Edward "Willie" Adams is a retired professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Oakland Athletics...
(born 1972), American baseball player (Oakland Athletics) - W. E. "Smiley" Adams (1935–2003), American racehorse trainer
- Bill Adams (American football)Bill Adams (American football)William Joseph "Bill" Adams is a former American football offensive guard in the National Football League. He played for the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts....
(born 1950), former Buffalo Bills offensive guard - Bill Adams (Australian footballer)Bill Adams (Australian footballer)William 'Bill' Adams was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League before becoming coach of South Melbourne. He also went by his nickname of 'Bull' during his career.Adams was originally from South Fremantle where he played 32 games from...
(born 1900), former VFL player and coach - Bill Adams (footballer born 1902) (1902–1963), former Southampton FC right half back
- Billy Adams (footballer born 1919)Billy Adams (footballer born 1919)William 'Billy' Adams was an English professional footballer who played for Hartlepool United, Tottenham Hotspur, Carlisle United, Chelmsford City and Workington.-Playing career:...
(1919–1989), English footballer
Others
- William Adams (sailor)William Adams (sailor)William Adams , also known in Japanese as Anjin-sama and Miura Anjin , was an English navigator who travelled to Japan and is believed to be the first Englishman ever to reach that country...
(1564–1620), English sailor and visitor to Japan (and later naturalized citizen and samurai of Japan) - William Adams (master)William Adams (master)William Adams D.D. was Fellow and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.- Early years :He was born at Shrewsbury, of a Shropshire family, and at the early age of thirteen was entered of Pembroke College, where he took his master's degree, April 18, 1727, and obtained a fellowship...
(1706/7–1789), English scholar - William Adams (potter)William Adams (potter)William Adams was an English potter, a maker of fine jasperware at the time of its development and introduction to the English market.-Biography:Adams was baptised in Tunstall, Staffordshire, the son of a potter...
(baptised 1746–1805), North Staffordshire potter, founded the Greengates Pottery - William Adams (lawyer)William Adams (lawyer)William Adams LL.D. was an English lawyer most notable for his part in negotiating settlements with the United States in the 1814/1815 period.-Biography:...
(1772–1851), English lawyer notable for his part in negotiating settlements with the United States in the 1814/1815 period - William Adams (oculist)William Adams (oculist)Sir William Adams also known as Sir William Rawson after 1825. He was born at Morwenstow in Cornwall. He was well known as an ophthalmic surgeon and was founder of Exeter's West of England Eye Infirmary. John Nash had built the Ophthalmic Hospital for him on Albany Street, London...
(1783–1827), English ophthalmic surgeon - William Bridges AdamsWilliam Bridges AdamsWilliam Bridges Adams was an author, inventor and locomotive engineer.-Overview:He is best known for his patented Adams Axle — a successful radial axle design in use on railways in Britain until the end of steam traction in 1968 — and the railway fishplate...
(1797–1872), British author, inventor & locomotive engineer - William Adams (locomotive engineer)William Adams (locomotive engineer)William Adams was the Locomotive Superintendent of the North London Railway from 1858 to 1873; the Great Eastern Railway from 1873 until 1878 and the London and South Western Railway from then until his retirement in 1895...
(1823–1904), British locomotive engineer - William Adams (minister)William Adams (minister)William Adams was a noted clergyman and academic.-Early life:He was born in Colchester, Connecticut in 1807 to John Adams , a 1795 graduate of Yale who was an American educator noted for organizing several hundred Sunday schools, and Elizabeth Ripley, the daughter of Gamaliel Ripley and Judith...
(1807–1880), United States religious leader and college president - William Bridges-Adams (theatre director)William Bridges-Adams (Theatre director)William Bridges-Adams was an English theatre director and designer, associated closely with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, from 1919 until 1934.-Early years:...
(1889–1965), British stage director - William Adams (author)William Adams (author)William Adams , Church of England clergyman and author of Christian allegories popular in Britain in the 19th century.-Biography:...
(1814–1848), English religious writer - William Adams (Royal Navy officer) (died 1748), captain of HMS Harwich in the Royal Navy
- Will.i.amWill.i.amWilliam James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
(William James Adams, Jr., born 1975), musician, producer, and member of The Black Eyed Peas - Willy NorthpoleWilly NorthpoleWilliam Adams, professionally known as Willy Northpole, is an American rapper/Southwest Hip Hop artist who is signed to Disturbing Tha Peace Records. He released his first album, Tha Connect in June 2009. He is from Phoenix, Arizona.-Biography:...
(William Adams, born 1980), rapper signed to Ludacris' DTP Records - William Grylls AdamsWilliam Grylls AdamsWilliam Grylls Adams FRS was professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College, London.William Grylls Adams was a younger brother of John Couch Adams . He graduated from St...
(1836–1915), professor of Natural Philosophy - William Wirt AdamsWilliam Wirt AdamsWilliam Wirt Adams was a United States district court judge for the state of Mississippi, a soldier for the Republic of Texas, and a Confederate officer and general in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
(1819–1888), American Confederate Army general - William Henry Davenport AdamsWilliam Henry Davenport AdamsWilliam Henry Davenport Adams , was an English writer and journalist of the 19th century, notable for a number of his publications.-Biography:...
(1828–1891), English writer and journalist - William Davenport AdamsWilliam Davenport AdamsWilliam Davenport Adams was an English journalist and author.-Biography:He was the son of William Henry Davenport Adams, also a journalist and author. The son was educated at Edinburgh University and began newspaper work in 1870. He became literary editor of the London Globe in 1885, and was also...
(1851–1904), English writer and journalist, son of W. H. D. Adams - William Drea AdamsWilliam Drea AdamsWilliam Drea Adams was president of Bucknell University from 1995–2000. He left Bucknell when he resigned in 2000.Adams authored "Digging in the same place: an essay in the political and social philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty" ....
, president of Bucknell University, 1995–2000
- William E. AdamsWilliam E. AdamsWilliam Edward Adams was a Major in the United States Army who was killed in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He received the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...
(1939–1971), Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient - William Adams (haberdasher)William Adams (Haberdasher)William Adams was a 17th Century London Haberdasher born in Newport, Shropshire, who founded Adams' Grammar School in 1656. After his death in 1660, the school was governed by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers.-External links:* *...
(died 1660), London haberdasher and founder of Adams' Grammar School in 1656 - William Y. Adams, Herskovitz PrizeHerskovitz PrizeThe Herskovits Prize is an annual award given by the African Studies Association to the best scholarly work on Africa published in English in the previous year and distributed in the United States....
-winning author for Nubia: Corridor to Africa - Billy Adams (musician), banjo player, a former member of Dexys Midnight Runners
See also
- William Adam (disambiguation)
- Bill AdamBill AdamBill Adam is a Canadian racing driver born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.Starting his career in sports cars toward the end of the 1970s, Adam drove as a privateer, winning a Canadian championship before being hired professionally...
(born 1946), Scottish racing driver