William Adams


William Adams may refer to:

Military

  • William Adams, British naval officer
  • William Adams , British naval officer
  • William E. Adams, US Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
  • William Wirt Adams, Confederate States of America army general

    Musicians

  • Billy Adams, banjo player, a former member of Dexys Midnight Runners
  • will.i.am, musician, producer; member of The Black Eyed Peas
  • Willy Northpole, rapper signed to Ludacris' DTP Records
  • Billy Adams , American rockabilly musician

    Politicians

  • Acton Adams, New Zealand politician
  • Billy Adams , Governor of Colorado
  • William Adams , rancher and politician in British Columbia, Canada
  • William Adams, MP for Totnes
  • William Adams , New Zealand politician
  • William E. Adams , New York politician
  • William G. Adams, Canadian politician
  • William Henry Adams, British Conservative MP for Boston and Chief Justice of Hong Kong
  • William Taylor Adams, author & politician
  • William Thomas Adams, British Member of Parliament for Hammersmith South, 1945–1949
  • Willie Adams , Canadian politician
  • William Weston Adams, American politician, planter and medical doctor
  • William H. Adams , American politician in the Virginia House of Delegates
  • William Y. Adams, archaeologist

    Science, technology and philosophy

  • William Adams , British locomotive engineer
  • William Adams , English scholar
  • William Adams , English ophthalmic surgeon
  • William Bridges Adams, British inventor, author & locomotive engineer
  • William Grylls Adams, professor of natural philosophy

    Sportspeople

American football

  • Bill Adams , American football player
  • Bill Adams, American college football coach
  • Billy Ray Adams, American football player
  • Willie Adams , American football player

    Association football (soccer)

  • Bill Adams , Southampton FC right half back
  • Bill Adams , English footballer
  • Billy Adams , footballer for Barrow and West Bromwich Albion
  • Billy Adams , English footballer
  • William Adams, footballer who played for Walsall and West Bromwich Albion

    Other sports

  • Bill Adams , Canadian ice hockey player
  • Bill Adams , VFL player and coach
  • William Adams , English cricketer
  • William Adams , English cricketer
  • Willie Adams , American baseball player
  • Willie Adams , American baseball player
  • Willie Adams , American basketball player
  • Smiley Adams, racehorse trainer

    Writers

  • William Adams , English religious writer
  • William Davenport Adams, English writer and journalist, son of W. H. D. Adams
  • William Henry Davenport Adams, English writer and journalist
  • William Y. Adams, American author of Nubia: Corridor to Africa
  • W. E. Adams, English radical and journalist
  • William Lee Adams, journalist and founder of Wiwibloggs

    Clergy

  • William Adams , minister of the First Church and Parish in Dedham
  • William Adams , co-founder of Nashotah House
  • William Adams , American religious leader and college president
  • William Forbes Adams, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton

    Other uses

  • William Adams , English maritime navigator, shipbuilder and advisor to the Japanese government
  • William Adams , London haberdasher and founder of Adams' Grammar School
  • William Adams , English lawyer, helped negotiate settlements with the US c.1814/1815
  • William Adams , North Staffordshire potter, founded the Greengates Pottery
  • William Bridges-Adams, British stage director
  • William Drea Adams, president of Bucknell University, 1995–2000; president of Colby College, 2000–2014
  • William Adams
  • William Jackson Adams, justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
  • William L. Adams , American writer, newspaper editor and doctor from Oregon
  • William L. Adams , Baltimore businessman and venture capitalist
  • William S. Adams, American cinematographer
  • William Adams , English lifesaver from Gorleston
  • William George Stewart Adams, British political scientist and public servant
  • William M. Adams, British geographer