List of Famous people with last name Adams

Carol Adams, was an American actress and dancer whose career began as a child in 1923.

Diana Adams was a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet from 1950 to 1963 and favorite of George Balanchine, later becoming a teacher at — and dean of — the School of American Ballet.

Buck "Backhand" Adams was an American pornographic film actor and director.

Dorothy Adams was an American character actress of stage, film, and television.

Jon Michael Geoffrey Manningham "Tom" Adams was a Barbadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Barbados from 1976 until 1985.

Alma Shealey Adams is an American politician who represents North Carolina's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Democrat, Adams served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 58th House district in Guilford County from her appointment in April 1994 until her election to Congress, being succeeded by Ralph C. Johnson. A college administrator and art professor from Greensboro, North Carolina, Adams is known for the many distinctive hats that she wears. Adams won the 2014 special election in North Carolina's 12th congressional district to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mel Watt, thus becoming the 100th woman serving in the 113th Congress. She won election to a full two-year term at the same time.

Suzanne Adams was an American lyric coloratura soprano. Known for her agile and pure voice, Adams first became well known in France before establishing herself as one of the Metropolitan Opera's leading sopranos at the beginning of the twentieth century.

William Gilbert "Bill" Adams, born St. John's, Newfoundland, was the ninth mayor of St. John's and a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.

James Blackburn Adams was an American attorney, politician, and two-time associate director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.