William Adams

William Adams may refer to:

Politicians

• Acton Adams (William Acton Blakeway Adams), 19th century New Zealand politician
• William Adams (MP) (1752–1811), MP for Totnes
• William Adams (British Columbia politician) (1851–19??), rancher and politician in British Columbia, Canada
• William Adams (New Zealand) (1811–1884), New Zealand politician
• William Henry Adams (1809–1865), British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston 1857–1859
• William Taylor Adams (1822–1897), author & politician
• William Herbert Adams (1861–1954), Governor of Colorado
• William G. Adams (1923–2005), Canadian politician
• Willie Adams (born 1934), Canadian politician
• William Thomas Adams (1884–1949), British Member of Parliament for Hammersmith South, 1945–1949
• Billy Adams (1861–1954), governor of the State of Colorado, United States, 1927–1933

Sportspeople

• William Adams (cricketer) (1885–1957), English cricketer
• William Adams (footballer), footballer who played for Walsall and West Bromwich Albion
• Willie Adams (American football) (born 1941), American football player
• Willie Adams (1910s pitcher) (1890–1937), American baseball player
• Willie Adams (1990s pitcher) (born 1972), American baseball player (Oakland Athletics)
• W. E. "Smiley" Adams (1935–2003), American racehorse trainer
• Bill Adams (American football) (born 1950), former Buffalo Bills offensive guard
• Bill Adams (Australian footballer) (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) (1919–1989), English footballer

Others

• William Adams (sailor) (1564–1620), English sailor and visitor to Japan (and later naturalized citizen and samurai of Japan)
• William Adams (master) (1706/7–1789), English scholar
• William Adams (potter) (baptised 1746–1805), North Staffordshire potter, founded the Greengates Pottery
• William Adams (lawyer) (1772–1851), English lawyer notable for his part in negotiating settlements with the United States in the 1814/1815 period
• William Adams (oculist) (1783–1827), English ophthalmic surgeon
• William Bridges Adams (1797–1872), British author, inventor & locomotive engineer
• William Adams (locomotive engineer) (1823–1904), British locomotive engineer
• William Adams (minister) (1807–1880), United States religious leader and college president
• William Bridges-Adams (theatre director) (1889–1965), British stage director
• William Adams (author) (1814–1848), English religious writer
• William Adams (Royal Navy officer) (died 1748), captain of HMS Harwich in the Royal Navy
• Will.i.am (William James Adams, Jr., born 1975), musician, producer, and member of The Black Eyed Peas
• Willy Northpole (William Adams, born 1980), rapper signed to Ludacris' DTP Records
• William Grylls Adams (1836–1915), professor of Natural Philosophy
• William Wirt Adams (1819–1888), American Confederate Army general
• William Henry Davenport Adams (1828–1891), English writer and journalist
• William Davenport Adams (1851–1904), English writer and journalist, son of W. H. D. Adams
• William Drea Adams, president of Bucknell University, 1995–2000
• William E. Adams (1939–1971), Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient
• William Adams (haberdasher) (died 1660), London haberdasher and founder of Adams' Grammar School in 1656
• William Y. Adams, Herskovitz Prize-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 Adam (born 1946), Scottish racing driver