William Adams

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William Adams may refer to:

• William Adams (sailor) (1564–1620), English sailor and visitor to (later naturalized citizen and samurai of) Japan
• William Adams (master) (1706/07–1789), English scholar
• William Adams (potter) {baptised 1746 - 1805) North Staffordshire potter, founded the Greengates Pottery
• William Adams (MP) (1752–1811), MP for Totnes
• 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 (minister) (1807–1880), religious leader & college president
• William Bridges-Adams (Theatre director) (1889–1965), British stage director
• William Adams (author) (1814–1848), English religious writer
• William Adams (locomotive engineer) (1823–1904), British locomotive engineer
• William Adams (cricketer) (1885–1957), English cricketer
• will.i.am, real name William Adams, (born 1975), musician, producer, and member of The Black Eyed Peas
• Willy Northpole, real name William Adams (born 1980), rapper signed to Ludacris' DTP Records
• William Taylor Adams, (1822–1897), author & politician
• William Wirt Adams, (1819–1888), American Confederate Army general
• William Herbert Adams (1861–1954), Governor of Colorado
• William A. Adams, Union general
• William G. Adams (1923–2005), Canadian politician
• William E. Adams (1939–1971), Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient
• William Adams (haberdasher), London haberdasher and founder of Adams' Grammar School in 1656
• W. E. "Smiley" Adams (1935–2003), American racehorse trainer
• William Thomas Adams, British Member of Parliament for Hammersmith South, 1945–1949
• William Y. Adams, Herskovitz Prize-winning author for Nubia: Corridor to Africa
• Willie Adams, Canadian politician
• Willie Adams (American football), American football player
• Willie Adams (1910s pitcher) (1890–1937), American baseball player
• 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
• Billie Adams, character in video game Deus Ex: Invisible War
• Billy Adams (1861–1954), governor of the State of Colorado, United States, 1927–1933
• Billy Adams (musician), banjo player, a former member of Dexys Midnight Runners.

[edit] See also

• William Adam (disambiguation)
• Bill Adam, Scottish racing driver

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