Adam (surname)

Adam is a surname.

The surname Adam is most prevalent in Sudan, and has the most bearer density in Maldives.

People with the surname

 * Adolphe Adam (1803–1856), French composer and music critic
 * Aimé Adam (1913–2009), Canadian politician
 * Albrecht Adam (1786–1862), German painter
 * André Adam (1911–1991), French sociologist
 * André Adam (1936–2016), Belgian-French diplomat
 * Benno Adam (1812–1892), German painter
 * Bidwell Adam (1894–1982), American politician
 * Brian Adam (1948–2013), Member of the Scottish Parliament
 * Charles Adam (1780–1853), British naval officer
 * Charlie Adam (footballer, born 1962) (1962–2012), Scottish football player
 * Charlie Adam (born 1985), Scottish football player
 * Corinna Adam (1937–2012), British journalist
 * Dietrich Adam (1953–2020), German television actor
 * Emil Adam (1843–1924), German painter
 * Eugen Adam (1817–1880), German painter
 * François Gaspard Adam (1710–1761), French sculptor
 * Franz Adam (1815–1886), German painter
 * Frederick Adam (1781–1853), Scottish major-general
 * Georgina Adam, British art market journalist
 * Germanos Adam (1725–1809), Melkite Catholic bishop and Christian theologian
 * Graeme Mercer Adam (1839–1912), Canadian author, editor, and publisher
 * Grant Adam (born 1991), Scottish football player
 * Ebenezer Adam (1919–2011), Ghanaian politician
 * Hans Ritter von Adam (1886–1917), German flying ace
 * Heinrich Adam (1787–1862), German painter
 * Helen Adam (1909–1993), Scottish-American poet
 * Ioan Adam (1875–1911), Romanian writer
 * Jacob Adam (1748–1811), Austrian copper etcher
 * James Adam (architect) (1732–1794), Scottish architect, brother of Robert Adam
 * James Adam (classicist) (1860–1907), Scottish Classics scholar
 * Jason Adam (born 1991), American baseball player
 * Jean Adam (1704–1765), Scottish poet
 * Jenő Ádám (1896–1982), Hungarian composer and music educator
 * Johann Friedrich Adam (died 1806), Russian botanist, later called Michael Friedrich Adams
 * John Adam (actor), Australian actor
 * John Adam (architect) (1721–1792), one of the Adam Brothers, Scottish 18th century architects
 * John Adam (hoax), the name given by Islamic militants to a U.S. soldier they claimed to have captured
 * John Adam (India) (1779–1825), British administrator, acting governor-general of the British East India Company
 * John Adam (rugby league footballer), Australian rugby league player and inaugural head of the players union
 * Jonathan Adam (born 1984), British racing driver
 * Juliette Adam (1836–1936), French writer
 * Julius Adam (1852–1913), German painter
 * Jumaat Haji Adam (born 1956), botanist
 * Karen Adam ( 2020s), Scottish politician
 * Karl Adam (theologian) (1876–1966), German Catholic theologian
 * Karl Adam (rowing coach) (1912–1976), German rowing coach
 * Karl Adam (footballer) (1924–1999), German football player
 * Ken Adam (1921–2016), British production designer
 * Kenneth Adam (1908–1978), English journalist and broadcasting executive
 * Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759), French sculptor
 * Louis Adam (1758–1848), French composer, music teacher, and piano virtuoso
 * Lucien Adam (1833–1918), French linguist
 * Madge Adam (1912–2001), English astronomer
 * Maisie Adam (born 1994), English comedian, writer and actress
 * Melchior Adam (1575–1622), German historian
 * Mihai Adam (1940–2015), Romanian footballer
 * Mike Adam (born 1981), Canadian curler
 * Nicolas-Sébastien Adam (1705–1778), also called "Adam the Younger", French sculptor
 * Omer Adam (born 1993), Israeli singer
 * Piers Adam (born 1964), British businessman, owner of London nightclubs
 * Rebecca Adam, Australian lawyer and business executive
 * Robert Adam (1728–1792), Scottish architect, creator of the Adam style
 * Roger Adam, French aeronautical engineer
 * Shiraz Adam, Canadian actor
 * Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet (1885–1982), British Army General
 * Ron Adam, Canadian football player
 * Ronald Adam (actor) (1896–1979), British actor
 * Shaiful Edham Adam (1976–1999), Singaporean convicted murderer
 * Shea Adam, American auto racing reporter
 * Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French football player
 * Theo Adam (1926–2019), German opera singer
 * Udi Adam (born 1959), Israeli general
 * Ulrich Adam (born 1950), German politician
 * Will Adam, Church of England priest
 * Wilhelm Adam (1893–1978), German colonel
 * William Adam (architect) (1689–1748), Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur
 * William Adam (MP) (1751–1839), Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) and judge
 * William Adam (artist) (1846–1931), English landscape artist who worked in California
 * William Adam (malacologist) (1909–1988), Belgian malacologist
 * William Adam (trumpeter) (1917–2013), American trumpeter, and academic
 * Yekutiel Adam (1927–1982), Israeli general

Scottish Adam family members

 * William Adam (1689–1748), Scottish architect and builder, born near Kirkcaldy, Fife
 * John Adam (1721–1792), born near Kirkcaldy, eldest son of William, architect and builder
 * William Adam (1751–1839), only son of John Adam, Member of Parliament and judge
 * Charles Adam (1780–1853), second son of William Adam (1751–1839), British naval officer
 * William Patrick Adam (1823–1881), son of Charles Adam, British Liberal politician, Governor of Madras 1880–1881
 * Frederick Adam (1784–1853), fourth son of William Adam (1751–1839), General in the British Army, Governor of Madras 1832–1837
 * Robert Adam (1728–1792), born near Kirkcaldy, second son of William. Architect, interior designer and furniture designer, originator of the "Adam style"
 * James Adam (1732–1794), born in Edinburgh, third son of William. Architect and furniture designer, business partner of Robert