George Adams

George Adams may refer to:

Arts

 * George Gammon Adams (1821–1898), English portrait sculptor and medallist
 * George G. Adams (architect) (1850–1932), American architect from Lawrence, Massachusetts
 * George Adams (musician) (1940–1992), American jazz musician

Politics

 * George Adams (1731–1789), British Whig politician and Staffordshire landowner
 * George Adams (Mississippi judge) (1784–1844), American lawyer and political figure in Kentucky and Mississippi
 * George Willison Adams (1799–1879), abolitionist and member of the Ohio General Assembly
 * George Washington Adams (1801–1829), eldest son of John Quincy Adams
 * George Adams (magistrate) (1804–1873), Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands, 1848
 * George Madison Adams (1837–1920), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
 * George E. Adams (1840–1917), U.S. Representative from Illinois
 * George B. Adams (1845–1911), U.S. lawyer and federal judge
 * George H. Adams (1851–1911), American Republican politician and lawyer

Science and academia

 * George Adams (scientist, died 1773) (c. 1709–1773), English instrument maker and scientific writer
 * George Adams (scientist, died 1795) (1750–1795), his son, English instrument maker and scientific writer
 * George Adams (translator) (1698–1768), English translator of Sophocles
 * George Burton Adams (1851–1925), American medievalist historian at Yale University
 * George Rollie Adams (born 1941), American educator and historian
 * George W. Adams (academic) (1905–1981), Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses and Director of the University Extension at Harvard University

Sports

 * George Adams (American football) (born 1962), former American football running back
 * George Adams (baseball) (1855–1920), American baseball player for the 1879 Syracuse Stars
 * George Adams (basketball) (born 1949), retired American basketball player
 * George Adams (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2011), Scottish football player (Leyton Orient)
 * George Adams (footballer, born 1947), English football player (Peterborough United)
 * George Adams (footballer, born 1950), Scottish football player and coach (director of football at Ross County)
 * George C. Adams (1863–1900), head coach of the Harvard University football program

Others

 * George J. Adams (1811–1880), leader of a schismatic Latter Day Saint sect who led an ill-fated effort to establish a colony of Americans in Palestine
 * George James Adams (1811–1888), 19th century textile manufacturer and abolitionist
 * George Adams (businessman) (1839–1904), Australian publican and lottery promoter, founder of Tattersall's
 * George Matthew Adams (1878–1962), newspaper columnist and founder of the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service
 * George G. Adams (engineer) (born 1948), American mechanical engineer