Thomas Adams

Thomas Adams may refer to:

Politicians

 * Thomas Adams (MP), Member of Parliament for Bedford
 * Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586–1667/68), Lord Mayor of London
 * Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress
 * Thomas Boylston Adams (judge) (1772–1832), son of US president John Adams
 * Thomas Boylston Adams (academic) (1910–1997), American writer, executive, and political candidate
 * Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (1917–2006), American politician in Florida
 * Thomas Adams (sheriff) (1804–1869), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military

 * Thomas Adams (British Army officer) (c. 1730–1764), British Army major, noted for his defense of the British position in Bengal in 1763
 * Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet (1738–1770), naval officer

Musicians

 * Thomas Adams (organist, born 1785) (1785–1858), English organist and composer
 * Thomas Adams (organist, born 1857) (1857–1918), English organist and composer

Writers and publishers

 * Thomas Adams (priest) (1583–1652), English priest and religious writer
 * Thomas Adams (publisher) (died 1620), English bookseller and publisher
 * Thomas Adams (writer) (c. 1633–1670), English religious writer

Educators

 * Thomas Sewall Adams (1873–1933), American economist and educator
 * Thomas R. Adams (1921–2008), US educational figure, librarian and professor at Brown University
 * Thomas Adams (classicist) (1884–1953), New Zealand professor of classical languages and cricketer

Other people

 * Thomas Adams (manufacturer and philanthropist) (1807–1873), English Nottingham lace manufacturer and philanthropist
 * Thomas Adams (chewing gum maker) (1818–1905), American businessman
 * Thomas Albert Smith Adams (1839–1888), American religious figure
 * Thomas Adams (architect) (1871–1940), Scottish-born English pioneer of urban planning
 * Thomas Adams (basketball) (born 1980), American basketball player
 * Thomas William Adams (1842–1919), New Zealand farmer, forester, churchman and educationalist