William Adams

William Adams may refer to:

Military

William Adams (Royal Navy officer) (died 1748), British naval officer
William Adams (Royal Navy officer, born 1716) (1716–1763), British naval officer
William Adams (sailor) (1564–1620), English sailor and visitor to Japan
William E. Adams (1939–1971), US Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
William Wirt Adams (1819–1888), Confederate States of America army general

Billy Adams, banjo player, a former member of Dexys Midnight Runners
will.i.am (William James Adams, Jr., born 1975), musician, producer; member of The Black Eyed Peas
Willy Northpole (William Adams, born 1980), rapper signed to Ludacris' DTP Records

Acton Adams (William Acton Blakeway Adams, 1843–1924),New Zealand politician
Billy Adams (politician) (William Herbert Adams, 1861–1954), Governor of Colorado
William Adams (British Columbia politician) (1851–1936), rancher and politician in British Columbia, Canada
William Adams (1752–1811), MP for Totnes
William Adams (New Zealand politician) (1811–1884), New Zealand politician
William E. Adams (New York) (1922–1983), New York politician
William G. Adams (1923–2005), Canadian politician
William Henry Adams (1809–1865), British Conservative MP for Boston and Chief Justice of Hong Kong
William Taylor Adams (1822–1897), author & politician
William Thomas Adams (1884–1949), British Member of Parliament for Hammersmith South, 1945–1949
Willie Adams (politician) (born 1934), Canadian politician

William Adams (locomotive engineer) (1823–1904), British locomotive engineer
William Adams (master) (1706/7–1789), English scholar
William Adams (oculist) (1783–1827), English ophthalmic surgeon
William Bridges Adams (1797–1872), British inventor, author & locomotive engineer
William Grylls Adams (1836–1915), professor of natural philosophy

Bill Adams (American football) (born 1950), former Buffalo Bills offensive guard
Bill Adams (American football coach), American college football coach
Bill Adams (Australian footballer) (1900–1973), former VFL player and coach
Bill Adams (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1963), former Southampton FC right half back
Bill Adams (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1997), English footballer
Bill Adams (ice hockey) (1897–1978), Canadian ice hockey player
Billy Adams (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1945), footballer for Barrow and West Bromwich Albion
Billy Adams (footballer, born 1919) (1919–1989), English footballer
William Adams (cricketer) (1885–1957), English cricketer
William Adams (footballer), footballer who played for Walsall and West Bromwich Albion
Willie Adams (1910s pitcher) (1890–1937), American baseball player
Willie Adams (1990s pitcher) (born 1972), American baseball player (Oakland Athletics)
Willie Adams (American football) (born 1941), American football player
Willie Adams (basketball), American basketball player
William Adams (wrestler), British wrestler

William Adams (author) (1814–1848), English religious writer
William Davenport Adams (1851–1904), English writer and journalist, son of W. H. D. Adams
William Henry Davenport Adams (1828–1891), English writer and journalist
William Y. Adams (born 1927), American author of Nubia: Corridor to Africa
W. E. Adams (1832–1906), English radical and journalist

William Adams (haberdasher) (1585–1661), London haberdasher and founder of Adams' Grammar School
William Adams (lawyer) (1772–1851), English lawyer, helped negotiate settlements with the US c.1814/1815
William Adams (minister) (1807–1880), US religious leader and college president
William Adams (potter) (c. 1746–1805), North Staffordshire potter, founded the Greengates Pottery
William Bridges-Adams (1889–1965), British stage director
William Drea Adams, president of Bucknell University, 1995–2000; president of Colby College, 2000–2014
William Adams (mining engineer) (1813–1876)
William Forbes Adams (1833–1920), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton
William L. Adams (1821–1906), American writer, newspaper editor and doctor from Oregon
William Adams (lifesaver) (1864–1913), a notable English lifesaver from Gorleston