Samuel Adams (1722–1803) was a Founding Father of the United States and a Boston leader in the era of the American Revolution.

Samuel Adams or Sam Adams may also refer to:

Politics

  • Samuel Adams (Arkansas politician) (1805–1850), acting Governor of Arkansas in 1844
  • Sam Adams (Oregon politician) (born 1963), mayor of Portland, Oregon
  • Samuel Hunter Adams (1878–1975), mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Military and intelligence

  • Samuel Adams (Loyalist) (1730–1810), Loyalist officer in the Revolutionary War, physician, surgeon
  • Samuel Adams (naval officer) (1912–1942), United States naval officer
  • Samuel A. Adams (1934–1988), CIA analyst known for challenging official enemy troop estimates during the Vietnam War

Sports

  • Sam Adams (golfer) (born 1946), PGA Tour golfer
  • Sam Adams Sr. (1948–2015), American football player
  • Sam Adams (American football) (born 1973), American football player
  • Sam Adams (Canadian football) (1928–2015), Canadian football player
  • Sam Adams (footballer, born 1989), Ghanaian footballer

Other people

  • Samuel Adams Sr. (1689–1748), American brewer
  • Soren Sorensen Adams or Sam Adams (1879–1963), Danish-born American inventor of the joy buzzer and other novelties
  • Sam Adams (explorer) (1828–1915), surveyor of the American West
  • Samuel S. Adams (1937–2006), economic geologist
  • Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871–1958), American writer and investigative journalist
  • Samuel Adams (composer) (born 1985), American composer
  • Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper
  • Samuel Adams (priest) (1886–1856), Irish Anglican priest and Dean of Cashel
  • Samuel B. Adams (1853–1938), Supreme Court of Georgia judge
  • Samuel Hoppus Adams (1835–1895), British surgeon, physician and botanist

Other uses

  • Samuel Adams (beer), an American brand of beer
  • Sam Adams Award

See also

  • Adams (surname)