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People with the given name Adam
- Adam of EbrachAdam of EbrachAdam of Ebrach was the first abbot of Ebrach Abbey in the area of Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany.Adam, originating from the parish of Cologne, is first recorded when entering the Cistercian monastery of Morimond Abbey in Burgundy...
(died 1161), German abbot and historian - Adam (bishop of Ourense)Adam (bishop of Ourense)Adam was the sixth bishop of the restored diocese of Ourense from 1169 until his death in either 1073 or 1074. The letter written by the cathedral chapter of Ourense to the Archbishop of Braga to announce their election of Adam survives, providing a valuable record of his career prior to assuming...
(died 1173/4), Spanish churchman - Adam (Malaysian singer) (born 1983), stage name of Mohd Aizam Mat Saman
- Adam AcresAdam AcresAdam Holland Acres was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Carleton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1948 as a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member....
, (May 1878–1955), Ontario farmer and political figure - Adam AdamiAdam AdamiAdam Adami, O.S.B. was a German monk, diplomat and priest.Born in Mülheim am Rhein, Adami seems to have made his first studies in Cologne. At the age of 19, he entered the Benedictine abbey of Brauweiler and occupied himself with theology and law studies...
(1603 or 1610–1663), German diplomat and priest - Adam AdamowiczAdam AdamowiczAdam Adamowicz is a concept artist, best known for his work on Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with Bethesda Game Studios since 2007. He has also worked shortly with Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. between 2002-2003...
, the concept artist for Fallout 3 - Adam AfriyieAdam AfriyieAdam Afriyie is a British Conservative Party politician, and the Member of Parliament for Windsor. He was first elected at the 2005 general election and re-elected at the 2010 election.-Early life:...
(born 1965), British politician - Adam AfzeliusAdam AfzeliusAdam Afzelius was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany...
(1750–1837), Swedish botanist - Adam AgiusAdam AgiusAdam Agius is the vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist and a founding member of the progressive metal band Alchemist. He formed Alchemist in 1987 while still in high school and is the group's only remaining original member...
, lead vocalist of the Australian progressive metal band Alchemist - Adam AitkenAdam AitkenAdam Aitken is an Australian poet. Born in London in 1960, to an Anglo-Australian father and a Thai mother. He spent some of his childhood with relatives in Thailand, and was educated at a convent in Malaysia, before coming to Australia in 1968.-Career:...
(born 1960), Australian poet - Adam AntAdam AntAdam Ant is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s...
(born 1954), British pop singer - Adam ArkinAdam ArkinAdam Arkin is an American television, film and stage actor and director. He played the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony as well as 3 primetime Emmys, 4 SAG Awards , and a DGA Award...
(born 1956), American television, film, and stage actor and director - Adam BaldwinAdam BaldwinAdam Baldwin is an American actor, known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard, Knowle Rohrer in The X-Files, and Marcus Hamilton in Joss Whedon's Angel...
(born 1962), American actor - Sir Adam BeckAdam BeckSir Adam Beck was a politician and hydroelectricity advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.-Biography:...
(1857–1925), Canadian politician - Adam BrazAdam BrazAdam Braz is a retired Canadian soccer player known mainly for his years spent playing at the Montreal Impact in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.- College :...
(born 1981), Canadian soccer player (Montreal ImpactMontreal ImpactMontreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...
& national team) - Adam BrowneAdam BrowneAdam Browne is an Australian speculative fiction writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.-Publications:*"Orlando’s Third Trance" -HQ Magazine , 1999*"Account Dracula" -Orb Magazine , 1999...
(born 1963), Australian science fiction writer - Adam BurishAdam BurishAdam Burish is an American professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
(born 1983) American professional ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks - Adam BuxtonAdam BuxtonAdam Offord Buxton is an English comedian and actor. With Joe Cornish, he forms one half of the duo Adam and Joe. The pair presented Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music, whilst Buxton also presents his own show on 6 Music on Sundays, called Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape, currently on hiatus.-Major work:His...
(born 1969), British actor/writer/TV presenter - Adam CarollaAdam CarollaAdam Carolla is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He currently hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast on the ACE Broadcasting Network...
(born 1964), American actor - Adam ClaytonAdam ClaytonAdam Charles Clayton is a musician, best known as the bassist of the Irish rock band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965...
, (born 1960) bass player in U2 - Adam CopelandAdam CopelandAdam Joseph Copeland is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Edge. He is currently signed to WWE under a Legends contract....
(born 1973), Canadian pro wrestler best known as Edge - Adam A. CrownAdam A. CrownMaitre d'Armes Adam Adrian Crown is an instructor of classical and historical fencing in Ithaca, New York who received his Fencing Master's Diploma under Maitre Jean-Jacques Gillet. He teaches classical fencing of the French school as well as historical French smallsword and Renaissance rapier from...
, instructor of classical and historical fencing in Ithaca, New York - Adam CurryAdam CurryAdam Clark Curry is a broadcasting and Internet personality well known for his stint from 1987 to 1994 as a video jockey on the music video channel MTV. In the mid-1990s, Curry was a World Wide Web entrepreneur and one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site...
(born 1964), original MTV VJ - Adam Jerzy CzartoryskiAdam Jerzy CzartoryskiPrince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, statesman and author. He was the son of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Fleming....
(1770 — 1861), Polish leader - Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734–1823), Polish writer and statesman
- Adam d'AmbergauAdam d'AmbergauAdam d'Ambergau was a German compositor who lived at the end of the 15th century.Adam d'Ambergau was probably born in Ammergau, Upper Bavaria. Neither his place of birth, nor his residence have been precisely recorded and can only be reconstructed from his prints...
(15th century), Bavarian compositor - Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of CamperdownAdam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of CamperdownAdam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan was a British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory was considered one of the most significant actions in naval history.-Life:...
(1731–1804), British admiral - Adam DunnAdam DunnAdam Troy Dunn , nicknamed "Big Donkey", is an American Major League Baseball first baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed....
, (born 1979), First Baseman for the Washington Nationals - Adam EmmeneckerAdam EmmeneckerAdam Cannata Emmenecker is an American basketball player who completed his college career as a point guard at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 2008...
(born 1985), American basketball player - Adam FerraraAdam FerraraAdam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian who is currently playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the critically acclaimed FX series Rescue Me and is also a co-host on the U.S. version of Top Gear...
, American actor and comedian - Adam GardnerAdam GardnerAdam Seth Gardner is a guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs...
, lead guitarist for the rock band Guster - Adam Goldberg (American football) (born 1980), American football player (St. Louis RamsSt. Louis RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
) - Adam GontierAdam GontierAdam Wade Gontier is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Three Days Grace...
(born 1978), lead singer of Canadian alternative rock band Three Days Grace - Adam Green (musician)Adam Green (musician)Adam Green is an American singer-songwriter.Green's off-kilter style has achieved a moderate college radio following in the United States, and enjoys increasing popularity in a number of European countries, particularly Germany.-Career:Green attended Emerson College for one semester in 1998 before...
(born 1981), American musician - Adam Greenberg (baseball) (born 1981), American major league baseball outfielder
- Adam Hart-DavisAdam Hart-DavisAdam John Hart-Davis is an English scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster, well-known in the UK for presenting the BBC television series Local Heroes and What the Romans Did for Us, the latter spawning several spin-off series involving the Victorians, the Tudors, the Stuarts,...
(born 1943), English Scientist and Television presenter - Adam HenrichAdam HenrichAdam Henrich is a professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Alleghe HC of the Italian Serie A....
, Canadian hockey player (HC Asiago) - Adam Horovitz (born 1966), aka Ad-Rock, member of the Beastie Boys
- Adam Ingram (Labour politician)Adam Ingram (Labour politician)Adam Paterson Ingram is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow from 1987 to 2010.-Early life:...
(born 1947), Scottish politician - Adam Ingram (SNP politician)Adam Ingram (SNP politician)Adam Ingram MSP is the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley .- Electoral record:...
(born 1951), Scottish politician - Adam JonesAdam Jones (musician)Adam Thomas Jones is a three time Grammy Award-winning Welsh-American musician and visual artist, best known for his position as the guitarist for Grammy-Award winning band Tool. Jones has been rated the 75th Greatest Guitarist of all time by the Rolling Stone and placed 9th in Guitar World's Top...
(born 1965), American Guitarist - Adam KellerAdam KellerAdam Keller is an Israeli peace activist who was among the founders of Gush Shalom, of which he is a spokesperson.-Political views:...
(born 1955), Israeli peace activist - Adam KennedyAdam KennedyAdam Thomas Kennedy is an American Major League Baseball second baseman who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He previously played for the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners and had two stints with the St. Louis Cardinals.-Early years:Kennedy...
(born 1976) 2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals - Adam Adamandy KochańskiAdam Adamandy KochanskiAdam Adamandy Kochański was a Polish mathematician.Kochański was born in Dobrzyń nad Wisłą. He began his education in Toruń, and in 1652 he entered the Society of Jesus in Vilnius under Cardinal Brandr Beekman-Ellner. He studied philosophy at Vilnius University . He also studied mathematics,...
(1631–1700), Polish mathematician - Adam KopycinskiAdam KopycinskiAdam Kopyciński was a Polish conductor and composer.During the Second World War, he was a prisoner in the German concentration camp Auschwitz....
(1907–1982), Polish composer - Adam Kozlowiecki (1911–2007), Polish cardinal
- Adam KunkelAdam KunkelAdam Charles Kunkel is a male hurdler from Canada, who twice represented his native country at the Pan American Games: 2003 and 2007...
(born 1981), Canadian hurdler - Adam LambertAdam LambertAdam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
(born 1982), American musician; runner-up of American Idol 8 - Adam LazzaraAdam LazzaraAdam Burbank Lazzara , is the lead singer of the American rock band, Taking Back Sunday. Along with singing lead vocals, Adam Lazzara occasionally plays guitar and harmonica.-Biography:...
(born 1981), lead singer of Taking Back Sunday - Adam LevineAdam LevineAdam Noah Levine is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.-Early life:...
(born 1979), lead singer and guitarist for Maroon 5 - Adam Loftus (Archbishop)Adam Loftus (Archbishop)thumb|right|200px|Archbishop Adam LoftusAdam Loftus was Archbishop of Armagh, and later Dublin, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1581. He was also the first Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.-Early life:...
(1533–1605), Irish archbishop - Adam LovellAdam LovellAdam Lovell is the founder and owner of WriteAPrisoner.com. Lovell, who founded the organization in 2000, is frequently interviewed in various media due to the unusual nature of his work. He has been featured on 20/20, FoxNews, E! True Hollywood Story, CNN, and many other media outlets. Lovell...
(born 1977), Founder and owner (WriteAPrisoner.comWriteaprisoner.comWriteAPrisoner.com is an online Florida, based business whose stated goal is to reduce recidivism through a variety of methods that include: 1) positive correspondence with pen-pals on the outside, 2) educational opportunities, 3) job placement avenues, 4) comprehensive resource guides on a...
) - Adam Lyon (2005–2008) Cartoon Network - My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Adam MalikAdam MalikAdam Malik Batubara was Indonesia's third vice president, a senior diplomat, and one of the pioneers of Indonesian journalism.-Early life:...
(1917–1984), Indonesia's third vice president - Adam Małysz (born 1977), Polish ski jumper
- Adam MacKenzieAdam MacKenzieAdam MacKenzie is a male field hockey defender from Scotland, who earned his first cap for the Men's Junior National Team in 2003. He plays club hockey for Inverleith HC.-References:*...
(born 1984), Scottish field hockey defender - Adam McCuneAdam McCune-Biography:McCune was born on July 18, 1985, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Keith and Grace McCune, and was raised in the Philippines and Russia.In the year 2000, when McCune was fourteen, his father showed him a three-page short story based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, and asked...
(born 1985), American novelist - Adam MickiewiczAdam MickiewiczAdam Bernard Mickiewicz ) was a Polish poet, publisher and political writer of the Romantic period. One of the primary representatives of the Polish Romanticism era, a national poet of Poland, he is seen as one of Poland's Three Bards and the greatest poet in all of Polish literature...
(1798–1855), Polish poet - Adam OatesAdam OatesAdam Oates is a retired professional ice hockey and lacrosse player and is currently an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils.-Playing career:Oates' break came when Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offered him a scholarship...
(born 1962), Canadian hockey player - Adam Gottlob OehlenschlägerAdam Gottlob OehlenschlägerAdam Gottlob Oehlenschläger was a Danish poet and playwright. He introduced romanticism into Danish literature.-Biography:He was born in Vesterbro, then a suburb of Copenhagen, on 14 November 1779...
(1779–1850), Danish poet - Adam PearceAdam PearceAdam Pearce is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is the current NWA World Heavyweight Champion in his fourth reign and the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He is also a former PWG Champion....
(born 1978), American professional wrestler - Adam PettyAdam PettyAdam Kyler Petty was a professional racing driver. He was the first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history.-Early life:...
(1980–2000), American racecar driver - Adam PineAdam PineAdam Pine is an Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. Adam is married to Sasha Pine and is the father of 3 children, Maximillian, Buster and Xander....
(born 1976), Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer - Adam PodleshAdam PodleshAdam Podlesh is an American football punter for the Chicago Bears.-Early life:Podlesh, who is Jewish, is a graduate of Pittsford Sutherland High School. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins....
(born 1983), American football player (Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville JaguarsThe Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
) - Adam PutnamAdam PutnamAdam H. Putnam is the current Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
(born 1974), American politician - Adam RaphaelAdam RaphaelAdam Eliot Geoffrey Raphael is an award-winning English journalist and author. In the British Press Awards of 1973, he was named Journalist of the Year for his work on labour conditions in South Africa, and he has also been a presenter and editor of BBC Television's Newsnight. Since 2004, he has...
(born 1938), English journalist - Adam RapackiAdam RapackiAdam Rapacki was a Polish politician and diplomat.-Life:Rapacki was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary in 1909. He was a member of the Polish Socialist Party from 1945 to 1948 as well as its successor, the Polish United Workers' Party...
(1909–1970), Polish politician and diplomat - Adam RickittAdam RickittAdam Peter Rickitt is an English actor, singer-songwriter and model.-Biography:Rickitt was born in Crewe, Cheshire, the youngest of four brothers. His father is co-owner of an estate agency...
(born 1978), English actor - Adam RiesAdam RiesAdam Ries was a German mathematician. He is also known by the name Adam Riese.- Life :Almost nothing is known about Ries' childhood, youth and education. It is not even possible to determine the year of his birth with certainty. The caption on the only known contemporary portrait of the...
(1492–1559), German mathematician - Adam Daniel RotfeldAdam Daniel RotfeldAdam Daniel Rotfeld is a Polish researcher, diplomat, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 5 January 2005 until 31 October 2005 when a change of government took place. He served earlier as the deputy foreign minister...
(born 1938), Polish Foreign Minister - Adam RuckwoodAdam RuckwoodAdam Ruckwood is a retired backstroke swimmer from England, who competed for the United Kingdom at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 ....
(born 1974), British backstroke swimmer - Adam SandlerAdam SandlerAdam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...
(born 1966), American film actor - Adam Aleksander SanguszkoAdam Aleksander SanguszkoAdam Aleksander Sanguszko , of Pogoń Litewska Coat of Arms, was a noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was the castellan of Kiev from 1618, voivode of Podole from 1621 to 1630, voivode of Wołyń from 1630 and starosta of Włodzimierz .His parents were Hrihory Sanguszko and Zofia...
(1590–1653), noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Adam SavageAdam SavageAdam Whitney Savage is an American industrial design and special effects designer/fabricator, actor, educator, and co-host of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters. His model work has appeared in major films, including Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and The Matrix...
(born 1967), co-host on MythBusters - Adam SchiffAdam SchiffAdam Bennett Schiff is the U.S. Representative for . He has served in Congress since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
(born 1960), American politician - Adam SesslerAdam SesslerAdam Donovan Sessler is co-host of X-Play on G4 with Morgan Webb and, as of December 17, 2008, editor-in-chief of G4's game content for the network. He is the only remaining television personality from the G4's origin network ZDTV.-Background:Sessler was born in Berkeley, California...
(born 1973), co-host on X-Play - Adam SetliffAdam SetliffAdam Setliff is a retired discus thrower from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics , finishing 12th and 5th respectively. He set his personal best in the men's discus throw on July 21, 2001 at a meet in La Jolla, California. He retired prior to...
(born 1969), American discus thrower - Adam SmithAdam SmithAdam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...
(1723–1790), economist and author of Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith (footballer born September 1985), English footballer
- Adam Smith (footballer born February 1985), English footballer
- Adam Smith (ice hockey)Adam Smith (ice hockey)Adam Smith is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the third round, 78th overall, by the New York Rangers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...
(born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player - Adam Smith (politician)Adam Smith (politician)David Adam Smith , American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Washington's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...
(born 1965), American Democratic politician - Adam SternAdam SternAdam James Stern is a Canadian Major League Baseball outfielder who is presently a free agent.He bats left-handed, and throws right-handed. He was dubbed the "Canadian Babe Ruth" by Cleveland Indians outfielder Trot Nixon. Stern is the second Jewish player from Canada in major league history....
(born 1980), Canadian major league baseball player - Adam TeutoAdam TeutoAdam Teuto, also known as Coloniensis was an early German author whose Latin-language writings emphasized ecclesiastical topics.Adam Teuto's works appeared between 1355 and 1370...
, 14th century German writer - Adam von Trott zu SolzAdam von Trott zu SolzAdam von Trott zu Solz was a German lawyer and diplomat who was involved in the conservative opposition to the Nazi regime, and who played a central part in the 20 July Plot...
(1909–1944), German lawyer and diplomat who opposed the Nazi regime - Adam Willis WagnallsAdam Willis WagnallsAdam Willis Wagnalls was an American publisher. He was the co-founder and co-eponym of the Funk & Wagnalls Company in 1877....
(1843–1924), American dictionary publisher - Adam WainwrightAdam WainwrightAdam Parrish Wainwright is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was drafted 29th overall by the Atlanta Braves in the 2000 amateur draft. He made his major league debut for the St...
, American baseball player - Adam Walker (born 1987), English flautist
- Adam WerrittyAdam WerrittyAdam Werritty is a Scottish businessman. Werritty is a close friend of the former UK Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox: he resided for a period in 2002 and 2003 at Fox's London apartment and was best man at his wedding in 2005. The two were also business associates who once held joint...
(born 1978), Scottish businessman - Adam WestAdam WestWilliam West Anderson , better known by the stage name Adam West, is an American actor best known for his lead role in the Batman TV series and the film of the same name...
(born 1928), American television actor - Adam YauchAdam YauchAdam Nathaniel Yauch , , is a founding member of hip hop trio the Beastie Boys. He is frequently known by his stage name, MCA, and other pseudonyms such as Nathanial Hörnblowér.-Early life:...
(born 1964), aka MCA, a member of the Beastie Boys - Adam Young (born 1986), musician and founder of the synthpopSynthpopSynthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
band, Owl CityOwl CityOwl City is an American electronica musical project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young formed in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement... - Adam ZamoyskiAdam ZamoyskiCount Adam Stefan Zamoyski is a historian and a member of the ancient Zamoyski family of Polish nobility.-Life:Zamoyski was born in New York City, but was raised in England and was educated at Downside School and The Queen's College, Oxford...
(born 1949), English historian
Fictional characters
- AdamAdamAdam is a figure in the Book of Genesis. According to the creation myth of Abrahamic religions, he is the first human. In the Genesis creation narratives, he was created by Yahweh-Elohim , and the first woman, Eve was formed from his rib...
, Biblical patriarch - Adam, a character in the TV series "Traffic Light"
- Adam CarringtonAdam CarringtonAdam Alexander Carrington is a fictional character on the American TV series Dynasty.The role was originated by Gordon Thomson in the first episode of the show's third season ; he played the character until the series finale in 1989...
, on the television show "Dynasty" - Adam Gibson, the Main character in the 2000 film "The 6th DayThe 6th DayThe 6th Day is a 2000 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as family man Adam Gibson, who is cloned against his will in the future of 2015...
" - Adam MacLytyre, an evil clown psychopath in the video game "Dead RisingDead Risingis an action-adventure, survivor horror video game, developed by Capcom and produced by Keiji Inafune. It was released on August 8, 2006 exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game console. The game was a commercial success. It has been introduced into the Xbox 360 "Platinum Hits" lineup, and a cell...
" - Adam Svenson AKA Captain BlueCaptain Blue (Captain Scarlet)Captain Blue is a character in the 1967 Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. He is a senior officer of the Spectrum organisation and a close friend of Captain Scarlet....
, a main character in the Captain Scarlet and the MysteronsCaptain Scarlet and the MysteronsCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill...
television series - Adam Torres, fictional character in Degrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and...
- Adam Jensen, the main character of the video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution