Harvard University and The Adams Family
- Samuel Adams Class of 1740
- John Adams Class of 1755
- John Quincy Adams Class of 1788
- Charles Adams (1770–1800) Class of 1789
- Thomas Boylston Adams Class of 1790
- George Washington Adams Class of 1821
- John Adams II, expelled with most of senior class prior to 1823 graduation, later among those designated "Bachelor of Arts as of 1823" and added to Harvard's Roll of Graduates
- John Quincy Adams II
- Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Class of 1825
- Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Class of 1856
- Henry Brooks Adams Class of 1858
- Brooks Adams Class of 1870
- Charles Francis Adams III Class of 1888
- Roger Adams Class of 1909
- Charles Francis Adams IV Class of 1932
- Samuel A. Adams Class of 1955
Adams House, one of twelve residential colleges at Harvard, is named after John Adams and later members of the Adams family.
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