John Adam may refer to:
- John Adam (actor), Australian actor
- John Adam (administrator) (1779–1825), British administrator in India, serving as the acting governor-general of the British East India Company in 1823
- John Adam (architect) (1721–1792), one of the Adam Brothers, the well known partnership of Scottish eighteenth century architects
- John Adam (hoax), the name given by Islamic militants of a U.S. soldier that they claimed to have captured
- John Adam (legislator), Wisconsin Populist legislator from Milwaukee
- John Adam (MP) for New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Adam (rugby league) (born 1956), Australian former rugby league player
- John A. Adam, American journalist
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or adam:
“But I’m his poor shepherd, as plain you may see,
That am come to beg pardon for him and for me.””
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 99–100)
“Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)