Thomas Adams may refer to: Politicians Thomas Adams (MP), Member of Parliament for Bedford Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586–1667/68), Lord Mayor of London Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832), son of US President John Adams Thomas Boylston Adams (1910–1997), American writer, executive, and political candidate Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (1917–2006), American politician in Florida Thomas Adams (sheriff) (1804–1869), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts Military Thomas Adams (British Army officer) (c. 1730–1764), British Army major, noted for his defense of the British position in Bengal in 1763 Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet (1738–1770), naval officer Musicians Thomas Adams (organist, born 1785) (1785–1858), English organist and composer Thomas Adams (organist, born 1857) (1857–1918), English organist and composer Writers and publishers Thomas Adams (priest) (1583–1652), English priest and religious writer Thomas Adams (publisher) (died 1620), English bookseller and publisher Thomas Adams (writer) (c. 1633–1670), English religious writer Educators Thomas Sewall Adams (1873–1933), American economist and educator Thomas R. Adams (1921–2008), US educational figure, librarian and professor at Brown University Thomas Adams (classicist) (1884–1953), New Zealand professor of classical languages and cricketer Other people Thomas Adams (manufacturer and philanthropist) (1807–1873), English Nottingham lace manufacturer and philanthropist Thomas Adams (chewing gum maker) (1818–1905), American businessman Thomas Albert Smith Adams (1839–1888), American religious figure Thomas Adams (architect) (1871–1940), Scottish-born English pioneer of urban planning Thomas Adams (basketball) (born 1980), American basketball player Thomas William Adams (1842–1919), New Zealand farmer, forester, churchman and educationalist See also Tom Adams (disambiguation) Adams (surname)