Adair

People

Family name

Adair is a family name of Irish and Scottish origin.

• Allan Henry Shafto Adair -- (1897-1988) British army officer, 6th Baronet
• Beegie Adair -- (born 1936) jazz pianist
• Bill Adair -- (1913 - 2002) baseball player/manager
• Bonnie Adair -- American swimmer/coach
• Charles Wallace Adair -- (1914 - 2006) U.S. ambassador
• Charles Adair (footballer) -- American soccer player/coach
• Cherry Adair -- American author
• Daisy Adair -- fictional TV character
• Daniel Adair -- (born 1975) Canadian drummer
• Deborah Adair -- (born 1952) American actress
• Donald Adair -- (born 1960) American figure skater
• Doug Adair -- (born 1929) U.S. TV news anchor and journalist
• Douglass Adair -- (1912 - 1968) American historian
• E. Ross Adair -- (1907 - 1983) U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Forrest Adair -- (1865 - 1936) real estate developer
• George Adair -- (1823 - 1899) real estate developer
• Gilbert Adair -- (born 1944) author and journalist
• Gilbert Smithson Adair -- (1896 - 1979) British scientist
• J. Leroy Adair -- (1887 - 1956) U.S. Representative from Illinois
• James Makittrick Adair -- (1728 - 1802) Scottish army officer, doctor
• James Adair (historian) -- (1709 - 1783) explorer and author
• James Adair (serjeant) -- (died 1798) Irish soldier, politician
• Janet Adair -- (1901 - 2005) American actress
• Jean Adair -- (1873 - 1953) actress
• Jerry Adair -- (1936 - 1987) professional baseball player
• John Adair -- (1757 - 1840) American soldier, politician (Kentucky)
• John Adair (anthropologist) -- (1913 - 1997) Professor of Anthropology
• John Adair (Leadership Guru) -- (born 1934) UK leadership expert
• John Adair (surveyor) -- (c. 1655 - 1722) Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
• John A. M. Adair -- (1864 - 1938) U.S. Representative from Indiana
• John George Adair -- (1823 - 1885) Scots-Irish businessman and landowner
• Johnny Adair -- (born 1963) Ex Loyalist Paramilitary
• Joseph Adair -- (1877 - 1960) Canadian politician
• Nancy Adair -- documentary producer
• Neil Adair -- Green Party web designer
• Peter Adair -- (1943 - 1996) filmmaker and artist
• Rachel Adair -- fictional character on General Hospital
• Paul "Red" Adair -- (1915 - 2004) oil field firefighter
• Rhona Adair -- (1878 - 1961) British golf champion
• Robert Adair -- (1876 - 1951) Irish cricketer
• Robert Adair (physicist) -- Physics professor
• Sir Robert Adair -- (1763 - 1855) English diplomat
• Tatum Adair -- American actress
• Trevor Adair -- Soccer coach
• Virginia Hamilton Adair -- (1913 - 2004) American poet
• Catherine Steiner-Adair -- Psychologist and author

Given name

Adair can also be a unisex first name.

• Adair Blain -- (1894 - 1983) Australian politician
• Adair Crawford -- (1748 - 1795) Scots-Irish chemist
• Adair Tishler -- (born 1996) American child actress
• Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell -- (born 1955) British businessman

Places

Adair may be any of these places in the United States:

• Adair, Idaho
• Adair, Illinois
• Adair, Iowa
• Adair, Kentucky
• Adair, Michigan
• Adair, Mississippi
• Adair, Missouri
• Adair, Ohio
• Adair, Oklahoma
• Adair, Tennessee
• Adair Township, Missouri
• Adair Village, Oregon

Similar place names include:

• Adair County, Iowa
• Adair County, Kentucky
• Adair County, Missouri
• Adair County, Oklahoma
• Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park
• Adair Park
• Adairsville, Georgia
• Adairville, Kentucky
• Adair Vineyards
• Camp Adair, Oregon

Other

• USS Adair was a WWII Windsor class attack transport.
• Adair is the name of a post hardcore band from St. Louis, MO.
• Adair v. United States was a United States Supreme Court decision.
• There has been one Adair Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
• Adair sepia is a type of limestone found in Ontario, Canada.
• The Battle of Adairsville was a battle of the American Civil War.
• Ballymena is built on land given to the Adair family by King Charles I.