Adair
Appearance
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.