title: Samuel Adams (disambiguation)
text: # Samuel Adams (disambiguation)
  
  Samuel Adams (1722–1803) was a Boston leader in the era of the American Revolution.
  
  Samuel Adams or Sam Adams may also refer to:
  
  ## Politics
  
  * Samuel Adams (Arkansas politician) (1805–1850), acting Governor of Arkansas in 1844
  * Sam Adams (Oregon politician) (born 1963), mayor of Portland, Oregon
  * Samuel Hunter Adams (1878–1975), mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  
  ## Military and intelligence
  
  * Samuel Adams (Loyalist) (1730–1810), Loyalist officer in the Revolutionary War, physician, surgeon
  * Samuel Adams (naval officer) (1912–1942), United States naval officer
  * Samuel A. Adams (1934–1988), CIA analyst known for challenging official enemy troop estimates during the Vietnam War
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Sam Adams (golfer) (born 1946), PGA Tour golfer
  * Sam Adams Sr. (1948–2015), American football player
  * Sam Adams (American football) (born 1973), American football player
  * Sam Adams (Canadian football) (1928–2015), Canadian football player
  * Sam Adams (footballer, born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
  
  ## Other people
  
  * Samuel Adams Sr. (1689–1748), American brewer
  * Soren Sorensen Adams or Sam Adams (1879–1963), Danish-born American inventor of the Joy Buzzer and other novelties
  * Sam Adams (explorer) (1828–1915), surveyor of the American West
  * Samuel S. Adams (1937–2006), economic geologist
  * Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871–1958), American writer and investigative journalist
  * Samuel Adams (composer) (born 1985), American composer
  * Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper
  * Samuel Adams (priest) (1886–1856), Irish Anglican priest and Dean of Cashel
  * Samuel B. Adams (1853–1938), Supreme Court of Georgia judge
  * Samuel Hoppus Adams (1835–1895), British surgeon, physician and botanist
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Samuel Adams (beer), an American brand of beer
  * Sam Adams Award
  