Adair (surname)
Adair is a surname, and may refer to:
A
- Al Adair (1929–1996), Canadian baseball player, radio broadcaster, author, politician
- Alex Adair (born 1994), British DJ, producer and remixer
- Allan Adair (1897–1988), British army officer, 6th Baronet
- Archibald Adair (died 1647), Irish Anglican bishop
- Arthur Adair (1913–1981), British diplomat
B
- Barbara Adair, South African author
- Beegie Adair (1937–2022), American jazz pianist
- Belle Adair (actress), American actress
- Benjamin Frank Adair (1852–1902), American politician
- Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840–1926), American social reformer, physician
- Bill Adair (1913–2002), American baseball player/manager
- Bill Adair (journalist), founder of the PolitiFact website
- Billy Adair, soccer player in the American Soccer League
- Brian Adair (1935–2021), Scottish sports administrator
- Bunny Adair (1905–1994), Australian politician
C
- Catherine Steiner-Adair, American psychologist and author
- Cecil Adair, pen name of author Evelyn Everett-Green
- Charles Adair (soccer) (born 1971), American soccer player/coach
- Sir Charles F. Adair Hore (1874–1950), British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Pensions
- Charles F. Adair (1874–1936), American park ranger
- Charles Henry Adair (1851–1920), British admiral
- Charles L. Adair (1902–1993) American admiral
- Charles Wallace Adair (1914–2006), American ambassador
- Charles Adair (Royal Marines officer) (1822–1897), General in the Royal Marines
- Cherry Adair (born 1951), American author
- Christia Adair (1893–1989), African-American suffragist and civil rights worker
- Cornelia Adair (1837–1921), Texas ranch landowner
- Cornelia Storrs Adair, (1884–1962), American educator
- Craig Adair (born 1963), New Zealand track cyclist
D
- Daniel Adair (born 1975), Canadian drummer
- Deb Adair (born 1966), American sound engineer
- Deborah Adair (born 1952), American actress
- Devin Adair, American writer, director and producer.
- Donald Adair (born 1960), American figure skater
- Doug Adair (1929–2019), American TV news anchor and journalist
- Douglass Adair (1912–1968), American historian
E
- E. Ross Adair (1907–1983), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Edward Robert Adair (1888–1965), British and Canadian historian
- Eleanor R. Adair (1926–2013), American scientist
F
- Finlay Cross-Adair (born 2005), English footballer
- Forrest Adair (1865–1936), real estate developer
G
- George Adair (1823–1899), real estate developer
- George W. Adair Jr. (1874–1921), real estate developer
- Gilbert Adair (1944–2011), Scottish author and journalist
- Gilbert Smithson Adair (1896–1979), British scientist
- Green B. Adair (1840–1914), American cotton merchant
H
- Harry Adair (born 1997), English cricketer
- Hazel Adair (screenwriter) (1920–2015), British soap opera writer, film producer/director
- Hazel Adair (novelist) (1900–1990), pen name of British author Hazel Iris Addis
- Henry R. Adair (1882–1916), American lieutenant cavalry officer
- Hubert Adair (1917–1940), World War II Royal Air Force pilot
- Hugh Adair (1815–1902), British Liberal Party politician
- Hugh R. Adair (1889–1971), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
J
- J. Leroy Adair (1887–1956), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- James Adair (historian) (1709–1783), explorer and author
- James Adair (serjeant-at-law) (c. 1743–1798), Irish soldier, politician
- James Makittrick Adair (1728–1802), Scottish army officer, doctor
- Janet Adair (1901–2005), American actress
- Janice Adair (1905–1996), British actress
- Jay Adair (born 1969/1970), American businessman, (CEO) of Copart
- Jean Adair (1873–1953), Canadian actress
- Jerry Adair (1936–1987), American baseball player
- Jessica Adair (born 1986), American basketball player
- Jim Adair (born 1942), Canadian hockey player
- Jimmy Adair (1907–1982), American baseball player, manager and coach
- John Adair (1757–1840), American soldier, politician (Kentucky)
- John Adair (anthropologist) (1913–1997), Professor of Anthropology
- John Adair (author) (born 1934), British leadership expert
- John Adair (surveyor) (c. 1655–1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
- John A. M. Adair (1864–1938), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- John Frederick Adair (1852–1913), Irish physicist and cricketer
- John G. Adair, Canadian psychologist
- John George Adair (1823–1885), Scots-Irish businessman
- John Ronald Shafto Adair (1893–1960), Australian businessman and aviator
- Johnny Adair (born 1963), ex-Loyalist Paramilitary
- Joseph Adair (1877–1960), Canadian politician
L
- Larry Adair (born 1946), American politician
M
- Mark Adair (born 1996), Irish cricketer
- Mary Adair (born 1936), Cherokee Nation educator and painter
- Mildred Adair (1895–1943), American composer, pianist and teacher
- Molly Adair (1905–1990), British actress
N
- Nancy Adair, documentary producer
- Natasha Adair (born 1972), American college basketball coach
P
- Patrick Adair (1624–1694), Irish Presbyterian minister
- Perry Adair (1899–1953), American amateur golfer
- Peter Adair (1943–1996), film-maker and artist
R
- Red Adair (1915–2004), oil field fire-fighter
- Rhona Adair (1878–1961), British golf champion
- Rick Adair (born 1958), American baseball player, coach
- Robert Adair (actor) (1900–1954), American-born British actor
- Robert Adair (cricketer) (1876–1951), Irish cricketer
- Robert Adair (physicist) (1924–2020), Physics professor
- Robert Adair (politician) (1763–1855), English diplomat
- Robert Adair (surgeon) (c.1711–1790), Irish surgeon
- Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (1811–1886), British politician
- Rod Adair, American politician
- Ron Adair (born 1931), Australian association footballer
- Ross Adair (born 1994), Irish cricketer
S
- Sandra Adair (born 1952), American film editor
- Sean Adair (born 1986), South African cricketer
T
- Thelma C. Davidson Adair (1920–2024), American Presbyterian educator and activist
- T. B. S. Adair (1868–1928), Scottish naval officer and politician
- Tom Adair (1913–1988), American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter
- Trevor Adair (c. 1961–2020), American soccer coach
V
- Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004), American poet
W
- William Penn Adair (c. 1828–1880), second chief of the Cherokee nation
- William Adair (1850–1931), Royal Marines officer and Ulster Unionist
Y
- Yvonne Adair (1897–1989), British pianist and composer