Notable Individuals[]
Adair is a surname of Scotland. A common misconception is that the surname is related to Edgar, Eadgar, O'daire, or MacDaire. It is not. Robert Fitzgerald De Athdare, Ireland was the first Adair. He was from what is considered Limerick, Ireland today.
- See Also Adair Family Ancestry - Royal ancestors of the Adair Family - Including English, Norman, Irish, Scottish, French and more.
- See Also Adair People by Name in Wikipedia
Adair Main Articles[]
- Adair Family - Core family research page
- Adair Notable People - People of distinction featured in Wikipedia, important migrants and others.
- Adair Disambiguation List - Adair Family people with identical names sorted.
- Adair Migrants - listings of notable Adair Migrants.
- Adair Family Landmarks - Notable castles, cemeteries, monuments and much more.
- Adair Baronets - Several lines of the Adair family featured in ThePeerage of Great Britain.
- Adair Family Ancestry - Royal ancestors of the Adair Family - Including English, Norman, Irish, Scottish, French and more.
List of persons with the surname[]
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| Name | Birth place | Death place | occupation |
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| Alex Adair (b1994) | England | British DJ, producer and remixer | |
| Allan H.S. Adair (1897-1988) 6th Baronet Adair |
England | England | Major General in the British Army during World War II. |
| Archibald Adair (d1647) | Ireland | Ireland | Irish Anglican bishop |
| Barbara Adair | South Africa | South African author | |
| Beegie Adair (1937-2022) | Kentucky | Tennessee | Jazz pianist and recording artist. |
| Benjamin Frank Adair (1852-1902) | African-American politician | ||
| Bethania Angelina Owens (1840-1926) | Missouri | Oregon | American social reformer, first medical doctor in state of Oregon. |
| Billy Adair (1947-2014) | Tennessee | Tennessee | musician, senior lecturer in jazz and director of the Big Band Program at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music |
| Bill Adair | Mobile County, Alabama | Baldwin County, Alabama | baseball player/manager, WWII Veteran. |
| Bill Adair (journalist), | founder of the PolitiFact website | ||
| Billy Adair | Soccer player in the American Soccer League | ||
| Boomer Adair | Alberta | Alberta | Canadian baseball player, radio broadcaster, author, politician |
| Bonnie Adair (born 1952) | , American swimmer/coach | ||
| Bunny Adair (1905-1994) | Queensland, Australia | Australia | Australian politician |
| Catherine Steiner-Adair | , Psychologist and author | ||
| Cecil Adair, | pen name of author Evelyn Everett-Green | ||
| Charles Adair (1971-) (born 1971) | , American soccer player/coach | ||
| Sir Charles F. Adair Hore (1874–1950) | , Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Pensions | ||
| Charles Henry Adair (1851-1920) | Hampshire | Hampshire | British admiral |
| Charles L. Adair (1902–1993) | American admiral | ||
| Charles Wallace Adair (1914-2006) | , U.S. ambassador | ||
| Charles William Adair (1822-1897) | Devon | Hampshire | , General in the Royal Marines |
| Charlotte Lightfoot Adair (1784-1838) | Adairsville, Georgia | Tennessee | Casualty of the Trail of Tears of the Cherokee Nation. |
| Cherry Adair (born 1951) | , American author | ||
| Christia V. Daniels Adair (1893–1989) | , African-American suffragist and civil rights worker | ||
| Cornelia Adair (1837–1921) | , matriarch of Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal, Ireland | ||
| Craig Adair (born 1963)| | , New Zealand track cyclist | ||
| Dallas Tyler Adair (1943-1968) | Arizona | Vietnam | Vietnam War Memorial |
| Daniel Adair (born 1975) | , Canadian drummer | ||
| Deb Adair (born 1966) | , Emmy award-winning sound engineer | ||
| Deborah Adair (born 1952) | , American actress | ||
| Desmond Allan Shafto Adair (1920-1943) | England | Mount Camino, Italy | Died in combat - World War II, |
| Donald Adair (born 1960) | , American figure skater | ||
| Doug Adair (1929-2019) | , U.S. TV news anchor and journalist | ||
| Douglass Adair (1912–1968) | , American historian | ||
| E. Ross Adair (1907–1983) | , U.S. Representative from Indiana | ||
| Eleanor R. Adair (1926–2013) | , American scientist | ||
| Forrest Adair (1864-1936) | Georgia | Georgia | real estate developer |
| Frederick Edward Shafto Adair (1860-1915) 4th Baronet Adair |
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| George Washington Adair (1823-1899) | Georgia | Fulton County, Georgia | , Atlanta area real estate developer |
| George Washington Adair (1873-1921) | Atlanta | Atlanta | , real estate developer, Atlanta city street car developer. |
| Gilbert Adair (1944-2011) | , author and journalist | ||
| Gilbert Smithson Adair (1896–1979) | , British scientist | ||
| Green Buren Adair (1840-1914) | Tennessee | Atlanta | cotton merchant, Confederate soldier, Atlanta city council member |
| Harry Adair (born 1997) | , English cricketer | ||
| Hazel Adair (1920–2015) | , British soap opera writer, film producer/director | ||
| Henry Rodney Adair (1882-1916) | Oregon | Chihuahua | American cavalry officer. He is most notable for his participation in the Battle of Carrizal of the Pancho Villa Expedition. Namesake of Adair Air Force Base in Oregon. |
| Hubert Hastings Adair (1917-1940) | England | England | , World War II Royal Air Force pilot, shot down during the Battle of Britain. |
| Hugh Edward Adair (1815-1902) 3rd Baronet Adair |
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| Hugh Rogers Adair (1889-1971) | Kansas | Montana | Justice of the Montana Supreme Court |
| J. Leroy Adair (1887–1956) | U.S. Representative from Illinois | ||
| James Adair (1714-1796) | Northern Ireland | South Carolina | Immigrant, indian trader, historian |
| James Adair (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) | Actress | ||
| Kenneth Jerry Adair (1936-1987) | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | American baseball player, 3x World Series champion |
| 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) | South Carolina | Kentucky | 8th Governor of Kentucky, US Senator, congressman and war veteran |
| John A. M. Adair (1864–1938) | U.S. Representative from Indiana | ||
| John Adair (1732-1827) | County Down | Tennessee | Irish Migrant and Veteran of the American Revolutionary War |
| John Adair (anthropologist) (1913–1997) | Professor of Anthropology | ||
| John Adair (author) (born 1934) | UK leadership expert | ||
| John Frederick Adair (1852–1913) | Irish physicist and cricketer | ||
| John Adair (surveyor) (c. 1655–1722) | Scottish surveyor and mapmaker | ||
| John Ronald Shafto Adair (1893–1960) | Australian businessman and aviator | ||
| Johnny Adair (born 1963) | Ex-Loyalist Paramilitary | ||
| Joseph Adair (1877–1960) | Canadian politician | ||
| Mark Adair (born 1996) | Irish cricketer | ||
| Mary Adair (1936-) | Sequoyah County, Oklahoma | Cherokee Nation educator and painter | |
| Molly Adair (1905–1990) | British actress | ||
| Nancy Adair, | documentary producer | ||
| Natasha Adair (born 1972) | women's college basketball coach | ||
| Patrick Cathcart Adair (1625-1694) | Scotland | Ireland | Presbyterian minister, led migration of Scottish families to Ireland. |
| Oliver Perry Adair (1899-1953) | Atlanta | Atlanta | American amateur golfer |
| Peter Adair (1943–1996) | film-maker and artist | ||
| Red Adair (1915–2004) | oil field fire-fighter | ||
| Rhona Kathleen Adair (1881-1961) | Ireland | Ireland | British golf champion, husband was a British army officer killed in the Dardanelles Campaign of World War I. |
| Rick Adair (born 1958) | American baseball player, coach | ||
| Robert Adair (1709-1783) | Northern Ireland | North Carolina | Immigrant to Bladen County, North Carolina. |
| Robert Adair (1900–1954) | American-born British actor | ||
| Robert Emile Adair (1876-1951) | England | England | Irish cricketer |
| Robert Adair (1924–2020) | Physics professor | ||
| Robert Adair (1763–1855) | English diplomat | ||
| Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (1811-1886) 2d Baronet Adair 1st Baron Wavenly |
Ballymena Castle, County Antrim | England | British politician, member of parliament, Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty Queen Victoria of England |
| Robert FitzGerald (1366-1445) | Ireland | Scotland | Earliest documented Adair, son of Earl of Desmond, fled Ireland to escape justice and then captured the Dunskey Castle. See also Adair Family Ancestry. |
| Robert Shafto Adair (1786-1869) 1st Baronet Adair |
England | ||
| Robert Shafto Adair, 5th Baronet Adair (1862-1949) 5th Baronet Adair |
England | [ England | English Justice of the Peace for both Norfolk and Suffolk, Deputy Lieutenant for County Antrim. |
| Rod Adair, | American politician | ||
| Ron Adair (born 1931) | Australian former association footballer | ||
| Ross Adair (born 1994) | Irish cricketer | ||
| Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889) | South Carolina | Arizona | Alabama cotton farmer who was influential in leading his family into the LDS Church, following them west and organizing a "cotton mission" to southern Utah. |
| Sandra Adair (born 1952) | American film editor | ||
| Sean Adair (born 1986) | South African cricketer | ||
| Thelma C. Davidson Adair (born 1920) | Presbyterian educator, guest speaker educator, and activist | ||
| Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair (1868–1928) | Rear Admiral and Scottish politician | ||
| Thomas Adair (c1680-c1740) | Northern Ireland | Pennsylvania | Immigrant to America |
| Tom Adair (1913–1988) | American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter | ||
| Trevor Adair (c. 1961-2020) | Soccer coach | ||
| Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004) | American poet | ||
| Walter Scott Adair (1791-1854) | South Carolina | Adair County, Oklahoma |
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| William Penn Adair (1830-1880) | Georgia | Washington, D.C. | second chief of the Cherokee nation, Colonel of Second Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, Confederate Army Cavalry, U.S. Civil War and the person for whom Will Rogers was named |
| William Thompson Adair (1850-1931) | England | England | Royal Marine officer and Ulster Unionist |
Notable Adair Family Groups[]
Adair Baronets[]
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Escutcheon of the Adair baronets of Flixton Hall
The Adair Baronetcy, of Flixton Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 August 1838 for Robert Adair. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge. In 1873 he was created Baron Waveney, of South Elmham in the County of Suffolk, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The barony became extinct on his death in 1886 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Hugh Adair, the third Baronet. The latter had earlier represented Ipswich in Parliament. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Baronets, both succeeded in the title. The fifth Baronet's son, the sixth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1988.
Adairs of Ballymena Castle[]
- See Adairs of Ballymena Castle
- Links to William Adair (1565-1626) and his father Ninian Adair (1531-1608) in Wigtownshire in the 16th Century.
Adairs of Laurens County[]
- James Adair in the Ninety-Six District - Research Notes for this family
The family of Scotch-Irish Immigrant Thomas Adair (c1680-c1740) who arrived with 3 sons in the 1730s, landing first in Pennsylvania and then moving to South Carolina. Many American Adair's descend from this group. They also intermarried into several native American tribes and some became leaders in the Cherokee Tribe that settled into Oklahoma.
- Thomas Adair (c1680-c1740)/list of notable descendants,
- Adair in Laurens County, South Carolina
- Adair in Chester County, South Carolina
- Adair in Adair County, Oklahoma
- Adair in Washington County, Utah - Several descendants joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were leaders of the Cotton Mission to Southern Utah.
- James Adair (1714-1796) immigrant, explorer and author
- William Penn Adair (1830-1880) - second chief of the Cherokee nation, Colonel of Second Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, Confederate Army Cavalry, U.S. Civil War and the person for whom Will Rogers was named.
Adairs of Bladen County[]
Robert Adair (1709-1783), a Scottish immigrant to Bladen County, North Carolina has been frequently for James Adair the historian cited above. Including the erroneous citation of this memorial outside a Bladen church (image).
Located in front of Ashpole Presbyterian Church in Rowland, North Carolina is a large memorial stone tribute to James Robert Adair, listing his exploits as pioneer physician, patriot of the revolutionary war and indian historian. No information on who put this stone here or why. FindAGrave attempts to link him to immigrant Thomas Adair, but GENI.com gives many reasons to thoroughly dispute this association. This spot is most likely the final grave of Robert Adair, no relation to our James Adair (1714-1796), but frequently confused with him.
Adair family line from North Carolina descends from this Robert Adair.
Adair on Wikipedia[]
- Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet Adair (1897-1988)
- Charles Henry Adair (1851-1920)
- Forrest Adair (1864-1936)
- George Washington Adair (1873-1921)
- George Washington Adair (1823-1899)
- Green Buren Adair (1840-1914)
- Henry Rodney Adair (1882-1916)
- Herbert Arthur Adair (1905-1994)
- Hubert Hastings Adair (1917-1940)
- Hugh Rogers Adair (1889-1971)
- James Adair (1714-1796)
- James Allen Adair (1929-1996)
- John Adair (1757-1840)
- Kenneth Jerry Adair (1936-1987)
- Marion Danne Adair (1913-2002)
- Mary Adair (1936-)
- Oliver Perry Adair (1899-1953)
- Patrick Cathcart Adair (1625-1694)
- Rhona Kathleen Adair (1881-1961)
- Robert Adair (1709-1783)
- Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (1811-1886)
- Robert Emile Adair (1876-1951)
- William Penn Adair (1830-1880)
- William Thompson Adair (1850-1931)