Adair

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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 (author) -- (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
*Red Adair -- (1915 - 2004) oil field firefighter
*Rhona Adair -- (1878 - 1961) British golf champion
*Robert Adair (cricketer) -- (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, Camden County, Missouri
*Adair Village, Oregon

Similar place names include:
* Adair County, any of several in the U.S.
* Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park
* Adair Park
* Adairsville, Georgia
* Adairville, Kentucky
* Adair Vineyards
* Camp Adair, Oregon

Other

*USS Adair (APA-91), a WWII Windsor class attack transport.
*Adair (band), a post hardcore band from St. Louis, MO
*Adair v. United States, a United States Supreme Court decision.
*Adair Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
*Adair sepia, a type of limestone found in Ontario, Canada.