Famous People with Name Adam

Adam Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Adam Hamilton: was a New Zealand politician. He was the first leader of the National Party during its early years in Opposition.In the 1919 elections, Hamilton was elected to Parliament in the Southland seat of Wallace, standing as a Reform Party candidate. His brother

Adam Aitken            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Adam Aitken: an Australian poet. Born in London in 1960, to an Anglo-Australian father and a Thai mother. He spent some of his childhood with relatives in Thailand, and went to a convent in Malaysia, before coming to Australia in 1968.He began writing in the mid-1970s and majored in English and Art Film History at the University of Sydney. He has also completed a Master's in Linguistics and a Doctorate in Creative Arts from the Centre for New Writing, University of Technology, Sydney. He was Associate Poetry Editor for HEAT magazine.[1]He has published three major collections in Australia and numerous poems in Australian literary journals. He is considered to be a poet of no particular school or trend, postmodern and lyrical at the same time. His influences range from the English Romantic to the French, American and British avante-garde, especially the New York school of poets.

Adam Lindsay Gordon            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Adam Lindsay Gordon: was an Australian poet, jockey and politician.Gordon was born at Fayal in the Azores, son of Captain Adam Durnford Gordon who had married his first cousin, Harriet Gordon, both of whom were descended from Adam of Gordon of the ballad. Captain Gordon, who had retired from the Bengal cavalry and taught Hindustani, was then staying at the Azores for the sake of his wife's health. After living on the island of Madeira, they went to England and lived at Cheltenham in 1840, and in 1841 Gordon entered Cheltenham College in 1847,

Adam David Commens            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Adam David Commens: is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Commens was nicknamed Billy by his team mates, and played his 100th international match for The Kookaburras ag

Adam Blackley            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Adam Blackley: is an Australian minor league baseball player. He is currently a pitcher with the Amsterdam Pirates. He is the brother of Travis Blackley, a pitcher with the Arizona Diamondbacks.In 2003, Blackley was signed to the Boston Red Sox by Australia national bas