Adna is a given name of Hebrew origin.
Notable people with the name include:
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Adna Anderson (1827–1889), US engineer
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Adna Chaffee
Adna Romanza Chaffee (April 14, 1842 – November 1, 1914) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. Chaffee took part in the American Civil War and Indian Wars, played a key role in the Spanish–American War, and fought in the Boxe ...
(1842–1914), Lieutenant General in the United States Army
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Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. (1884–1941), major general in the United States Army
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Joseph Adna Hill
Joseph Adna Hill (1860–1938) was an American statistician, born at Stewartstown, New Hampshire. Hill was descended from "an elite, old-line New England family," and attended many well-regarded educational institutions: after graduating from Ph ...
(1860–1938), American statistician
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Adna R. Johnson (1860–1938), U.S. Representative from Ohio
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Adna Wright Leonard
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard I (November 2, 1874 – May 3, 1943) was a Methodist bishop in Buffalo, New York, and the first chairman of the Methodist Commission on Chaplains. He was killed in 1943 in a plane crash on his way to Iceland to vis ...
(1874–1943), US Methodist bishop
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Adna mac Uthidir
Adna mac Uthidir, Irish poet, fl. 1st-century AD.
Adna mac Uthidir held the post of Chief Ollam of Ireland during the reign of King Conchobar mac Nessa. He lived c. 1 AD. Edward O'Reilly mentions him in his ''Chronological Account of Irish Writ ...
(fl. 1st-century AD), Irish poet
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LaMarcus Adna Thompson
LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 – May 8, 1919) was an American inventor and businessman most famous for developing a variety of gravity rides and roller coasters.
Early years
Thompson was born in Jersey, Licking County, Ohio on March ...
(1848–1919), US inventor and businessman
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