Robert Adair (of Hollybrook) (died 1737), Irish MP for Philipstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency) and protagonist in one version of the song "Robin Adair"
Robert Adair (politician) (1763–1855), British diplomat
Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (1811–1886), English politician, MP for Cambridge 1847–1852 and 1854–1857
Robert Adair (cricketer) (1876–1951), Irish cricketer
Robert Adair (actor) (1900–1954), American actor
Robert Adair (physicist) (born 1924), American physicist