Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets
Giselle (1841) and
Le corsaire (1856, his last work), his operas
Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836),
Le toréador (1849) and
Si j'étais roi (1852) and his
Christmas carol Minuit, chrétiens! (1844), later set to different English lyrics and widely sung as "
O Holy Night" (1847). Adam was a noted teacher, who taught
Delibes and other influential composers.