Namesakes
King Adolf of Nassau (a.k.a. Adolph) 1292-1298 
Hall-of-Famers:
1 basketball, 1 football
(basketball) Dolph Schayes 1972
(football) Sonny Jurgensen (a.k.a. Adolph) 1983
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Dolph Camilli 1941 baseball
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Karl Adolph Gjellerup 1917
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 revolutionary, 1 social activist
(social activist) Adolf Brand (a.k.a. Adolph) 1874-1945
(revolutionary) Adolph Joffe 1883-1927
Notable Artists:
2 painters, 1 architect, 1 drawer/painter
Adolph Tidemand 1814-1876
Adolph von Menzel 1815-1905
Walter Gropius (a.k.a. Adolph) 1883-1969
Ad Reinhardt 1913-1967
Notable Athletes:
1 basketball, 1 track
(basketball) Dolph Schayes 1928-2015
(track) Al Oerter (a.k.a. Adolph) 1936-2007
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Adolph Zukor 1873-1976
Notable Filmmakers:
1 producer
Adolph Zukor 1873-1976
Notable Military Figures:
1 commander
Gustav II Adolf (a.k.a. Adolph) 1594-1632
Notable Musicians:
2 composers, 2 musicians, 1 lyricist
Johann Adolph Hasse 1699-1783
Johann Adolf Scheibe (a.k.a. Adolph) 1708-1776
Adolf von Henselt (a.k.a. Adolph) 1814-1889
Adolph Brodsky 1851-1929
Adolph Green 1914-2002
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 linguist
Karl Verner (a.k.a. Adolph) 1846-1896
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
2 statespersons, 1 diplomat/politician
Carl Adolph von Plessen 1678-1758
Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm (a.k.a. Adolph) 1756-1813
Adolph Joffe 1883-1927
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 chemists, 1 physician
Hermann Kolbe (a.k.a. Adolph) 1818-1884
Adolf Kussmaul (a.k.a. Adolph) 1822-1902
Adolph Strecker 1822-1871
Notable Writers:
2 authors, 1 playwright
Karl Adolph Gjellerup 1857-1919
Adolf Brand (a.k.a. Adolph) 1874-1945
Adolph Green 1914-2002
Olympic Medalists:
3 gold
(gold) Adolph Kiefer 1936 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(gold) Al Oerter (a.k.a. Adolph) 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968 discus throw
(gold) Dick Blick (a.k.a. Adolph) 1960 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
Other Royalty:
1 grand duke
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (a.k.a. Adolph) 1890-1905 Luxembourg
Saints:
1 blessed, 1 saint
Saint Adolf of Osnabrück (a.k.a. Adolph) c. 1185-1224
Blessed Adolph Kolping 1813-1865
Swedish Kings and Queens:
3 kings
King Gustav II Adolf (a.k.a. Adolph) 1611-1632
King Adolf Fredrik (a.k.a. Adolph) 1751-1771
King Gustav IV Adolf (a.k.a. Adolph) 1792-1809