Patterson (surname)
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Patterson is a surname, and may refer to
- Alan J. Patterson, New Zealand field hockey player
- Alan Patterson, British athlete
- Albert Patterson, American politician and assassination victim
- Alexander Bell Patterson, Canadian politician
- Alvin Patterson, Jamaican percussionist
- Andrew Patterson, Canadian radio personality
- Anne W. Patterson, American diplomat
- Beth Patterson, Irish musician
- Bonnie Patterson, Canadian academic administrator
- L. Brooks Patterson, American politician
- Bruce Patterson, Scottish cricketer
- C. H. Patterson, American psychologist
- Carlile Pollock Patterson, American civil engineer
- Carly Patterson, (born 1988), American gymnast
- Christopher Salmon Patterson, Canadian judge
- Clair Cameron Patterson, (1922-1995), American geochemist
- Claude Patterson, American wrestler
- Colin Patterson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Corey Patterson, American baseball player
- Daniel Patterson, American naval officer
- Darren Patterson, Northern Ireland footballer
- David A. Patterson, computer science professor at UC Berkeley
- David T. Patterson, American politician
- Ed Patterson, Canadian hockey player
- Edna Patterson, Soviet spy
- Eddie Patterson, Irish football manager
- Elizabeth Patterson, first wife of Jerome Bonaparte
- Ellis E. Patterson, American politician
- Eleanor Medill Patterson (Cissy), American newspaper editor
- Emma Patterson, British feminist and union activist
- Floyd Patterson, (born 1935), world champion boxer
- Francine Patterson, American gorilla researcher, daughter of C. H. Patterson
- Frank Patterson, Irish tenor
- Frank Harris Patterson, Canadian lawyer and historian
- Frederick D. Patterson, American veterinarian and college president
- Freeman Patterson, Canadian photographer
- Gary Patterson, American football coach
- Gilbert E. Patterson, American bishop
- Hank Patterson, American actor and musician
- Harry Patterson, British novelist who writes as Jack Higgins
- Harvey Patterson, Canadian politician
- Hayley Patterson, fictional character Hayley Cropper from Coronation Street
- A. Holly Patterson, American politician
- I. L. Patterson, American politician, Oregon Governor
- Imani Patterson, actor from the cast of Sesame Street
- James Patterson, the name of several people, including a noted American author
- Jeff Patterson, American wrestler
- Jerry Patterson, American politicians
- John Patterson, one of several people including
- John Patterson (1805-1856), Canadian businessman and canal builder
- John W. Patterson, nicknamed "Pat", African American baseball player around the turn of the 20th century.
- John Henry Patterson, one of several people including
- Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, Anglo-Irish soldier who wrote The Man-Eaters of Tsavo which was made into the film The Ghost and the Darkness in 1996
- John Henry Patterson, a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
- John Henry Patterson, American businessman who founded the National Cash Register Company
- John Malcolm Patterson (born 1921), American politician, son of Albert Patterson
- John Tiffen Patterson (1940-2005), American film director.
- John Patterson (musician), Australian musician.
- John Patterson (pitcher) (born 1978), major league pitcher.
- Joseph Medill Patterson, American journalist and publisher, brother of Eleanor Medill Patterson
- Kathleen Patterson, American politician
- Kay Patterson, Australian politician
- Kelsey Patterson, American convicted murderer
- Kevin Patterson, Canadian writer
- Lafayette L. Patterson, American poliician
- Lee Patterson, Canadian actor
- Sir Les Patterson, fictional Australian from the stage show of Barry Humphries
- Lorna Patterson, American actress
- Louise Thompson Patterson, American academic and activist
- Malcolm R. Patterson, American politician
- Marckell Patterson, American basketball player
- Mark Patterson, American composer, pianist, and choir director at Covington Middle School
- Marne Patterson, American actress
- Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, American photojournalist
- Michael Patterson, MTV figure
- Mike Patterson, American football player
- Neva Patterson, American actress
- P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Paige Patterson, American Baptist theologian
- Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler
- Patrick Patterson, Jamaican cricketer
- Paul Patterson, British composer
- Paul L. Patterson, US Oregon Governor
- Richard Patterson, (born 1963), British artist
- Richard North Patterson, American writer
- Robert Patterson, (1792-1881), Irish soldier and businessman, Pennsylvanian
- Robert Patterson, Colonel of the American Civil War
- Robert P. Patterson, American soldier, judge and political figure
- Robert Patterson, Irish naturalist
- Ronnie Patterson, Canadian actor
- Russell Patterson, cartoonist
- Ruth Patterson, Northern Ireland Presbyterian minister
- Sarah Patterson, actress
- Scott Patterson, Canadian curler
- Scott Patterson, American actor
- Sid Patterson, Australian cyclist
- Simon Patterson, British artist, brother of Richard Patterson
- Thomas H. Patterson, American naval officer
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson, American politician and newspaperman
- Tom Patterson, Canadian journalist
- William Patterson, one of several people including
- William Patterson (U.S. politician), 19th century American politician
- William Albert Patterson, Canadian Member of Parliament
- William John Patterson, Canadian Premier of Saskatchewan
- William Patterson (engineer), 19th century engineer and boatbuilder.
- William Patterson, author of subjects and dialogues for the comic strip Jeff Hawke
- William A. Patterson, United Airlines president
- William H. Patterson, Jr., literary critic who has written on Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction.
- William L. Patterson, leader in the Communist Party USA and an African-American civil rights activist
- R. William Patterson, American politician