Paddy (given name)
Paddy is a diminutive form of the male given names Patrick, Padraig, Padraic and variant forms.
Notable people known as Paddy
- Paddy Ashdown (born 1941), British politician and diplomat
- Paddy Barnes (born 1987), Irish amateur boxer
- Paddy Belton (1926–87), Irish politician
- Paddy Bradley (born 1981), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Paddy Buckley (1925–2008), Scottish footballer
- Paddy Chayefsky (1923–81), American playwright, screenwriter and novelist
- Patrick Clancy (1922–98), Irish folk singer
- Paddy Considine (born 1973), English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician
- Paddy Corrigan (born 1962), Irish retired hurling player
- Paddy Cullen, Irish former football goalkeeper and manager
- Paddy Daly (1888–1957), member of the Irish Republican Army and major-general in the Irish National Army
- Paddy Doherty (disambiguation), several people
- Paddy Donegan (1923–2000), Irish politician
- Paddy Driscoll (1896–1968), American football quarterback in both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame
- Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011), British author, scholar and Second World War soldier
- Paddy George, New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s
- Paddy Glackin (born 1954), Irish fiddler
- Paddy Gormley (1916–2001), Irish politician
- Paddy Harrington (1933–2005), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Paddy Harte (born 1931), Irish retired politician
- Paddy Henderson (footballer) (born 1938), Irish football goalkeeper
- Paddy Keenan (born 1950), Irish player of the uilleann pipes
- Paddy Kennedy (disambiguation), various people
- Paddy Kenny (born 1978), Premier League football goalkeeper
- Paddy Larkin, Irish hurling player of the 1930s and 1940s
- Paddy Mayne (1915–55), British Army lieutenant colonel and founder of the elite Special Air Service, solicitor and Irish rugby union international
- Paddy McAloon (born 1957), English singer, songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout
- Paddy McCarthy (born 1983), Irish footballer
- Paddy McCourt (born 1983), Footballer from Northern Ireland
- Paddy McGuinness (born 1973), English sit-down comedian, actor, television personality and presenter
- Paddy Moloney (born 1938), founder and leader of the Irish musical group The Chieftains
- Paddy Moore (1909–51), Irish footballer
- Paddy Mullins (1919–2010), Irish racehorse trainer
- Paddy O'Brien (disambiguation), several people
- Paddy O'Kane, Irish footballer during the 1920s and 1930s
- Paddy O'Keeffe (1864–?), Irish hurler
- Paddy Reilly (disambiguation), various people
- Paddy Ryan (1851–1900), Irish American boxer and world heavyweight champion (1880–1882)
- Paddy Tuimavave, former rugby league player who represented New Zealand and Western Samoa
- Paddy Wallace (born 1979), Irish rugby union footballer
- Paddy Wolfe (born 1991), Professional Actuary and Trivia Cracker