Patrick (given name)
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Patrick in its earliest form, can be found as the name derived from the Latin name Patricius (patrician, i.e. "nobleman"). Owing to the importance of Saint Patrick in Irish history, it is an especially popular name in Ireland. Other versions of Patrick include Padraic, Pádraig, Pat, Rick, Ricky, Patricia and the diminutive Paddy.
People named Patrick
Actors and Entertainers
- Patrick Cargill, British actor
- Pat Condell, English stand-up comedian
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor
- Patrick Duffy, American actor
- Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
- Patrick Macnee, English actor
- Patrick Magee, Irish actor
- Patrick McDonnell, Irish actor
- Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009), Irish-American actor
- Patrick Monahan, Irish comedian
- Patrick O'Connell, Irish actor
- Pat Paulsen (1927–1997), American comedian and satirist
- Pat Sajak, American game show host
- Patrick Stewart (born 1940), British actor
- Patrick Swayze (1952–2009), American actor
- Patrick Topaloff (1944–2010), French singer and actor
- Patrick Troughton (1920–1987), English actor
- Patrick Warburton (born 1964), American actor
Athletes
- Patrik Andersson, Swedish football player
- Patrick Bamford, English football player
- Pat Barry (born 1979), American kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- Pat Batteaux (born 1978), American football player
- Patrik Berger, Czech football player
- Pat Boller (born 1972), American ice hockey coach and executive
- Paddy Bradley, Irish Gaelic football player
- Patrick Burris, American judoka and two-time Olympian
- Patrick Cain, American football player
- Pat Cash, Australian tennis player
- Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
- Patrick Eaves, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
- Patrick Faber (field hockey), Dutch field hockey player
- Pádraig Harrington, Irish professional golfer
- Patrick Heuscher, Swiss volleyball player
- Patrick Kane, professional ice hockey player
- Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football player
- Patrick Kühl, German swimmer
- Patrik Kühnen, German tennis player
- Patrick Matt, Liechtensteiner cyclist
- Pat Matzdorf, American athlete
- Patrick Mboma, Cameroon football player
- Patrick McEnroe, American tennis player
- Patrick McGuirk (born 1967), American football player
- Patrick Mills, Australian basketball player
- Pat Mountain, Welsh football player
- Patrick O'Connell (1887–1959), Irish footballer
- Pat O'Hanlon (born 1991), Australia Rugby League player
- Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
- Patrick Rakovsky, German football player
- Pat Richards (born 1981), Australian Rugby League player
- Patrick Rowe (born 1969), American football player
- Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Patrick Scales (American football), American football player
- Patrick Schmollinger, Austrian swimmer
- Patrick da Silva, Brazilian football player
- Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- Pat Spillane, Irish Gealic footballer
- Patrick Veszpremi, Australian rules footballer
- Patrick Vieira, Senegalese-born French football player
- Patrick Willis (born 1985), American football player
- Patrick, the working name of professional wrestler Don Harris
Authors
- Patrick Cary, (c. 1624 – 1658), English poet
- Pat Chapman, English food writer
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972), Irish author
- Patrick Dearen, American author
- Patrick Hanrahan, Australian writer
- Patrick Jones, Welsh poet and playwright
- Patrick Lane (born 1939), Canadian poet
- Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), English author and translator
- Patrick, the pseudonym used by artist John Byrne
Musicians
- Pat Boone, American singer
- Patrick Breeding, member of R&B group B5 (group)
- Patrick Alavi, German musician
- Patrick Carney, American drummer
- Patrick Doyle, film composer
- Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist
- Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 1959), British singer
- Patrick Monahan (born 1969), American musician (rock band Train)
- Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu (aka Tinie Tempah), British rapper
- Patrick Stump (born 1984), American musician
- Patrick Wolf (born 1983), English singer-songwriter
Politicians
- Patrick Blake (1846–1909), Canadian politician
- Patrick Boland, Irish politician
- Patrick Buchanan, American political commentator, author and politician
- Patrick Byrne, Irish politician
- Patrick Connor, Irish politician
- Patrick Donnelly, Irish politician
- Patrick Duffy, Irish politician
- Patrick F. Gill, American Representative
- Patrick Henry (1736–1799), American revolutionary figure
- Patrick Hillery (1923–2008), the sixth President of Ireland (1976–1990)
- Patrick J. Kennedy a former United States congressman
- Patrick Leonard, Irish politician
- Patrick Murphy, Irish politician
- Patrick Norton, Irish politician
- Patrick Palmer, Irish politician
- Patrick Pearse (aka Pádraig Pearse) (1879–1916), Irish activist and revolutionary
- Pat Roberts, American Senator from Kansas
- Pat Robertson, American preacher and political figure
- Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican U.N. judge
- Patrick Tierney, Irish politician
- Patrick Vans, Scottish judge
- Patrick Vanse (1655–1733), Scottish MP
Religious figures
Scientists
Other
- Patrick Tracy Burris (1967–2009), American spree killer
- Patrick Fitzgerald, American Attorney
- Patrick Flanagan, American inventor
- Patrick de Gayardon (1960–1998), French skydiver, skysurfer and BASE jumper
- Patrick Gordon, Imperial Russian Army general
- Patrick Harvey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Hitler, nephew of Adolf Hitler
- Patrick Jeffrey, American diver
- Pat Kenny, Irish broadcaster
- Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish television presenter
- Pat Kiernan, television news anchor
- Patrick McGuinness (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Rechner, Canadian Captain taken hostage working as a UN observer in Bosnia
- Patrick Swift (1927–1983), painter
- Patrick Wanis, Australian life coach
In fiction
- Lord Harry, also known as Patrick, the locomotive character from The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry
- Patrick Bateman, fictional character from Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho
- Patrick Harper (fiction), the Irish right-hand man from the Sharpe book and television series
- Patrick Darling, character on Dirty Sexy Money
- Patrick McReary, character in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto: IV
- Patrick Star, character on the television series SpongeBob SquarePants
- Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore, character in the Harry Potter series of books
- Patrick Jane, main character in The Mentalist
- Patrick, a character from Disney's Home on the Range
Translations in other languages
- Arabic: بَاتْرِيك (Baatriik), and also similar in meaning نبيل (Nabil)
- Basque: Patirki
- Belarusian: Патрык (Patryk)
- Bengali: প্যাট্রিক (Pyāṭrik)
- Breton: Padrig
- Bulgarian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Catalan: Patrici, Patricio
- Chinese Simplified: 帕特里克 (Pàtèlǐkè)
- Chinese Traditional: 帕特里克 (Pàtèlǐkè)
- Croatian: Patrik
- Czech: Patrik
- Dutch: Patrick, Patricius, Patric
- English: Patrick
- Estonian: Patrik
- Faroese: Pátrikur
- Finnish: Patrik
- French: Patrice, Patrick, Padrig
- German: Patrick, Patrik, Patric
- Greek: Πατρίκιος (Patrikios)
- Gujarati: પેટ્રિક (Pēṭrik)
- Hebrew: פַּטְרִיק (Patriq), or פַּרְתֵם (Partem, lit. "nobleman")
- Hindi: पैट्रिक (Paiṭrik)
- Hungarian: Patrik
- Icelandic: Patrekur
- Irish: Pádraic, Pádraig, Páraic
- Italian: Patrizio
- Japanese: パトリック (Patorikku)
- Kannada: ಪ್ಯಾಟ್ರಿಕ್ (Pyāṭrik)
- Korean: 패트릭 (Paeteulig)
- Classical and Late Latin: Patricius
- Latvian: Patriks
- Lithuanian: Patrikas
- Macedonian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Maltese: Patrizju
- Manx: Pherick
- Marathi: पॅट्रिक (Pĕṭrik)
- Mongolian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Norwegian: Patrik, Patrick, Patryk
- Persian: پاتریک
- Polish: Patryk
- Portuguese: Patrício, Patrick
- Punjabi: ਪੈਟ੍ਰਿਕ (Paiṭrik)
- Romanian: Patriciu
- Russian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Scottish Gaelic: Pàdraig
- Serbian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Slovak: Patrik
- Slovene: Patrik
- Spanish: Patricio
- Swedish: Patrik
- Tagalog: Patricio
- Tamil: பேட்ரிக் (Pēṭrik)
- Telugu: పాట్రిక్ (Pāṭrik)
- Thai: แพทริค (Phæthrikh)
- Ukrainian: Патрік (Patrik)
- Urdu: پیٹرک
- Welsh: Padrig
- Yiddish: פּאַטריק (Ṗʼatryq)
See also