Patrick (given name)

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 Patric, Patrik, Padraic, Pádraig, Pat, and the diminutive Paddy.

People named Patrick

Actors and entertainers

• Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer
• Patrick Cargill, British actor
• Pat Condell, English stand-up comedian
• Patrick Dempsey, American actor
• Patrick Duffy, American actor
• Patrick Gower, New Zealand journalist (Newshub)
• Patrick J. Adams (born 1981), Canadian 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 Stump American singer from Fall Out Boy band
• 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
• Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey 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
• Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• Patrick Kane, professional ice hockey player
• Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football player
• Patrick Kühl, German swimmer
• Patrik Kühnen, German tennis player
• Patrik Laine, Finnish ice hockey 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 Gaelic footballer
• Patrick Veszpremi, Australian rules footballer
• Patrick Vieira, Senegalese-born French football player
• Patrik Virta (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey 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 Jones, Welsh poet and playwright
• Patrick Lane (born 1939), Canadian poet
• Patrick McCauley (1927-2015), American journalist and author
• Patrick Pearse (1879-1916)), Irish Poet and nationalist.
• Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), English author and translator
• Patrick, the pseudonym used by artist John Byrne

Musicians

• Pat Acuña, American Drummer, member of indie rock band Silent Old Mtns.
• Pat Boone, American singer
• Patrick Alavi, German musician
• Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer
• Patrick Carney, American drummer, member of indie rock band The Black Keys.
• 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, member of the band Fall Out Boy.
• 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 Matibini (born 1959), Zambian politician and judge
• 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

• Saint Patrick, Christian saint
• Patrick Duggan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert in Ireland

Scientists

• Patrick E. Crago, American medical researcher
• Sir Patrick Moore, English astronomer

Other

• H.I.H. Prince Patrick Ali of Iran
• Patrick Bokanowski, a French filmmaker
• 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, Irish comedian and television presenter
• Pat Kiernan, television news anchor
• Patrick, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005; better known as Patrick Lichfield), photographer
• 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, an Irish chip shop owner played by David Mullane in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
• 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 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

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)
• Turkish: Patrik
• Vietnamese: Patriciô
• Ukrainian: Патрік (Patrik)
• Urdu: پیٹرک
• Welsh: Padrig
• Yiddish: פּאַטריק (Ṗʼatryq)

See also

• Patrick (disambiguation)
• Patrick (surname)
• All pages beginning with Patrick