Patrick (given name)
Patrick is a given name derived from the Latin name Patricius. Alternatively it can also be derived from Old English elements "Pǣga", meaning unknown, and "rīce", meaning king, ruler.
People named Patrick
Actors and entertainers
- Patrick Armand, French ballet dancer
- 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
- Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor
- Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
- Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
- Patrick Macnee, English actor
- Patrick Magee, Irish actor
- Patrick McDonnell, Irish actor
- Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor
- Patrick Monahan, Irish comedian
- Patrick O'Connell, Irish actor
- Pat Paulsen, American comedian and satirist
- Pat Sajak, American game show host
- Patrick Stewart, British actor
- Patrick Swayze, American actor
- Patrick Topaloff, French singer and actor
- Patrick Troughton, English actor
- Patrick Warburton, American actor
- Patrick Wilson, American actor
Authors
- Patrick, the pseudonym used by artist John Byrne, Scottish playwright
- Patrick Cary,, English poet
- Pat Chapman, English food writer
- Padraic Colum, Irish author
- Patrick Cullinan, South African poet and biographer
- Patrick Dearen, American author
- Patrick Jones, Welsh poet and playwright
- Patrick Lane, Canadian poet
- Patrick McCauley, American journalist and author
- Patrick Modiano, French novelist
- Patrick Pearse, Irish Poet and nationalist.
- Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator
- Patrick Süskind, German writer and screenwriter
Musicians
- Pat Acuña, American drummer, member of indie rock band Silent Old Mtns
- Patrick Alavi, German musician
- Pat Boone, American singer
- Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer
- Patrick Carney, American drummer, member of indie rock band The Black Keys
- Pat DiNizio, American songwriter, lead singer of the band The Smithereens
- Patrick Doyle, film composer
- Patrick Girondi, singer, composer
- Patrick Hernandez, French singer
- Patrick Lindner, German singer
- Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist
- Steven Patrick Morrissey, British singer
- Patrick Monahan, American musician
- Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, known as Tinie Tempah, British rapper
- Patrick Simmons, American guitarist and singer, founding member of the band The Doobie Brothers
- Patrick Stump, American musician, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the band Fall Out Boy
- Patrick Wolf, English singer-songwriter
Politicians
- Patrick Blake, 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, American revolutionary figure
- Patrick Hetzel, French Member of Parliament
- Patrick Hillery, the sixth President of Ireland
- Patrick J. Kennedy, former United States congressman
- Patrick Leonard, Irish politician
- Patrick Matibini, Zambian politician and judge
- Patrick Murphy, Irish politician
- Patrick Norton, Irish politician
- Patrick Palmer, Irish politician
- Patrick Pearse , 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, Scottish MP
Religious figures
- Saint Patrick, Christian saint
- Patrick Duggan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert in Ireland
Sportspeople
- Patrick, the working name of professional wrestler Don Harris
- Patrick, Cape Verdean footballer
- Patrik Andersson, Swedish football player
- Patrick Bamford, English football player
- Pat Barry, American kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- Pat Batteaux, American football player
- Patrick Battiston, French footballer
- Patrik Berger, Czech football player
- Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player
- Pat Boller, 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 Dangerfield, Australian football player
- Patrick Eaves, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- Pat Elflein, American football player
- Pat Elzie, American-German basketball coach and former player
- Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
- Patrick Faber, Dutch field hockey player
- Pádraig Harrington, Irish professional golfer
- Patrick Heuscher, Swiss volleyball player
- Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- Patrekur Jóhannesson, Icelandic handball coach
- Patrick Kane, professional ice hockey player
- Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football player
- Patrick Kühl, German swimmer
- Patrik Kühnen, German tennis player
- Patrick Lewis, American football player
- Patrik Laine, Finnish ice hockey player
- Patrick Laird, American football player
- Pat Mahomes, American baseball player; father of Patrick Mahomes II
- Patrick Mahomes II, American football player
- Patrick Matt, Liechtensteiner cyclist
- Pat Matzdorf, American athlete
- Patrick Mboma, Cameroon football player
- Pat McAfee, American football player and Sports analyst
- Patrick McEnroe, American tennis player
- Patrick McGuirk, American football player
- Patrick Mekari, American football player
- Patrick Mills, Australian basketball player
- Patrick Morris , American football player
- Pat Mountain, Welsh football player
- Patrick O'Connell, Irish footballer
- Pat O'Connor, multiple people
- Pat O'Hanlon, Australia Rugby League player
- Patrick Owomoyela, German footballer
- Patrick Queen, American football player
- Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
- Patrick Rakovsky, German football player
- Patrick Ramsey, American football player
- Patrick Ricard , American football player
- Pat Richards, Australian Rugby League player
- Patrick Rowe, American football player
- Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Pat Ryan, American football player
- Patrick Scales, American football player
- Patrick Schmollinger, Austrian swimmer
- Patrick da Silva, Brazilian football player
- Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- Pat Spillane, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Pat Tillman, American football player and Army Ranger
- Patrick Vahe, American football player
- Patrick Veszpremi, Australian rules footballer
- Patrick Vieira, Senegalese-born French football player
- Patrik Virta, Finnish ice hockey player
- Patrick Willis, American football player
Other
- H.I.H. Prince Patrick Ali of Iran
- Patrick Bokanowski, a French filmmaker
- Patrick Tracy Burris, American spree killer
- Patrick Carr, multiple people
- Patrick E. Crago, American medical researcher
- Patrick Wood Crusius, suspect in the 2019 El Paso shooting
- Patrick Fitzgerald, American Attorney
- Patrick Flanagan, American inventor
- Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver, skysurfer and BASE jumper
- Patrick Gordon, Imperial Russian Army general
- Patrick Harvey, multiple people
- Patrick Hitler, half-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 Kearney, prolific American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
- Patrick, 5th Earl of Lichfield, photographer
- Patrick McGuinness, multiple people
- Sir Patrick Moore, English astronomer
- Patrick Moore, founder member of Greenpeace
- Patrick Russell, herpetologist
- Patrick Rechner, Canadian Captain taken hostage working as a UN observer in Bosnia
- Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante, American comic book artist
- Patrick Swift, painter
- Patrick Whelan, Irish Volunteer, KIA during the Easter Rising of 1916
- Patrick Taylor, multiple people
- Patrick Theodore, Footwear Designer
Fictional characters
- 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 in Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho
- Patrick Darling in Dirty Sexy Money
- Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore in the Harry Potter series of books
- Patrick Harper, the Irish right-hand man in the Sharpe book and television series
- Patrick Jane, main character in The Mentalist
- Patrick Star in the television series SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Verona, main character in 10 Things I Hate about You
- Paddy Kirk popular character in the Yorkshire based soap opera Emmerdale.