John Patterson

John Patterson may refer to:

Politicians

New Zealand

• John Patterson (Southern Maori politician) (1821–1899), New Zealand Māori member of Parliament
• John Patterson (Auckland politician) (1855–1923), Auckland city councillor, 1900–1903 and 1908–1911

United States

• John Patterson (Ohio politician) (1771–1848), U.S. Congressman from Ohio
• John J. Patterson (1830–1912), U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1873–1879
• John Malcolm Patterson (born 1921), U.S. politician from Alabama
• John Paterson (New York politician) (often spelled Patterson, 1744–1808), major general in the Continental Army, US congressman from New York

Baseball players

• John W. Patterson (1872–1940), nicknamed Pat, African American baseball player and team manager 1893–1907
• John Patterson (infielder) (born 1967), former Major League infielder
• John Patterson (pitcher) (born 1978), former Major League pitcher

Others

• John Patterson (architect) (died 1832), Scottish architect
• John Patterson (Medal of Honor) (1838–1922), Medal of Honor recipient
• John Patterson (meteorologist) (1872–1956), director of the Canadian Meteorological Service 1925–1946
• John Henry Patterson (Medal of Honor) (1843–1920), soldier in the American Civil War
• John Henry Patterson (NCR owner) (1844–1922), founder and first owner of the National Cash Register Company
• John Henry Patterson (author) (1867–1947), Anglo-Irish soldier and writer
• John Irwin Patterson (1860–1943), English cricketer
• John Patterson (director) (1940–2005), American film and television director
• John Richard Patterson (1945–1997), founder of the Dateline computer-dating company

See also

• John Paterson (disambiguation)