John Patterson

John Patterson may refer to:

Military

• John Patterson (Medal of Honor) (1838–1922), Medal of Honor recipient
• John Henry Patterson (Medal of Honor) (1843–1920), soldier in the American Civil War
• John Henry Patterson (author) (1867–1947), Anglo-Irish soldier and writer

Politics

• John Patterson (Ohio politician) (1771–1848), U.S. Congressman from Ohio
• John Patterson (Ohio state representative) (born 1956)
• 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), New York congressman
• 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

Sports

• 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
• John Patterson (cricketer) (1860–1943), English cricketer

Other

• John Paterson (architect) (died 1832), Scottish architect
• John Henry Patterson (NCR owner) (1844–1922), founder of the National Cash Register Company
• John Patterson (meteorologist) (1872–1956), director of the Canadian Meteorological Service
• John Thomas Patterson (geneticist) (1878–1960), American geneticist and professor
• John H. Patterson (economist) (1905–?), American economist
• John Patterson (Actor) 1930's Actor
• John Patterson (director) (1940–2005), American film and television director
• John Richard Patterson (1945–1997), founder of the Dateline computer-dating company
• USCGC John Patterson (WPC-1153), the 53rd Sentinel-class cutter
• John Patterson (USCG), see Sentinel-class cutter

See also

• John Paterson (disambiguation)
• John Henry Patterson (disambiguation)
• Jack Patterson (disambiguation)