Patterson (surname)
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Patterson is a Scottish
surname
originating in Ross-shire
Scotland, meaning "son of Patrick". It is rarely used as a given name
. There are other spellings, including Pattison
. People with the surname Patterson include:
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
originating in Ross-shire
Ross-shire
Ross-shire is an area in the Highland Council Area in Scotland. The name is now used as a geographic or cultural term, equivalent to Ross. Until 1889 the term denoted a county of Scotland, also known as the County of Ross...
Scotland, meaning "son of Patrick". It is rarely used as a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. There are other spellings, including Pattison
Pattison (surname)
Pattison is a surname, and may refer to* Adam Pattison , Australian rules footballer* Andrew Pattison , retired South African tennis player* Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison , Scottish philosopher...
. People with the surname Patterson include:
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- Alan J. PattersonAlan J. PattersonAlan Joseph Patterson is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: in 1960, 1964 and 1972.-References:...
, New Zealand field hockey player - Alan PattersonAlan Patterson (athlete)Alan Patterson was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....
, British athlete - Albert PattersonAlbert PattersonAlbert Patterson was an attorney in Phenix City, Ala. He was assassinated outside of his law office shortly after he won the Democratic nomination for Alabama Attorney General on a platform of reforming the rife corruption and vice in Phenix City.-Personal life:Patterson was born in the New Site...
, American politician and assassination victim - Alexander Bell PattersonAlexander Bell PattersonAlexander Bell Patterson was a long time Canadian Member of Parliament and was briefly leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada. Patterson, a minister by profession, was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1953 election from the riding of Fraser Valley, British Columbia. He...
, Canadian politician - Alvin PattersonAlvin PattersonAlvin "Seeco" Patterson is a Jamaican born percussionist. He was a member of The Wailers Band.-References:...
, Jamaican percussionist - Ambrose McCarthy PattersonAmbrose McCarthy PattersonAmbrose McCarthy Patterson was a painter and printmaker born in Daylesford, Australia on 29 June 1877. He studied the Melbourne Art School under E...
(1877–1967), Australian artist - Andrew PattersonAndrew PattersonAndrew Patterson is a former Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He made his debut for Ireland against Wales in 1996, and went onto play for them in 61 matches, including two ICC Trophy tournaments...
, Irish cricketer - Anne W. PattersonAnne W. PattersonAnne Woods Patterson is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Egypt. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations in 2005 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to...
, American diplomat - Arthur Lindo PattersonArthur Lindo PattersonArthur Lindo Patterson was a pioneering British X-ray crystallographer. Patterson was born to British parents in New Zealand in 1902. Shortly afterwards the family moved to Montreal, Canada and later to London, England. In 1920 Patterson moved to Canada for college at McGill University, Montreal...
, (1902–1966) Canadian/American physicist
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- Beth PattersonBeth PattersonBeth Patterson is an Irish folk and Celtic musician. Combining traditional Irish, Celtic and folk ballads with Cajun, world-beat and progressive rock influences, her own creative songwriting and a unique sense of humor, Patterson's wit, charm, and beauty are as memorable as her powerful music.A...
, Irish musician - Brian PattersonBrian PattersonBrian Patterson is a former American "Old School" bicycle motocross racer.Brian Patterson is the younger of the most potent sibling combinations BMX has ever seen. With Brent the Brothers Patterson are the only brothers to both hold the National No.1 Pro title in any major BMX sanctioning body...
,(1965- ) Bicycle Motorcross (BMX) racer - L. Brooks PattersonL. Brooks PattersonLewis Brooks Patterson is serving his fifth term as County Executive of Oakland County, Michigan. Patterson has been a major figure in Michigan politics for more than three decades, noted for his populist conservatism.- Education :...
, American politician - Bruce PattersonBruce PattersonBruce Patterson was a Scottish cricketer. He took his first two wickets in a competition in June 2004 against Holland. He participated in three One-day internationals in May 1999 and played List A cricket from 1988 to 2002...
, Scottish cricketer
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- C. H. PattersonC. H. PattersonC. H. Patterson was born in Lynn, Massachusetts. He was an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States....
, American psychologist - Carlile Pollock PattersonCarlile Pollock PattersonCarlile Pollock Patterson was an American civil engineer, superintendent of the United States Coast Survey...
, American civil engineer - Carly PattersonCarly PattersonCarly Rae Patterson is an American singer and former gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame...
, (born 1988), American gymnast - Charles E. PattersonCharles E. PattersonCharles Edward Patterson was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of Dr. James Hervey Patterson, was educated at Castleton Seminary in Castleton, Vermont and Cambridge Academy in Cambridge, New York, and graduated from Union College in 1860...
, New York politician - Christian PattersonChristian PattersonChristian Patterson is an American photographer.Born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Patterson lives in New York City.In 2002 Patterson moved from Brooklyn, New York to Memphis, Tennessee to work with the photographer William Eggleston...
, American photographer - Christopher Salmon PattersonChristopher Salmon PattersonChristopher Salmon Patterson was a Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in London, England, the son of John and Ann Patterson, he studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution in Ireland. In 1845, he emigrated to Picton, Canada West , Canada...
, Canadian judge - Clair Cameron PattersonClair Cameron PattersonClair Cameron Patterson was a geochemist born in Mitchellville, Iowa, United States. He graduated from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, received his Ph.D...
, (1922–1995), American geochemist - Claude PattersonClaude PattersonClaude Patterson, better known professionally as Thunderbolt Patterson, was an American professional wrestler best known for his efforts at starting a union for wrestlers...
, American wrestler - Colin Patterson (disambiguation), several people
- Corey PattersonCorey PattersonDonald Corey Patterson is an American professional baseball free agent outfielder in Major League Baseball. He is the older brother of outfielder Eric Patterson.-Amateur career:...
, American baseball player
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- Daniel PattersonDaniel PattersonDaniel Todd Patterson was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War and the War of 1812.-Biography:...
, American naval officer - Darren PattersonDarren PattersonDarren James Patterson is a Northern Irish former footballer and manager. As a player he was primarily a central defender who could also play at full back or as a defensive midfielder. He is the interim assistant manager at Bristol Rovers, where he has previously held the positions of Head of...
, Northern Ireland footballer - David A. Patterson, computer science professor at UC Berkeley
- David J. PattersonDavid J. PattersonDavid J. Patterson is a taxonomist specializing in the protozoa and the use of taxonomy in biodiversity informatics. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on the 19th April 1950 to Doris Mary and Samuel Patterson, with one elder brother and a sister . He was educated at Belmont Primary,...
, Irish scientist at Marine Biological Laboratory; generally known as "Paddy" Patterson - David T. PattersonDavid T. PattersonDavid Trotter Patterson was a United States Senator from Tennessee at the beginning of the Reconstruction Period....
, (1818–1891), American politician - Duncan PattersonDuncan PattersonDuncan Patterson is a Liverpool born musician, best known for his work as a member of Anathema and Antimatter .-Career:...
, Liverpool born songwriter
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- Ed Patterson, Canadian hockey player
- Edna PattersonEdna PattersonFrancia Yakilnilna Mitynen aka Edna Margaret Patterson was a Soviet citizen born in Australia. Mitynen was an illegal officer of the Naval GRU who was smuggled into the United States in August 1943...
, Soviet spy - Eddie PattersonEddie PattersonEddie Patterson is the former manager of Irish Premier League club Cliftonville .Patterson took temporary charge of The Reds on 22 July 2005, when former manager Liam Beckett walked out, and was officially confirmed as Cliftonville boss on 11 October 2006. He had been assistant manager the...
, Irish football manager - Elizabeth PattersonElizabeth Patterson BonaparteElizabeth Patterson Bonaparte , known as "Betsy", was the daughter of a Baltimore, Maryland merchant, and was the first wife of Jérôme Bonaparte, and sister-in-law of Emperor Napoleon I of France.-Ancestry:Elizabeth's father, William Patterson, had been born in Ireland and came to North America...
, first wife of Jérôme BonaparteJérôme BonaparteJérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort was the youngest brother of Napoleon, who made him king of Westphalia... - Ellis E. PattersonEllis E. PattersonEllis Ellwood Patterson was a one-term Democratic California congressman. Born in Yuba City, California, he served as representative between 1945 and 1947. Patterson also served in the California State Assembly. He was also the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of California, 1939-43.-External links:*...
, American politician - Eleanor Medill Patterson (Cissy), American newspaper editor
- Emma PattersonEmma PattersonEmma Paterson was an English feminist and trade unionist.-Life:Paterson was the daughter of a schoolteacher and married to a cabinet-maker....
, British feminist and union activist
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- Floyd PattersonFloyd PattersonFloyd Patterson was an American heavyweight boxer and former undisputed heavyweight champion. At 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title. He was also the first heavyweight boxer to regain the title. He had a record of 55 wins 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by...
, (1935–2006), world heavyweight champion boxer - Francine PattersonFrancine PattersonDr. "Penny" Patterson is an American researcher who taught a modified form of American Sign Language, which she calls "Gorilla Sign Language", or GSL, to a gorilla named Koko....
, American gorilla researcher, daughter of C. H. Patterson - Frank PattersonFrank PattersonFrank Patterson was an internationally renowned Irish tenor following in the tradition of singers such as Count John McCormack and Josef Locke. He was known as "Ireland's Golden Tenor".- Early life :...
, Irish tenor - Frank Harris PattersonFrank Harris PattersonFrank Harris Patterson was a Nova Scotian lawyer, jurist and historian.Born in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Patterson was called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1916. In 1958 he was appointed to the Supreme Court bench, retiring in 1965...
, Canadian lawyer and historian - Frederick D. PattersonFrederick D. PattersonFrederick Douglass Patterson , born in Washington D.C. and orphaned at the age of two. Patterson would later become president of what is now Tuskegee University and founder of the United Negro College Fund . In 1987, President Ronald Reagan awarded Dr...
, American veterinarian and college president - Freeman PattersonFreeman PattersonFreeman Wilford Patterson, CM is a Canadian nature photographer and writer born at Long Reach, New Brunswick.He earned a B.A., from Acadia University and was granted a fellowship to study at Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University...
, Canadian photographer
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- Gary PattersonGary PattersonGary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, American football coach - George Patterson (disambiguation), several people
- Gil PattersonGil PattersonGilbert Thomas "Gil" Patterson is former Major League Baseball pitcher.-Playing career:...
, Baseball player - Gilbert B. PattersonGilbert B. PattersonGilbert Brown Patterson was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina....
, member of U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina - Gilbert E. PattersonGilbert E. PattersonBishop G. E. Patterson was an American Pentecostal-Holiness, Charismatic minister who served as the international Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ , Inc....
, American bishop
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- Hank PattersonHank PattersonHank Patterson was an American actor and musician. He is most known for playing stableman Hank Miller on Gunsmoke and Fred Ziffel on Petticoat Junction and Green Acres....
, American actor and musician - Harry Patterson, British novelist who writes as Jack HigginsJack HigginsJack Higgins is the principal pseudonym of UK novelist Harry Patterson. Patterson is the author of more than 60 novels. As Higgins, most have been thrillers of various types and, since his breakthrough novel The Eagle Has Landed in 1975, nearly all have been bestsellers...
- Harvey PattersonHarvey PattersonHarvey Norman Murray Patterson is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1975...
, Canadian politician - Hayley Patterson, fictional character Hayley CropperHayley CropperHayley Anne Cropper is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street...
from Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... - A. Holly PattersonA. Holly PattersonArchibald Holly Patterson was the Republican county executive of Nassau County, New York from 1953-1962. He had previously served as presiding supervisor of the town of Hempstead....
, American politician
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- I. L. PattersonI. L. PattersonIsaac Lee "Ike" Patterson, was the 18th Governor of Oregon from 1927 to 1929. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1918 to 1922, and was a farmer in the Willamette Valley.-Early life:...
, American politician, Oregon Governor - Imani PattersonImani PattersonImani Patterson was the second actor to play Miles Robinson on Sesame Street. He took over the role from Miles Orman in 1992 and played it for ten years before passing it on to Olamide Faison in 2002.- References :...
, actor from the cast of Sesame StreetSesame StreetSesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
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- James Patterson (disambiguation)James Patterson (disambiguation)James Patterson may refer to:*James Patterson , American author*James Patterson , Australian colonial politician, 17th Premier of Victoria*James Patterson , American actor...
, several people - Jaan PattersonJaan PattersonJaan Patterson is a composer and poet, and runs the Surrism-Phonoethics netlabel. He is best known for his various Dada and Surrealist inspired experimental music and spoken word projects - such as Undress Béton, André Pissoir and Dusk Euphoria. Additionally, together with Frater Surrallee, he...
, Founder of Surrism-PhonoethicsSurrism-PhonoethicsSurrism-Phonoethics is a Frankfurt, Germany based non-profit netlabel specializing in Experimental music. Some of their releases could be classified as Electronic art music/Electronic music, industrial or experimental music with sub-genres like Electro-Acoustic, Improvisation & Cut-Up.Their... - Jane PattersonJane PattersonJane Patterson [Priddis, Alberta] is a female judoka from Canada. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she was defeated in the first round of the repêchage....
, Canadian judoka - Jared Patterson, Australian Volunteer Award Winner
- J.E. "Pat" Patterson, American politician
- Jerry Patterson (disambiguation), several people
- John Patterson (disambiguation), several people including:
- John W. PattersonJohn W. PattersonJohn W. Patterson was an African-American baseball outfielder in the Negro Leagues. He played for major teams from 1893 to 1907....
, nicknamed "Pat", African American baseball player around the turn of the 20th century. - Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry PattersonJohn Henry Patterson (author)Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, DSO , known as J.H. Patterson, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, hunter, author and Zionist, best known for his book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo , which details his experiences while building a railway in Kenyain 1898-99...
, Anglo-IrishAnglo-IrishAnglo-Irish was a term used primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until...
soldier who wrote The Man-Eaters of TsavoThe Man-eaters of TsavoThe Man-eaters of Tsavo is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 that recounts his experiences while overseeing the construction of a railroad bridge in what would become Kenya...
which was made into the film The Ghost and the DarknessThe Ghost and the DarknessThe Ghost and the Darkness is a 1996 adventure film starring Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer set in Africa at the end of the 19th century.It was directed by Stephen Hopkins and the screenplay was written by William Goldman....
in 1996 - John Henry PattersonJohn Henry Patterson (soldier)John Henry Patterson was a Union officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for courage under fire at the Battle of the Wilderness.-Biography:...
, a recipient of the Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
. - John Henry PattersonJohn Henry Patterson (NCR owner)John Henry Patterson was an industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company. He was a businessperson and salesperson.-Early years:Patterson was born in 1844 on the family farm near Dayton, Ohio...
, American businessman who founded the National Cash Register Company - John Malcolm PattersonJohn Malcolm PattersonJohn Malcolm Patterson is an American politician who was the 44th Governor of Alabama, from 1959 to 1963. Previously he served as State Attorney General ....
(born 1921), American politician, son of Albert Patterson - John Patterson (director) (1940–2005), American film and television director.
- John Patterson (baseball pitcher) (born 1978), major league pitcher.
- John Patterson (infielder)John Patterson (infielder)John Allen Patterson is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played from to for the San Francisco Giants....
(born 1967), former major league infielder
- John W. Patterson
- Johnny PattersonJohnny PattersonJohn Francis Patterson was an Irish singer, song writer and circus entertainer.He was born in Kilbarron, Feakle, County Clare. Both his parents had died by the time he was three years old and so he was raised by an uncle in Ennis. At the age of 14 he enlisted in the 63rd Regiment of Foot which...
(1840–1889) Irish song writer, musician and circus entertainer - Joseph Medill PattersonJoseph Medill PattersonJoseph Medill Patterson was an American journalist and publisher, grandson of publisher Joseph Medill, founder of the Chicago Tribune and a mayor of Chicago, Illinois.-Family:...
, American journalist and publisher, brother of Eleanor Medill Patterson
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- Kathleen PattersonKathleen PattersonKathleen "Kathy" Patterson is a politician from Washington, D.C. From 1995 to 2007, she was a Democratic member of the Council of the District of Columbia, where she served as the elected member for Ward 3, a post now held by Mary Cheh....
, American politician - Kay PattersonKay PattersonKay Christine Lesley Patterson is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria....
, Australian politician - Kelsey PattersonKelsey PattersonKelsey Patterson was executed by the State of Texas. He was convicted of the murder of Louis Oates, 63, and Dorothy Harris, 41....
, American convicted murderer - Kevin PattersonKevin PattersonKevin Patterson is a Canadian medical doctor and writer. His short story collection, Country of Cold, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2003...
, Canadian writer - Kevin PattersonKevin PattersonKevin Patterson is a Canadian medical doctor and writer. His short story collection, Country of Cold, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2003...
, American Opera Producer
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- Lafayette L. PattersonLafayette L. PattersonLaFayette Lee Patterson was a United States Representative from Alabama. He served three terms in the U. S. Congress, from 1928 to 1933....
, American poliician - Lee PattersonLee PattersonLee Patterson was a Canadian film and television actor.After attending Ontario College of Art, Patterson moved to England, where he specialized in playing virile American types in British films...
, Canadian actor - Sir Les PattersonSir Les PattersonDr Sir Leslie Colin Patterson is a fictional character portrayed by the Australian comedian Barry Humphries. Obese, lecherous and offensive, this farting, belching, nose-picking figure of Rabelaisian excess is an antipodean Falstaff...
, fictional Australian from the stage show of Barry HumphriesBarry HumphriesJohn Barry Humphries, AO, CBE is an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor, best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to the... - Lorna PattersonLorna PattersonLorna Patterson is an American film, stage and television actress.Patterson was born in Whittier, California, where she attended Rio Hondo College for a single semester. She is a founding member of the Musical Theatre Guild and has appeared in many stage musicals...
, American actress - Louise Thompson PattersonLouise Thompson PattersonLouise Alone Thompson Patterson was an American social activist and college professor.-Biography:...
, American academic and activist
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- Malcolm R. PattersonMalcolm R. PattersonMalcolm Rice Patterson was the governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1907 to 1911.-Biography:A native of Somerville, Alabama, Patterson was a son of Colonel Josiah Patterson, a distinguished Confederate cavalry officer and a United States Representative for Tennessee, and his wife Josephine...
, American politician - Marckell PattersonMarckell PattersonMarckell Patterson is an American professional basketball player.The 6'5" shooting guard is a native of Eupora, Mississippi and a 1997 graduate of Eupora High School. He played college basketball at Mississippi State University.-External links:*...
, American basketball player - Marne Patterson, American actress
- Marvin Breckinridge PattersonMarvin Breckinridge PattersonMary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson , was an American photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropist. She used her middle name, Marvin, both professionally and personally....
, American photojournalist - Michael PattersonMichael PattersonMichael Patterson is an experimental film artist, teacher, and a commercial film director specializing in TV spots and music videos. He currently teaches animation at the Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts...
, MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
figure - Mike Patterson (disambiguation)
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- P. J. PattersonP. J. PattersonPercival Noel James Patterson, ON, QC, PC, O.E., was the sixth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1992 to 2006. Until February 2006 he was the leader of the Jamaican People's National Party . The new PNP leader, Portia Simpson-Miller, took over as Prime Minister on 30 March 2006...
, Prime Minister of Jamaica - Paige PattersonPaige PattersonL. Paige Patterson is the eighth president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.- Education :*B.A. - Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas*Th.M. - New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary...
, American Baptist theologian - Pat Patterson (disambiguation), several people
- Patrick PattersonPatrick PattersonBalfour Patrick Patterson is a former fast bowler for the West Indian cricket team in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Early life:...
, Jamaican cricketer - Paul PattersonPaul PattersonPaul Patterson is a British composer and Manson Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.Patterson studied trombone and composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He returned there to become Head of Composition and Contemporary Music until 1997, when he became Manson Professor of...
, British composer - Paul L. PattersonPaul L. PattersonPaul Linton Patterson was an American Republican politician. He served as President of the Oregon State Senate and the 26th Governor of Oregon .-Early life:...
, US Oregon Governor - Peter PattersonPeter PattersonPeter Patterson was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented York West in Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, from 1871 to 1883....
, American politician
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- Raymond M Patterson (1898–1984), British writer and explorer
- Reinaldo PattersonReinaldo PattersonReinaldo Patterson is a retired javelin thrower from Cuba, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1956), Cuban javelin thrower - Richard Patterson (disambiguation), several people
- Richard North PattersonRichard North PattersonRichard North Patterson is an American author of fiction. He was born in Berkeley, California, the eldest child of a corporate executive and a housewife. While still a child, he moved with his parents to Bay Village, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Bay High School in 1964. He...
, American writer - Robert Patterson (disambiguation)Robert Patterson (disambiguation)Robert Patterson may refer to:* Robert Patterson , soldier in the American Revolution in Kentucky, a founder of Lexington and Cincinnati* Robert Patterson , American Civil War general, politician, and businessman...
, several people - Russell PattersonRussell PattersonRussell Patterson was a celebrated and prolific American cartoonist, illustrator and scenic designer. Patterson’s art deco magazine illustrations helped promote the idea of the 1920s and 1930s fashion style known as the flapper.Patterson was born in Omaha, Nebraska...
, cartoonist - Ruth PattersonRuth PattersonRuth Patterson, OBE, was the first woman to be ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and is a director of the charity Restoration Ministries.- Honours :*2000 University of Edinburgh/Royal Bank of Scotland Alumnus of the Year...
, Northern Ireland Presbyterian minister
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- Sarah PattersonSarah PattersonSarah Patterson is a British film actress.For her acting debut, Patterson starred as Rosaleen, a Little Red Riding Hood counterpart, in the Neil Jordan and Angela Carter film The Company of Wolves in 1984. In 1987 she starred alongside Diana Rigg in another fairy tale-inspired film, playing the...
, actress - Sarah PattersonSarah Patterson (coach)Sarah Patterson is the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team. She has built the program at the University of Alabama into one of the most successful in the history of college gymnastics....
, American gymnastics coach - Scott Patterson, Canadian curler
- Scott PattersonScott Patterson (actor)Scott Gordon Patterson is an American actor. He is known for his role as Luke Danes in Gilmore Girls and Agent Strahm in Saw IV, Saw V and Saw VI...
, American actor - Sid PattersonSid PattersonSid Patterson was a world champion amateur and professional track cyclist from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. While a teenager, Patterson won every Victorian and Australian title between 1,000 metres and ten miles...
, Australian cyclist - Simon Patterson (disambiguation), several people
- Stephen PattersonStephen PattersonStephen Patterson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
, Australian rules footballer
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- Admiral Sir Wilfrid Rupert Patterson, Royal NavyWilfrid PattersonAdmiral Sir Wilfrid Rupert Patterson KCB, CBE, CVO was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Commodore Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron between 2 September 1939 and 1 November 1939...
- William Patterson (disambiguation), several people including:
- William Albert PattersonWilliam Albert PattersonWilliam Albert Patterson was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Colchester in the House of Commons from 1891 to 1896 as a member of the Conservative Party....
, Canadian Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,... - William John PattersonWilliam John PattersonWilliam John Patterson was a Liberal Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded James G. Gardiner to become the province's first Saskatchewan-born premier in 1935.Patterson's leadership was considered to be...
, Canadian Premier of SaskatchewanPremier of SaskatchewanThe Premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive.... - William Patterson (engineer)William Patterson (engineer)William Patterson was a 19th century engineer and boatbuilder.Born in Arbroath, he moved to London where he learned his craft at the yard of William Evans. He then moved to Bristol where he worked for William Scott. When Scott became bankrupt, he took over his yard...
, 19th century engineer and boatbuilder. - William Patterson, author of subjects and dialogues for the comic strip Jeff HawkeJeff HawkeJeff Hawke was a British science fiction comic strip created by Sydney Jordan. It was published in the Daily Express from 15 February 1955 to 18 April 1974, by which point Jordan had "written or co-written and drawn 6,474 episodes." Despite its obscurity in English-speaking countries, it is often...
- William A. PattersonWilliam A. PattersonWilliam A. "Pat" Patterson was the President of United Airlines from 1934 until 1966.Patterson was born on a sugar plantation in Waipahu on Oahu, Hawaii. When Patterson was 13, his widowed mother moved to San Francisco, California, while he remained at Honolulu Military Academy. Not liking the...
, United AirlinesUnited AirlinesUnited Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Continental...
president - William L. PattersonWilliam L. PattersonWilliam L. Patterson was a leader in the Communist Party USA and head of the International Labor Defense, a group that offered legal representation to communists, trade unionists, and African-Americans in cases involving issues of political or racial persecution...
, leader in the Communist Party USACommunist Party USAThe Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919. It has a long, complex history that is closely related to the histories of similar communist parties worldwide and the U.S. labor movement....
and an African-American civil rights activist - R. William PattersonR. William PattersonR. William Patterson , a U.S. politician and member of the Democratic party, was mayor of Dayton, Ohio, from 1958 to 1962....
, American politician
- William Albert Patterson
See also
- Paterson (disambiguation)
- PattinsonPattinsonPattinson is a surname, and may refer to*Charles Pattinson, British television producer*Lizzy Pattinson, British singer*Robert Pattinson, British actor*Darren Pattinson, English cricketer...
- Pattison (disambiguation)
- PettersonPettersonPetterson is a surname that may refer to* Andy Petterson, Australian soccer player* Pelle Petterson, Swedish yachtsman and boat designer* Per Petterson, Norwegian novelist* Stefan Petterson, Swedish footballer...