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Patrick Adamiak

Patrick Tate Adamiak, US Navy veteran and firearms collector, convicted 2022 in E.D. Virginia under the National Firearms Act, sentenced to 20 years, denied certiorari, and pardoned by President Trump in September 2026.

Patrick Aebischer

Patrick Aebischer, born 1954 in Fribourg, is a Swiss neuroscientist and physician who was president of EPFL from 2000 to 2016 and pioneered encapsulated-cell gene therapy for ALS.

Patrick Ahrens

Patrick Ahrens is an American Democratic politician and member of the California State Assembly, representing the 26th district in Silicon Valley's Santa Clara County since December 2024.

Patrick Aloy

Patrick Aloy, born 1972 in Barcelona, is a Spanish computational biologist and ICREA professor who leads the Structural Bioinformatics Lab at IRB Barcelona, known for Interactome3D and the Chemical Checker.

Patrick Aubourg

Patrick Aubourg is a French pediatric neurologist and Inserm researcher whose work on X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy spans the 1990 bone-marrow transplant report to 2024 gene-therapy results.

Patrick Baladi

Patrick Bashir Baladi (born 1971, Birmingham) is an English actor known as Neil Godwin in The Office, Michael Jackson in Stella, Stephen Holmes in Marcella, and for Rush, The International, and RSC stage work.

Patrick Ball (actor)

Patrick Marron Ball (born 1989) is an American actor from Summerfield, North Carolina, known as Dr. Frank Langdon on HBO Max's The Pitt, a 2026 Emmy nominee, and a Broadway debutant in Becky Shaw after a decade in regional theater.

Patrick Bamford

Patrick Bamford, English striker born 1993 in Grantham; ex-Chelsea, Middlesbrough and Leeds United forward, 17-goal 2020/21 Premier League season, one England cap, now Sheffield United.

Patrick Bateman

Patrick Bateman (Pat Bateman) is the narrator-protagonist of Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho: a Harvard-educated Wall Street banker and serial killer, later played by Christian Bale and adopted as a sigma-male meme icon.

Patrick Bauchau

Patrick Bauchau (born 6 December 1938, Brussels) is a Belgian actor known as Sydney in The Pretender, Scarpine in A View to a Kill, and roles in Panic Room, 2012, and Carnivàle.

Patrick Beach

Patrick Thomas Beach, born 2003 in Sydney, is an Australian goalkeeper who starred for Melbourne City, joined Troyes in 2026, and started the 2026 World Cup for Australia.

Patrick Bergin

Patrick Bergin (Patrick Connolly James Bergin, born 1951, Dublin) is an Irish actor and singer known for Sleeping with the Enemy, Patriot Games, Robin Hood (1991), EastEnders' Aidan Maguire, and his BAFTA Cymru-winning Morphine and Dolly Mixtures; distinct from the Carlow trade unionist of the same name.

Patrick Bet-David

Patrick Bet-David is an Iranian-born American entrepreneur, born in Tehran in 1978, who founded the insurance company PHP Agency in 2009 and the Valuetainment media company behind the PBD Podcast.

Patrick Beverley

Patrick Beverley, Chicago-born NBA guard (2009 draft, 42nd pick), defensive specialist with three All-Defensive teams and the first NBA Hustle Award; played for Rockets, Clippers, Lakers, Bulls, Sixers, Bucks, then Europe.

Patrick Bolton

Patrick Bolton, born 1957, is a French and American finance economist at Columbia Business School and Imperial College London, known for contract theory and climate finance.

Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (1963) was the third child of President John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy, born five and a half weeks premature at Otis AFB and died of respiratory distress syndrome at 39 hours; his death spurred surfactant research.

Patrick Brammall

Patrick Brammall is an Australian actor, writer, and producer from Canberra, co-creator and star of Colin from Accounts with wife Harriet Dyer. Known for Glitch, No Activity, A Moody Christmas, Last Seen, and The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Patrick Brasca

Patrick Brasca (派偉俊, legal name 林煒竣, born 1999) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter signed to Jay Chou's JVR Music. Albums Angst (2020), Hol!day (2023), BAD IDEA (2026); wrote "Try" for Kung Fu Panda 3. Distinct from the French artist Brasca.

Patrick Brown (boxer)

Patrick James Brown (born 1999), English cruiserweight boxer from Sale, Manchester; 2024 Team GB Olympian, two-time national amateur champion; unbeaten 7-0 pro with 7 knockouts, WBA International cruiserweight titleholder with Matchroom Boxing.

Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel is a French singer and actor, born in Algeria in 1957, whose 1989 album Alors regarde sold three million copies and triggered Bruelmania.

Patrick C. Pitts

Patrick C. Pitts, born Patrick Casey Pitts in 1980, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2023.

Patrick C. Walsh

Patrick C. Walsh, born 1938, is an American urologist who directed the Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins for thirty years and pioneered nerve-sparing prostate surgery.

Patrick Califia

Patrick Califia (born 1954), formerly Pat Califia and Patrick Califia-Rice, is an American poet, erotica author, and nonfiction writer on gender and sexuality, author of Macho Sluts, Public Sex, and Sex Changes, and a sex-wars activist in San Francisco.

Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

Patrick Gordon Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy (1913–1980), Irish-born journalist, humorist, and BBC television personality of the Irish Times and Sunday Times, known for Call My Bluff and his stammer.

Patrick Cantlay

Patrick Cantlay, American PGA Tour golfer born 1992 in Long Beach, California; UCLA star and 54-week world No. 1 amateur; eight tour wins including 2021 FedExCup, Tour Championship, and two Memorial titles; no major win.

Patrick Carney

Patrick Carney (born 1980, Akron, Ohio) is an American drummer and producer, co-founder of blues-rock duo The Black Keys with Dan Auerbach in 2001; four-time Grammy winner known for minimal four-mic Glyn Johns drum recording.

Patrick Casey (footballer)

Patrick Casey (Patrick Joseph Casey, born 2005) is an Irish centre-forward from Charlton Athletic's academy; prolific at U18/U21 level, capped by Republic of Ireland U19s, with loan spells at Maidstone United and Dorking Wanderers and a contract that expired in July 2026.

Patrick Cassidy (actor)

Patrick Cassidy, also known as Patrick William Cassidy, is an American stage and screen actor and singer born in 1962, the son of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones.

Patrick Cavanagh

Patrick Cavanagh (born 1947) is a Canadian vision scientist known for research on visual perception, attention, and motion, with professorships at Harvard, Dartmouth, and the Université de Montréal.

Patrick Chakaipa

Patrick Chakaipa (1932–2003) was a Zimbabwean Roman Catholic archbishop and Shona-language novelist, the first black Archbishop of Salisbury (Harare) from 1976 until his death in 2003.