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Patrick M. Shanahan

Patrick M. Shanahan, Boeing executive for 31 years, was the 33rd US Deputy Secretary of Defense (2017) and longest-serving Acting Secretary of Defense (Jan–June 2019); his Secretary nomination was withdrawn in 2019, and he now leads Spirit AeroSystems.

Patrick M.S. Blackett

Patrick M.S. Blackett (1897–1974) was a British nuclear physicist who won the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the Wilson cloud chamber for nuclear and cosmic-ray research.

Patrick Mackay

Patrick David Mackay, also known as David Groves, is a British serial killer born 1952 who confessed to 11 murders (1973-1975), including Father Anthony Crean; convicted of three manslaughters in 1975.

Patrick Macnee

Patrick Macnee (Daniel Patrick Macnee, 1922–2015), English actor who played bowler-hatted secret agent John Steed in all 161 episodes of The Avengers (1961–69), The New Avengers (1976–77), and later film and TV roles.

Patrick Magee (actor)

Patrick Magee (born Patrick George McGee, 1922 or 1924, Armagh; died 1982) was a Northern Irish actor, Beckett's Krapp, Tony-winning Marquis de Sade, and Kubrick's Frank Alexander.

Patrick Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes II, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback since 2017 (drafted 10th overall from Texas Tech), three-time Super Bowl champion and two-time NFL MVP; fastest to 300 career touchdown passes, tore left knee ACL in December 2025.

Patrick Makau Musyoki

Patrick Makau Musyoki (born 1985), Kenyan marathon runner and former world record-holder, ran 2:03:38 at the 2011 Berlin Marathon; also won Rotterdam and Berlin 2010 and twice took World Half Marathon silver.

Patrick Malahide

Patrick Malahide (Patrick Gerald Duggan, born 1945) is a British character actor known for DS Chisholm in Minder, The Singing Detective, Balon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones, and screenplays written as P.G. Duggan.

Patrick Manson

Patrick Manson was a Scottish parasitologist who showed in 1878 that mosquitoes transmit filarial worms, earning the title Father of Tropical Medicine at the 1913 London congress.

Patrick Marcellin

Patrick Marcellin is a French hepatologist at Hôpital Beaujon, Paris, whose trials of antiviral therapy reshaped treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C, earning the EASL 2020 Recognition Award.

Patrick Marleau

Patrick Marleau, Canadian NHL center (born Sept. 15, 1979, Swift Current, Sask.), San Jose Sharks icon drafted No. 2 in 1997; NHL all-time leader with 1,779 games played, 1,197 points, two Olympic golds, No. 12 retired by Sharks.

Patrick Maroon

Patrick Maroon, nicknamed the Big Rig, is a retired American ice hockey left winger who won three consecutive Stanley Cups from 2019 to 2021 with the Blues and Lightning.

Patrick Mason

Patrick Mason is a Berlin-based techno and house DJ and performer known for theatrical live sets combining DJing, singing, and dancing, which broke through via a viral 2020 HÖR Berlin set.

Patrick Maswanganyi

Patrick "Tito" Maswanganyi (born 1998, Tembisa) is a South African attacking midfielder; PSL Players' Player and Midfielder of the Season 2023/24 with Orlando Pirates, Bafana Bafana international, transferred to Bahrain's Alkhaldiya Sports Club in August 2026.

Patrick Matthias

Patrick Matthias is a Swiss molecular biologist known for work on B lymphocyte transcription and histone deacetylases, and for discovering the B cell coactivator OBF-1.

Patrick McAuley

Patrick McAuley is an American politician and Republican nominee for U.S. House in Indiana's 7th Congressional District in 2026, challenging Democratic incumbent André Carson, who seeks a 10th term.

Patrick McCaw

Patrick McCaw (born 1995, St. Louis) is an American guard, UNLV product, and 2016 second-round pick who won three straight NBA titles with the Warriors and Raptors.

Patrick McEnroe

Patrick McEnroe, American former tennis pro and younger brother of John McEnroe; 1989 French Open doubles champion, longest-serving U.S. Davis Cup captain (2001-10, 2007 title), USTA development chief, and ESPN commentator.

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009), Irish-British actor, played John Drake in Danger Man and created and starred in The Prisoner as Number Six; two Emmy-winning Columbo guest roles.

Patrick McHale (artist)

Patrick Nolen McHale (born 1983, New Jersey) is an American animator and writer, creator of Cartoon Network's Emmy-winning miniseries Over the Garden Wall, creative director on Adventure Time, and co-writer of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.

Patrick McHenry

Patrick McHenry (born 1975) is a North Carolina Republican who represented the state's 10th District in the U.S. House from 2005 to 2025, chaired the House Financial Services Committee, led FIT21 digital asset legislation, and served as Speaker pro tempore after McCarthy's 2023 ouster.

Patrick McKenna

Patrick McKenna (Pat McKenna), Canadian actor born 1960 in Hamilton, Ontario; Harold Green on The Red Green Show and Marty Stephens on Traders; won Gemini Awards for both comedy and drama in 1998.

Patrick McMath

Patrick McMath is an American politician and Republican member of the Louisiana Senate from the 11th district who previously served as an assistant district attorney.

Patrick Meenan

Patrick Meenan is a venture capital investor and General Partner at Arthur Ventures, which he has co-owned with Ryan Kruizenga since 2020, after working at Microsoft.

Patrick Mehlen

Patrick Mehlen (born 1968) is a French cancer biologist who directs the Cancer Research Center of Lyon and is known for the dependence receptor paradigm.

Patrick Michel

Patrick Michel is a French planetary scientist at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in Nice, known for numerical modeling of asteroid collisions and leading ESA's Hera mission.

Patrick Modiano

Patrick Modiano, born in 1945 near Paris, is a French novelist whose books return to the German Occupation of Paris; he won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Patrick Moore

Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012) was an English amateur astronomer who presented the BBC's The Sky at Night from 1957 until his death and compiled the Caldwell Catalogue of 109 deep-sky objects.

Patrick Morrisey

Patrick James Morrisey is an American Republican politician and the 37th governor of West Virginia since 2025, previously serving three terms as the state's attorney general from 2013.

Patrick Mouratoglou

Patrick Mouratoglou (born 1970) is a French tennis coach who guided Serena Williams to ten more Grand Slam titles from 2012 and founded the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy.