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Patrick Mower
Patrick Mower (born Patrick Archibald Shaw, 12 September 1938, Oxford) is an English actor known for James Cross in Callan, Tom Haggerty in Special Branch, Steve Hackett in Target, and Rodney Blackstock in Emmerdale since 2000.
Patrick Muldoon
Patrick Muldoon (William Patrick Muldoon III, 1968–2026), American actor and producer known as Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives, Richard Hart on Melrose Place, and Zander Barcalow in Starship Troopers; died of a heart attack April 19, 2026.
Patrick Murphy (Florida politician)
Patrick E. Murphy (born 1983, Miami) is a Florida Democratic politician, CPA and construction executive who represented FL-18 in the U.S. House 2013-2017 after defeating Allen West, then lost the 2016 Senate race to Marco Rubio 44.3%-52.0%.
Patrick Nagel
Patrick Nagel (1945-1984), American illustrator of stylized Art Deco-influenced women for Playboy; created Duran Duran's 1982 Rio cover, from a Vogue Paris photo of Marcie Hunt identified in 2024.
Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness (born 1971) is an American-born author living in London, known for the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls, twice Carnegie Medal winner, also screenwriter and Guardian reviewer.
Patrick O. Brown
Patrick O. Brown, born 1954, is an American biochemist and Stanford professor emeritus who defined retroviral integration, co-invented the DNA microarray, and founded Impossible Foods.
Patrick O'Brian
Patrick O'Brian (Richard Patrick Russ, 1914–2000) was an English novelist and translator, author of the 20-volume Aubrey–Maturin Napoleonic naval series beginning with Master and Commander (1969), plus biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.
Patrick O'Connell (American football)
Patrick O'Connell (born 1998, Kalispell, Montana) is an NFL linebacker, No. 52 for the Seattle Seahawks. Montana Grizzlies standout (28.5 sacks), signed as a 2023 undrafted free agent, Super Bowl LX champion.
Patrick O'Connor (Massachusetts politician)
Patrick M. O'Connor is an American Republican politician who represents the First Plymouth and Norfolk district, including Weymouth on the South Shore, in the Massachusetts Senate.
Patrick O'Donovan
Patrick O'Donovan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport since 2025 and as a TD for Limerick County since 2011.
Patrick O'Neal (actor)
Patrick Wisdom O'Neal (1927–1994), American stage, film, and television actor and Manhattan restaurateur; Broadway's Shannon in The Night of the Iguana, known for urbane villains in In Harm's Way, The Stepford Wives, and Under Siege.
Patrick O'Neal (sportscaster)
Patrick O'Neal (born 1967, Santa Monica) is an American sportscaster, son of actors Ryan O'Neal and Leigh Taylor-Young, who covered the Los Angeles Angels and Kings for Fox Sports West/Bally Sports West from 2000, winning two LA Area Emmys, before leaving the Angels in 2026.
Patrick P. L. Tam
Patrick P. L. Tam, also known as Patrick Tam, is a Hong Kong-born developmental biologist in Sydney known for fate mapping the early mouse embryo.
Patrick Page
Patrick Page, birth name John Patrick Page, is an American stage and screen actor born in 1962, best known for playing villains on Broadway, including Hades in Hadestown.
Patrick Patterson (basketball)
Patrick Patterson (born 1989, Washington, D.C.), nicknamed 2Pat, is a retired NBA power forward, 14th pick of the 2010 draft from Kentucky, who played 11 seasons for Houston, Sacramento, Toronto, Oklahoma City, and the Clippers, averaging 6.7 points.
Patrick Pearse
Patrick Pearse (Pádraig Mac Piarais), 1879–1916, Irish teacher, poet, and revolutionary; founded St Enda's school, edited An Claidheamh Soluis, drafted and read the 1916 Proclamation, and was executed for the Easter Rising.
Patrick Peterson
Patrick Peterson (born 1990, Fort Lauderdale) is a former NFL cornerback, LSU Thorpe and Bednarik winner, drafted fifth overall in 2011 by Arizona; 8 Pro Bowls, 3 first-team All-Pro, retired a Cardinal after 13 seasons.
Patrick Picot
Patrick Picot (born 1951, Saint-Mandé, France) is a French épée fencer, Olympic team épée champion at Moscow 1980; also 1973 French épée champion and later French team selector and captain.
Patrick Pigneter
Patrick Pigneter (born 1987) is a retired Italian natural track luger from Vols am Schlern, South Tyrol; multiple overall World Cup winner in singles and doubles with Florian Clara, world and European champion, retired February 2025.
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (PPDA), born 1947 in Reims, French journalist and writer who anchored TF1's 20 Heures news from 1987 to 2008; author of about forty books including L'Irrésolu; under investigation since 2021 for rape and sexual assault, which he denies.
Patrick Queen
Patrick Queen is an American football linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, drafted 28th overall by the Baltimore Ravens out of LSU in 2020.
Patrick R. Wyrick
Patrick Robert Wyrick, born in 1981, is a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2019, previously an Oklahoma Supreme Court justice.
Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe, American investigative journalist and New Yorker staff writer since 2006; author of Say Nothing, Empire of Pain, The Snakehead, Rogues, and London Falling; NBCC, Orwell, and Baillie Gifford prize winner.
Patrick Reed
Patrick Reed, American golfer, 2018 Masters champion with nine PGA Tour wins; joined LIV Golf in 2022, filed defamation suits against Golf Channel and Brandel Chamblee, and left LIV in January 2026 to return to the PGA Tour.
Patrick Renna
Patrick Renna (born 1979, Boston) is an American actor famous as Hamilton "Ham" Porter in The Sandlot (1993), source of "You're killin' me, Smalls." Also known for Son in Law, The Big Green, Netflix's GLOW, and the Sandlot cast-reunion series Dugout Dads.
Patrick Roach
Patrick Roach is a Canadian actor best known for playing Randy, the shirtless assistant trailer park supervisor on the mockumentary series Trailer Park Boys since 2001.
Patrick Roberts
Patrick John Joseph Roberts (born 1997), English left-footed right winger; Fulham academy, £12m Manchester City 2015, six loans, Celtic titles, then Sunderland and Birmingham City.
Patrick Roest
Patrick Roest (born 1995, Lekkerkerk) is a Dutch long-track speed skater, three-time world allround champion, 2019 big-combination world record holder, Adelskalender leader since 2019, and four-time Olympic medalist without gold.
Patrick Rossignol
Patrick Rossignol (born 1969) is a French nephrologist, professor of therapeutics, and hypertension specialist who led the Nancy Inserm clinical investigation center before moving to Monaco in 2022.
Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss (born 1973, Madison, Wisconsin) is the American fantasy author of The Kingkiller Chronicle; The Name of the Wind (2007) and The Wise Man's Fear (2011) were bestsellers, while the third book, The Doors of Stone, remains unpublished, and he runs the charity Worldbuilders.