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Patrick Testin

Patrick Testin, born in 1988, is an American Republican politician representing Wisconsin's 24th Senate District since 2016 and serving as Senate President pro tempore since 2021.

Patrick Thaddeus

Patrick Thaddeus (1932–2017) was an American astronomer and molecular spectroscopist, a founder of astrochemistry who worked at Columbia and then Harvard, discovering many interstellar molecules.

Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton (1920-1987), English character actor, the second Doctor in Doctor Who (1966-1969, returns 1973, 1983, 1985); also television's first Robin Hood and the priest in The Omen.

Patrick Unwin

Patrick Unwin is a British electrochemist at the University of Warwick who invented scanning electrochemical cell microscopy and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024.

Patrick Vallance

Patrick Vallance (Lord Vallance) is a British physician and former GSK R&D president who was UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser 2018-2023, co-chaired SAGE during COVID-19, testified to the Covid-19 Inquiry, and later served as science minister.

Patrick van Aanholt

Patrick John Miguel van Aanholt (born 1990, Den Bosch) is a Dutch left-back with 19 Netherlands caps; played for Chelsea, Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Galatasaray, PSV, and Sparta Rotterdam.

Patrick Velte

Patrick Velte (born 1980 in Winsen, Germany) is an economist and professor of Accounting, Auditing & Corporate Governance at Leuphana University Lüneburg, researching sustainability reporting and assurance.

Patrick Vieira

Patrick Vieira, born 1976 in Dakar, is a French midfielder-turned-manager: 107 France caps, 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winner, Arsenal captain of the Invincibles; later coached NYCFC, Nice, Crystal Palace, Strasbourg, Genoa, and now Senegal.

Patrick Vinton Kirch

Patrick Vinton Kirch is an American historical anthropologist and Oceanic archaeologist, a UC Berkeley emeritus professor who has studied the deep-time history of Pacific peoples, especially in Polynesia and Hawaiʻi.

Patrick Voss

Patrick Voss (born 2003) is an AFL key forward for Fremantle, nicknamed the Prancing Pony. Delisted by Essendon without a senior game, he kicked 37 goals in 2025 and 49 in 2026.

Patrick W. Mantyh

Patrick W. Mantyh is a neuroscientist and pharmacologist at the University of Arizona who built the first animal model of bone cancer pain and showed in 2000 that osteoprotegerin blocks it.

Patrick W. Serruys

Patrick W. Serruys, also known as Patrick Serruys, is a Belgian interventional cardiologist who introduced coronary stenting in the Netherlands in 1986 and led the ABSORB bioresorbable scaffold program.

Patrick Warburton

Patrick Warburton (born 1964, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American actor known for David Puddy on Seinfeld, Jeff Bingham on Rules of Engagement, The Tick, and voice roles as Kronk, Joe Swanson, Brock Samson, Buzz Lightyear, and Lemony Snicket.

Patrick Watson (musician)

Patrick Watson (born 1979, Lancaster, California) is a Montreal-based Canadian chamber-pop singer-songwriter, pianist, and film composer whose band, also named Patrick Watson, won the 2007 Polaris Music Prize for Close to Paradise; known for To Build a Home and Je te laisserai des mots.

Patrick Wayne

Patrick Wayne (born Patrick John Morrison, July 15, 1939) is an American actor, second son of John Wayne; over 40 films including Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, later chairman of the John Wayne Cancer Institute.

Patrick Welsh (private equity investor)

Patrick J. Welsh is an American private equity investor who co-founded the New York firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in 1979, after serving as President of Citicorp Venture Capital.

Patrick White

Patrick White (1912–1990), Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel laureate in Literature, the first and only Australian to win it; author of Voss, The Tree of Man, Riders in the Chariot, and Flaws in the Glass.

Patrick White: A Life

Patrick White: A Life is a 727-page 1991 biography of the Australian novelist and Nobel laureate Patrick White by journalist David Marr, published by Random House Australia.

Patrick Whitesell

Patrick Whitesell (born 1965) is an American talent agent and media executive, co-founder of WME and former executive chairman of Endeavor, now founder of WIN Sports Group and the Silver Lake-backed investment firm WTSL.

Patrick Willems (filmmaker)

Patrick Willems, American filmmaker and video essayist in Brooklyn, runs the YouTube channel Patrick (H) Willems; directed Night of the Coconut (2022) and Power Trip (2026), Oberlin Cinema Studies graduate.

Patrick Williams (basketball)

Patrick Williams (born 2001) is an NBA forward for the Chicago Bulls, drafted fourth overall in 2020 from Florida State, ACC Sixth Man of the Year, NBA All-Rookie Second Team, career 9.7 ppg.

Patrick Willis

Patrick Willis (born 1985, Bruceton, TN) is a former NFL linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers (2007-2014), a 7-time Pro Bowler, 5-time first-team All-Pro, 2007 Defensive Rookie of the Year, and Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 inductee.

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson, American actor and singer born 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia; Tony-nominated Broadway performer (The Full Monty, Oklahoma!), Emmy-nominated for Angels in America, horror-film lead in Insidious and The Conjuring, director of Insidious: The Red Door.

Patrick Windhorst

Patrick Windhorst is an American Republican politician, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 117th district since 2019 and the House Republican Floor Leader.

Patrick Winston

Patrick Henry Winston (1943–2019) was an American computer scientist who directed the MIT AI Laboratory for 25 years and wrote a widely used textbook on artificial intelligence.

Patrick Wymark

Patrick Wymark (Patrick Carl Cheeseman, 1926-1970), English Shakespearean stage actor and ITV star as ruthless tycoon John Wilder in The Plane Makers and The Power Game; films included Repulsion, Where Eagles Dare, and Cromwell.

Patrick Y. Wen

Patrick Y. Wen, also known as Patrick Wen, is a neuro-oncologist who directs the Neuro-Oncology Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital and is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Patrick Zabi

Patrick Zabi Eloge Gueu (born 2006, Yopougon) is an Ivorian midfielder who rose from Ivoire FC academy to Stade de Reims, then joined Paris FC in 2026 for a reported €25 million fee.

Patrick Zalupski

Patrick Zalupski is an American homebuilding executive who founded Dream Finders Homes in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2008 and led the 2025 purchase of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Patrik Andersson

Patrik Jonas Andersson, Swedish centre back born 1971 in Borgeby; played for Malmö FF, Gladbach, Bayern (Champions League 2001), Barcelona; about 96 Sweden caps, 1994 World Cup bronze.