John Patterson

John Patterson may refer to:

Military

 * John Patterson (Medal of Honor) (1838–1922), Medal of Honor recipient
 * John Henry Patterson (Medal of Honor) (1843–1920), Medal of Honor recipient
 * John Henry Patterson (author) (1867–1947), Anglo-Irish soldier and writer

Politics

 * John Patterson (Ohio congressman) (1771–1848), U.S. congressman from Ohio
 * John Patterson (Ohio state representative) (born 1956)
 * John J. Patterson (1830–1912), U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1873–1879
 * John M. Patterson (1921–2021), U.S. politician from Alabama
 * John Paterson (New York politician) (often spelled Patterson, 1744–1808), New York congressman
 * John Patterson (Southern Maori politician) (1821–1899), New Zealand Māori member of Parliament
 * John Patterson (Auckland politician) (1855–1923), Auckland city councillor, 1900–1903 and 1908–1911

Sports

 * John W. Patterson (1872–1940), nicknamed Pat, African American baseball player and team manager 1893–1907
 * John Patterson (infielder) (born 1967), former Major League infielder
 * John Patterson (pitcher) (born 1978), former Major League pitcher
 * John Patterson (cricketer) (1860–1943), English cricketer
 * Red Patterson (John William Patterson, born 1987), former Major League pitcher

Other

 * John Henry Patterson (NCR owner) (1844–1922), founder of the National Cash Register Company
 * John Patterson (meteorologist) (1872–1956), director of the Canadian Meteorological Service
 * John Thomas Patterson (geneticist) (1878–1960), American geneticist and professor
 * John H. Patterson (economist) (1905–?), American economist
 * John Patterson (actor) (fl. 1930s), actor in the 1937 film Hotel Haywire
 * John Patterson (diplomat) (died 1974), US diplomat murdered in Mexico
 * John Patterson (director) (1940–2005), American film and television director
 * John Richard Patterson (1945–1997), founder of the Dateline computer-dating company
 * John Patterson (screenwriter) (1949-2016), Australian screenwriter, lyricist, playwright and children's author
 * USCGC John Patterson (WPC-1153), the 53rd Sentinel-class cutter
 * John Patterson (USCG), namesake of a Sentinel-class cutter