List of Patriots (American Revolution)

Patriots were colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution. Many Patriots served in multiple capacities.

Statesmen and office holders

 * John Adams
 * Ethan Allen
 * John Dickinson
 * Benjamin Franklin
 * Alexander Hamilton
 * John Hancock
 * John Jay
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * Benjamin Kent
 * Richard Henry Lee
 * James Madison
 * William Paca
 * Jonathan Shipley

Businessmen and writers

 * Samuel Adams
 * Ethan Allen
 * John Ames
 * Alexander Hamilton
 * Patrick Henry
 * Timothy Matlack
 * Philip Mazzei
 * William Molineux
 * James Otis Jr.
 * Thomas Paine
 * Molly Pitcher
 * Samuel Prescott
 * Paul Revere
 * Roger Sherman
 * Elkanah Watson

Military officers

 * Daniel Boone
 * Peter Francisco
 * John Gano
 * Nathanael Greene
 * Nathan Hale
 * Elijah Isaacs
 * John Paul Jones
 * Marquis de Lafayette
 * Charles Lee
 * Benjamin Loxley
 * Francis Marion
 * Daniel Morgan
 * Andrew Pickens
 * John Parker
 * Israel Putnam
 * Daniel Shays
 * Arthur St. Clair
 * Thomas Sumter
 * James Mitchell Varnum
 * Joseph Bradley Varnum
 * Francis Vigo
 * Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
 * George Washington
 * Anthony Wayne

African-American Patriots

 * Crispus Attucks
 * William Flora
 * James Armistead Lafayette
 * Saul Matthews
 * Salem Poor
 * Peter Salem
 * Jack Sisson
 * Prince Whipple