John Patterson
John Patterson may refer to:
Military
- John Patterson (Medal of Honor), Medal of Honor recipient
- John Henry Patterson (Medal of Honor), Medal of Honor recipient
- John Henry Patterson (author), Anglo-Irish soldier and writer
Politics
- John Patterson (Ohio congressman), U.S. congressman from Ohio
- John Patterson (Ohio state representative)
- John J. Patterson, U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1873–1879
- John M. Patterson, U.S. politician from Alabama
- John Paterson (New York politician), New York congressman
- John Patterson (Southern Maori politician), New Zealand Māori member of Parliament
- John Patterson (Auckland politician), Auckland city councillor, 1900–1903 and 1908–1911
- Jonathan Patterson, member of Missouri House of Representatives since 2018
- Robert John Patterson, Canadian politician
Sports
- John W. Patterson, nicknamed Pat, African American baseball player and team manager 1893–1907
- John Patterson (infielder), former Major League infielder
- John Patterson (pitcher), former Major League pitcher
- John Patterson (cricketer), English cricketer
- Red Patterson, former Major League pitcher
Other
- John Henry Patterson (NCR owner), founder of the National Cash Register Company
- John Patterson (meteorologist), director of the Canadian Meteorological Service
- John Thomas Patterson (geneticist), American geneticist and professor
- John H. Patterson (economist), American economist
- John Patterson (actor), actor in the 1937 film Hotel Haywire
- John Patterson (diplomat), US diplomat murdered in Mexico
- John Patterson (director), American film and television director
- John Richard Patterson, founder of the Dateline computer-dating company
- John Patterson (screenwriter), 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