'''John Patterson''' may refer to:

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==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 *Jonathan Patterson, member of Missouri House of Representatives since 2018 *Robert John Patterson, Canadian politician

==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

==See also== *John Paterson (disambiguation) *John Henry Patterson (disambiguation) *Jack Patterson (disambiguation) {{hndis|Patterson, John}}