Famous People with Name Patrick

Patrick J. Ballantine            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Patrick J. Ballantine: an attorney from Wilmington, North Carolina, was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, rising to become the Senate Minority Leader and the Republican Party's nominee for Governor in 2004.

Patrick Neil Webber            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Patrick Neil Webber: is a former provincial level politician and cabinet minister from Alberta, Canada.Webber was re-elected to his second term in office with a landslide majority in the 1979 Alberta general election. He defeated four other candidates winning well over 70% of the popular vote. Webber won his third term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election. In this election he defeated four other candidates winning the highest popular vote of his political career.

Patrick Joseph (Joe) Flynn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Patrick Joseph (Joe) Flynn: was an Irish-born Canadian politician. He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament representing Kitchener, Ontario from 1974 until 1979. His younger brother Dennis Flynn was also active in Canadian politics. In early 1974 he won the nomination of the Kitchener Center Liberal Party to run as their candidate for Member of Parliament in the July 8th general election. He soundly defeated Progressive Conservative candidate, Mr. Barney Lawrence by more than 5,000 votes. During his term in the House of Commons, Mr. Flynn went onto to serve on a number of House committees rising to Chair the Veterans Affairs Committee. In September 1978 he suffered a near-fatal aortic aneurysm while a patient in the National Defence Medical Centre in Ottawa. In May 1979 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau recommended to the Governor General Ed Schreyer that he be appointed to the Canadian Pension Commission for a 10-year period. Due to health reasons, Mr. Flynn retired from the Commission in 1983 and returned to Kitchener for his retirement.

Patrick "Pat" Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Patrick "Pat" Martin: is a Canadian politician. He has been a member of the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, representing the riding of Winnipeg Centre for the New Democratic Party. Martin was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 federal election, defeating Liberal incumbent David Walker by a margin of 10,979 votes to 9,895. His riding of Winnipeg Centre, formerly known as Winnipeg North Centre, was successively represented from 1921 to 1984 by J.S. Woodsworth and Stanley Knowles, two of the most prominent social democratic politicians in Canadian history. Martin's victory over Walker returned the riding to the NDP for the first time since 1988. Martin was re-elected in the 2000 federal election, defeating Liberal Kevin Lamoureux by 11,263 votes to 9,310. He increased his margin of victory in the 2004 election, defeating Liberal candidate David Northcott by about 3,000 votes.

Patrick J. Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Patrick J. Scott: was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1872 to 1882, from 1885 to 1889 and from 1894 to 1897. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1889 and in 1893 and in a 1890 by-election in St. John's East. He was elected again in an 1894 by-election held after several Liberals elected in 1893 were forced to resign. Scott was named to the Executive Council as receiver general in 1894. He was defeated when he chose to run in Placentia and St. Mary's in the 1897 general election. He died in St. John's of heart failure at the age of 50.

Tara Leigh Patrick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tara Leigh Patrick: is an American glamour model, television personality, and entertainer. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, and on the TV series Baywatch, and has since become recognizable for her roles in the parody

Myles Patrick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Myles Patrick: is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'8" forward from Auburn University, Patrick played one season (1980-81) in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers. He averaged 1.7 points per game.[1] He has recently worked as a midnight basketball coordinator in his hometown of Macon.[2]

Ruth Myrtle Patrick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ruth Myrtle Patrick: is a botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology, who developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems and established a number of research facilities. She attended the Sunset Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri, graduating in 1925. She earned her PhD at the University of Virginia in 1934.

Deval Laurdine Patrick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Deval Laurdine Patrick: Patrick was born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where his family resided in a two-bedroom tenement. In 1959, his father Laurdine "Pat" Patrick, a member of jazz musician Sun Ra's band, left his wife Emily (née Mae Wintersmith), son Deval, and daughter Rhonda (a year Deval's senior) in order to play music in New York City and because he had fathered a daughter by another woman. Deval had a strained relationship with his father

Danica Sue Patrick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Danica Sue Patrick: Faris decided to become an actor at the age of 17. He began his acting and modeling career in Cleveland at Barbizon, and later moved to the International Model and Talent Association with Stone Model & Talent. Three weeks after high school graduation, Faris and his best friend moved to California. Faris was cast in the role of Danny's gunner in Michael Bay's blockbuster war film Pearl Harbor alongside well-known stars Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett. It was this role that started his Hollywood career.