John Patten is the name of:
- John Patten (representative) (1746-1800), American soldier and politician from Delaware
- John Patten (British politician) (born 1945), British Conservative politician
- John Thomas Patten or Jack Patten (1905-1957), Australian Aboriginal activist and journalist
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or patten:
“Old men who never cheated, never doubted,
Communicated monthly, sit and stare
At the new suburb stretched beyond the run-way
Where a young man lands hatless from the air.”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)
“There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.”
—Chris Patten (b. 1944)