Patrick or Paddy Ryan may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Patrick Earl Ryan
Patrick Earl Ryan (born in New Orleans) is the founder and editor in chief of Lodestar Quarterly. He is a winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
References
21st-century American short story writers
American magazine edi ...
, American author
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Patrick Ryan (English author)
Patrick Ryan (1916–1989) was an English author whose best-known work, the satirical war novel ''How I Won The War'', was made into a 1967 film of the same name directed by Richard Lester.
Biography
Patrick Ryan was born in Newport, on the ...
(1916–1989), English novelist
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Patrick Ryan (American author)
Patrick Eugene Ryan (born 1965) is an American novelist and short story writer. His books include short stories collections ''Send Me'' (2006) and ''The Dream Life of Astronauts'', as well as three novels for young adults: ''Saints of Augustine ...
(born 1965), American novelist and editor
Law and politics
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Patrick G. Ryan (1838–1906), Canadian leather manufacturer and politician in New Brunswick
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Patrick J. Ryan (New York judge) (1861–1940), American lawyer, politician, and judge
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Patrick Ryan (Irish politician)
Patrick Ryan (16 November 1898 – 21 January 1944), also known as Paddy Ryan Lacken, was an Irish nationalist and politician. He was born in Newport, County Tipperary.
Ryan became active in the Irish War of Independence in Limerick and Tippera ...
(1898–1944), Irish Sinn Féin politician from Tipperary
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Patrick D. Ryan (1920–2004), Irish politician, mayor of Galway
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Patrick W. Ryan (died 1993), Irish politician
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Patrick Kevin "Pat" Ryan (born 1982), American politician
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Patrick J. D. Ryan, member of the States of Jersey
Religion
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Patrick John Ryan
Patrick John Ryan (February 20, 1831 – February 11, 1911) was an Irish-born Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1884 until his death in 1911.
Early life and education
Patrick Ryan was born in Thurles, County Tippera ...
(1831–1911), Irish-American bishop
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Patrick J. Ryan (chaplain)
Patrick James Ryan (3 December 1902 – 5 June 1978) was an American Major general (United States), major general and Priesthood in the Catholic Church, Catholic priest who served as the 9th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 195 ...
(1902–1975), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Army
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Patrick Joseph Ryan
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Ryan (13 March 1904 – 18 January 1969), invariably referred to as Dr P. J. Ryan, was an Australian Catholic priest and anti-communist organiser.
Ryan was born in Albury, New South Wales in 1904 and ordained as a priest i ...
(1904–1969), Australian priest and anti-communist organizer
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Patrick Ryan (Irish priest)
Patrick Ryan (26 June 1930 – 15 June 2025) was an Irish Catholic priest and Provisional IRA arms supplier. He was laicised by the Pallottine Order in 1973.
In 1988, Ryan was accused of involvement in Provisional IRA activity, and was the subj ...
(1930–2025), Irish Catholic priest and IRA arms supplier
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Patrick Finbar Ryan
Patrick Finbar Ryan, TC, O.P., (1881–1975) was an Irish Dominican priest who served as Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad (1940–1966).
On 4 March 1881, Patrick Ryan was born in Rochestown, County Cork to Edward Ryan and Matilda Ryan. ...
(1881–1975), Irish priest; Archbishop of Port of Spain
Sports
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Paddy Ryan
Patrick Ryan (15 March 1851 – 14 December 1900) was an Irish American boxer, and became the bare-knuckle American heavyweight champion on 30 May 1880, after he won the title from Joe Goss. He retained the title until losing it to the excep ...
(1851–1900), Irish-American boxer
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Patrick Ryan (hammer thrower)
Patrick James Ryan (20 January 1883 – 13 February 1964) was an Irish American hammer thrower. He competed for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the hammer throw and a silver in the 56-pound weight throw. In ...
(1881–1964), U.S. Olympic athlete and New York City police officer
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Patrick Ryan (wheelchair rugby) (born 1981), Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby union player
See also
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Pat Ryan (disambiguation)
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