David Patterson may refer to: David Patterson (computer scientist) (born 1947), American professor of computer science at UC Berkeley Dave Patterson (born 1956), American baseball player David Patterson (guitarist) (born 1966), American guitarist who was a founding member of the New World Guitar Trio David Patterson (American football) (born 1985), defensive lineman for the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Atlanta Falcons David J. Patterson (born 1950), Irish biologist David P. Patterson (c.1840–1879), director of New Jersey and New York Railroad, and a town father of Hillsdale, New Jersey David T. Patterson (1818–1891), American politician; Democrat from Tennessee; in U.S. Senate 1866–69 David Allen Patterson, professor, researcher, author and Native American advocate David Patterson (historian), who mainly researches the Holocaust, Jewish thought, and antisemitism See also 46053 Davidpatterson, asteroid named after American amateur astronomer David Paterson (born 1954), 55th governor of New York, 2008–2010 David Paterson (disambiguation) David Peterson (born 1943), twentieth premier of Ontario, 1985–1990 David Patterson Dyer (1838–1924), American politician; Republican from Missouri; in U.S. Congress 1869–71 David Patterson Ellerman (born 1943), a philosopher and author