Paterson may refer to: People Paterson (surname) Paterson (given name) Places Australia Paterson, New South Wales Paterson River, New South Wales Division of Paterson, an electoral district in New South Wales Paterson, Queensland, a locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland Electoral division of Paterson, an electoral district in Tasmania United States Paterson, New Jersey Paterson, Washington Elsewhere Mount Paterson (Antarctica) Mount Paterson, South Georgia Paterson, Eastern Cape, South Africa Paterson Inlet, New Zealand Paterson Island, a sandspit off of Morrich More, Scotland Paterson Street, Hong Kong Other uses Paterson (automobile), a car built by the W. A. Paterson Company from 1909-23 Paterson (film), a 2016 drama starring Adam Driver Paterson (poem), by American poet William Carlos Williams Colt Paterson, the first revolver See also Patterson (disambiguation) Pattison (disambiguation) Petterson