People
- Paddy Ashdown (born 1941), British politician and diplomat
- Paddy Barnes (born 1987), Irish amateur boxer
- Paddy Belton (1926-1987), Irish politician
- Paddy Bradley (born 1981), Gaelic footballer from Northern Ireland
- Paddy Buckley (1925-2008), Scottish footballer
- Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981), American playwright, screenwriter and novelist
- Patrick Clancy (1922-1998), Irish folk singer
- Paddy Considine (born 1973), English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician
- Paddy Corrigan (born 1962), Irish retired hurling player
- Paddy Cullen, Irish former football goalkeeper and manager
- Paddy Daly (1888–1957), member of the Irish Republican Army and major-general in the Irish National Army
- Paddy Doherty (disambiguation), several people
- Paddy Donegan (1923-2000), Irish politician
- Paddy Driscoll (1896-1968), American football quarterback in both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame
- Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011), British author, scholar and Second World War soldier
- Paddy George, New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s
- Paddy Glackin (born 1954), Irish fiddler
- Paddy Gormley (1916-2001), Irish politician
- Paddy Harrington (1933–2005), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Paddy Harte (born 1931), Irish retired politician
- Paddy Henderson (footballer) (born 1938), Irish football goalkeeper
- Paddy Keenan (born 1950), Irish player of the uilleann pipes
- Paddy Kennedy (disambiguation), various people
- Paddy Kenny (born 1978), Premier League football goalkeeper
- Paddy Larkin, Irish hurling player of the 1930s and 1940s
- Paddy Mayne (1915-1955), British Army lieutenant colonel and founder of the elite Special Air Service, solicitor and Irish rugby union international
- Paddy McAloon (born 1957), English singer, songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout
- Paddy McCarthy (born 1983), Irish footballer
- Paddy McCourt (born 1983), Northern Irish footballer
- Paddy McGuinness (born 1973), English sit-down comedian, actor, television personality and presenter
- Paddy Moloney (born 1938), founder and leader of the Irish musical group The Chieftains
- Paddy Moore (1909-1951), Irish footballer
- Paddy Mullins (1919–2010), Irish racehorse trainer
- Paddy O'Brien (disambiguation), several people
- Paddy O'Kane, Irish footballer during the 1920s and 1930s
- Paddy O'Keeffe (1864-?), Irish hurler
- Paddy Reilly (disambiguation), various people
- Paddy Ryan (1851-1900), Irish American boxer and world heavyweight champion (1880-1882)
- Paddy Tuimavave, former rugby league player who represented New Zealand and Western Samoa
- Paddy Wallace (born 1979), Irish rugby union footballer
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“There are people who would never have been in love, had they never heard love spoken of.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“What’s important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises.... The people have always lived on hope alone.”
—Hermann Broch (1886–1951)
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—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)