# Patriot

A patriot is a person with the quality of patriotism.
Patriot(s) or The Patriot(s) may also refer to:

## Political and military groups
### United States

* Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution
* Patriot movement, a small-government or anti-government conservative movement in the United States
* Christian Patriot movement, a far-right conservative movement in the United States

### Elsewhere

* Patriot (company) (Russian: ЧВК «Патриот»), a Russian private military and security company
* Patriot Party (disambiguation), various parties
* Patriotten, a Dutch political faction in the 18th century
* Arbegnoch (lit. patriots), Ethiopian resistance fighters, 1939–1941
* Patriot Governments (Spanish American independence), those who supported independence in South America, 1808–1833
* The Patriots (France), a French eurosceptic political party
* Patriote movement, a political movement in Québec, Canada, during the 19th century
* Hunter Patriots, in the Canadian Rebellions of 1836–1841
* Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a political party in the region of Kurdistan
* Patriots for Europe, a group in the European Parliament

## Arts and media
### Film

* The Patriot (1928 film), biographical film about Paul I of Russia
* The Patriots, a 1933 Boris Barnet film known as Okraina in Russia
* Patriots (1937 film), German film
* The Patriot (1938 film), French historical drama film
* The Patriot (1953 film), Iranian drama film
* The Patriot (1986 film), action film directed by Frank Harris
* Patriots (1994 film), American film by Frank Kerr
* The Patriots (film), 1994 French film that starred Yvan Attal
* The Patriot (1998 film), Steven Seagal action film
* The Patriot (2000 film), film starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger
** The Patriot (soundtrack)
* A Patriot, a film by White Lantern Films cancelled in 2020, starring Eva Green

### TV series

* Patriot (TV series), a 2015 Amazon TV series
* The Patriots (TV series), 1962 Australian miniseries
* "The Patriot", episode 10 of season 4 of TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016-2017)

### Newspapers

* California Patriot, a conservative student magazine of the University of California, Berkeley
* The Lebanon Patriot, now defunct, published weekly in Lebanon, Ohio
* The Patriot Ledger, covering the south shore of Massachusetts
* The Patriot-News, serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area

### Books

* The Patriot, a 1939 novel by Pearl S. Buck
* Patriot: A Memoir, a 2024 posthumous memoir by Russian dissident Alexei Navalny
* Patriots (novel series), by James Wesley Rawles

### Plays

* The Patriot (play), a 1702 play by Charles Gildon
* The Patriots (play), a 1943 play by Sidney Kingsley
* Patriots (play), a 2022 play by Peter Morgan

### Other media

* Patriot (comics), comic book characters
* Patriot (video game), a 1993 strategy game about the Gulf War
* Patriot (Johnny Cash album), 1991 compilation
* Patriot (Tublatanka album), 2010 album
* Sirius XM Patriot, a conservative satellite radio network

## Companies

* Patriot Coal, a coal-mining company based in St. Louis, Missouri
* Patriot Memory, a Silicon Valley memory and computer accessory manufacturer
* Patriot Rail Company, an American short line railroad company

## Places

* Patriot, Indiana, a town in the United States
* Patriot, Ohio, a town in the United States
* Patriot Place, a shopping and entertainment center next to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass

## Sports

* The Patriot (wrestler) (1961–2021), ring name of American pro Del Wilkes
* Tom Brandi (born 1966), second professional wrestler to use the ring name "The Patriot"
* The Dark Patriot (born 1969), American professional wrestler Doug Gilbert
* The Patriots, a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Firebreaker Chip and Todd Champion

### Teams

* El Paso Patriots, a soccer team (USL Premier Development League), based in Texas
* Fayetteville Patriots, in the National Basketball Development League, based in North Carolina
* George Mason Patriots, in various sports, from George Mason University in Virginia
* Indonesia Patriots, nickname for the country's national basketball team
* New England Patriots, American football, in the National Football League and based in Massachusetts
* Ozark Patriots, a baseball team based in Alabama
* Somerset Patriots, a minor league baseball team based in Bridgewater, New Jersey
* Patriots Jet Team, a civilian aerobatic formation team in the United States
* Patriotas F.C., a soccer team of the Categoría Primera A, based in Colombia
* Patriot Candrabhaga F.C., an Indonesian football club based in Bekasi, West Java

### Other uses in sport

* Patriot League, a college athletic conference in northeastern United States
* Patriot Stadium, a soccer stadium in El Paso, Texas
* Patriot Stadium (Indonesia), a soccer stadium in Bekasi, Indonesia

## Vehicles

* Patriot (fireboat), a fireboat operated by Tampa, Florida
* USS Patriot (MCM-7), a U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ship launched in 1990
* LMS Patriot Class, a class of express passenger steam locomotive
* Jeep Patriot, a compact SUV manufactured by FiatChrysler
* UAZ Patriot, a mid-sized SUV manufactured by UAZ

## Other uses

* MIM-104 Patriot, a surface-to-air missile system
* Patriot (Worlds of Fun), a roller coaster
* Patriot (California's Great America), a roller coaster