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Paddy is a diminutive form of the male given names Patrick, Patricia, Padraig, Padraic and variant forms. It is also a nickname. Notable people include: Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician and diplomat; Paddy Barnes (born 1987), Irish amateur boxer; Paddy Baumann (1885–1969), American baseball player; Paddy Belton (1926–87 ...
Paddy (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname; A nickname or slur for an Irish person; Birds. Paddy (pigeon), a Second World War carrier pigeon;
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon [a] (27 February 1941 – 22 December 2018), better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999.
Patrick Joseph McGuinness (born 14 August 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, broadcaster and presenter. He rose to fame with the help of fellow comedian Peter Kay, who invited him to appear on the television comedy series That Peter Kay Thing (2000), and the sitcoms Phoenix Nights (2000–2001) and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004).
Many chose a name based on some geographical feature associated with their residence or occupation, and as nearly three-fourths of the population were farmers, many made family names using ta. Some common examples are Tanaka ( 田中 ), literally meaning "in the paddy field;" Nakata ( 中田 ), "middle paddy field;" Kawada (川田), "river ...
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (/ ˌ tʃ aɪ ˈ (j) ɛ f s k i /; January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays.
The name is often anglicised as its English language equivalent Patrick or phonetically, e.g. Pauric. Diminutives include Páidín , Páidí (both anglicised as 'Paudeen' and ' Paddy ', respectively), and the feminine equivalent Pádraigín ( little Patrick ), which was originally an exclusively masculine name before later being viewed as the ...
McAloon released the spoken word/instrumental album I Trawl the Megahertz (UK No. 54), under his own name, in 2003 on the EMI subsidiary company Liberty Records. [ 17 ] [ deprecated source ] After losing his eyesight — now somewhat restored — he listened to CB radio and call-in talk shows and found inspiration for the album. [ 4 ]