Patron (disambiguation)

A patron is a person or organization that supports another.

The act of providing supportive patronage so as to positively patronise a person or organisation is not to be confused with negative usages of the verb - to patronise.

Patron or Patrón may also refer to:

Common uses

• Patron, a customer
• Patron, a Patreon subscriber
• Patron god
• Patron saint

People

• Pablo Escobar, nicknamed “El Patrón”
• Patricio Patrón Laviada (born 1957), Mexican politician who served as Governor of Yucatán
• Elena Patron, Filipino scriptwriter, novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, and magazine columnist
• Giselle Patrón (born 1987), Peruvian model and actress

Arts, entertainment, and media

• El Patrón (album), album by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito El Bambino
• Purp & Patron, two mixtapes and the first double disc mixtape by rapper Game

Brands and enterprises

• Patrón, a brand of tequila
• Pizza Patrón, a United States pizza chain

See also

• Advowson, by which in the Church of England the patron of a benefice has the right to nominate a parish priest to fill a vacancy
• Ius patronatus, a right of patronage in the Roman Catholic Church
• Patronage (transportation)
• Patronage in ancient Rome for the patron (patronus) in Roman society
• Pattern, type of theme of recurring events or objects