Famous People with Name Paterson

Paterson Ewen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paterson Ewen: was an important Canadian painter, born in 1925 in Montreal, Quebec. He attended McGill University from 1946-47 where he studied geology, and fine arts with John Goodwin Lyman. From 1948-50 he took classes at the School of Art and Design at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, studying under Goodridge Roberts, Arthur Lismer, William Armstrong, and Jacques de Tonnancour.His earliest works of the late 1940s reveal a range of interests and, particularly, the influence of Goodridge Roberts. By the mid 1950s, he had begun a 16-year exploration of abstraction, at first with gestural and then, by 1964, with geometric forms loosely related to hard-edge painting. While in Montreal, he was tangentially connected to the artists of the Automatiste movement (see Jean-Paul Riopelle and Paul-Émile Borduas), and became a member of the Non-Figurative Artists' Association of Montreal, founded in 1956.

James Douglas Paterson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

James Douglas Paterson: is a native New Zealand rugby union player, although he has dual United States and New Zealand citizenship due to his mother Deanna being a US citizen. Paterson currently plays provincial rugby for Southland, and has just completed his first season of Sup

Michael Paterson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Michael Paterson: is a rugby union player for the Cardiff Blues in the Magners League competition. He plays as a lock or blindside flanker. Paterson has represented the New Zealand under 21s but is yet to gain a cap for the All Blacks. Before moving to Cardiff, Paterson wa

Cory Paterson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Cory Paterson: is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for Newcastle Knights of the NRL. His usual position is in the second-row. Paterson attended St Francis Xavier College, Hamilton and in 2005 represented Australia at schoolboy level. He is the 3rd back

Thomas Paterson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Thomas Paterson: was an Australian farmer and politician.Paterson joined the Victorian Farmers' Union in 1916, became its president in March 1922 and in November 1922 chaired a conference that led to the creation of the Victorian Country Party. He stood unsuccessfully for

Alexander Paterson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Alexander Paterson: was an independent member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Capricornia, Queensland.On 15 June 1901, during the first parliament of the Commonwealth, the Immigration Restriction Bill 1901 was introduced, defined as A