List of Patriots (American Revolution)

Patriots were colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution. Many Patriots served in multiple capacities.

Statesmen and office holders

• John Adams
• Ethan Allen
• John Dickinson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Alexander Hamilton
• John Hancock
• John Jay
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Kent
• Richard Henry Lee
• James Madison
• William Paca
• Jonathan Shipley

Businessmen and writers

• Samuel Adams
• Ethan Allen
• John Ames
• Alexander Hamilton
• Patrick Henry
• Timothy Matlack
• Filippo Mazzei
• William Molineux
• James Otis Jr.
• Thomas Paine
• Molly Pitcher
• Samuel Prescott
• Paul Revere
• Roger Sherman
• Elkanah Watson
• Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Military officers

See also: List of military leaders in the American Revolutionary War

• Daniel Boone
• Peter Francisco
• John Gano
• Nathanael Greene
• Nathan Hale
• Elijah Isaacs
• John Paul Jones
• Henry Knox
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Charles Lee
• Benjamin Loxley
• Francis Marion
• Daniel Morgan
• Andrew Pickens
• John Parker
• Israel Putnam
• Daniel Shays
• Israel Shreve
• Arthur St. Clair
• Thomas Sumter
• James Mitchell Varnum
• Joseph Bradley Varnum
• Francis Vigo
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
• George Washington
• Anthony Wayne

African-American Patriots

See also: African Americans in the Revolutionary War

• Crispus Attucks
• William Flora
• James Armistead Lafayette
• Saul Matthews
• Salem Poor
• Peter Salem
• Jack Sisson
• Prince Whipple