George Patterson (advertiser)

George Patterson
Born24 August 1890
South Melbourne
Died19 December 1968 (aged 78)
Woollahra, Sydney
NationalityAustralian
OccupationAdvertising entrepreneur
Known forAgency founder
George Patterson Bates

George Herbert Patterson (1890–1968) was a pioneering Australian advertising executive who established an agency group that dominated the Australian advertising industry throughout much of the 20th century. His eponymous agency was the largest in the country from the 1930s until the 1980s. Patterson was chairman of the agency from 1934 until 1954.