Patchen may refer to:
People Patchen Markell (born 1969), academic in political science Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972), American poet and novelist Miriam Patchen (1914–2000), wife and muse of Kenneth Patchen
Other uses Joe Patchen (1889–1917), Standardbred racehorse Patchen, California, a ghost town in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California Patchen Pass, a mountain pass in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California
See also Panchen, in Tibetan Buddhism