Patočka is a Czech family name:
František Patočka (1904, Turnov – 1985, Prague), Czech physician, microbiologist, serologist
František Patočka (sculptor) (1927, Sečovce – 2002), Slovak sculptor (sk)
Jan Patočka (1907–1977), one of the most important contributors to Czech philosophical phenomenology, and spokesman of the Charter 77 Human rights movement
Jürgen Patocka (born 1977), Austrian football player
