Patrick Gallagher (born William Patrick Gallagher, September 23, 1935, Ridgway, Pennsylvania), retired materials engineer in the metals and defense industries, poet, editor, web and book designer, and haiku society officer. Studied haiku with Kiyoko Tokutomi, cofounder of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, and participated in the HIA/HSA Tokyo Conference in 1997 and the 5th Haiku Pacific Rim Conference in California in 2012. President of the YTHS (2016–2018) and the Haiku Poets of Northern California (1996–1997). Lives in Anacortes, Washington.