Patrick O. O'Meara (7 January 1938^[1][2] – 30 March 2021) was a South African-born author of Rhodesia: Racial Conflict or Co-Existence?, Southern Africa in Crisis (co-editor, Gwendolen M. Carter), and Africa (co-editor, Phyllis Martin).

O’Meara was a professor of political science and vice president emeritus of Indiana University.

• Rhodesia: Racial Conflict or Co-Existence? (1975), Ithaca and London Cornell University Press, ASIN: B000P74RUC
• Southern Africa in Crisis (1977), co-editor, Gwendolen M. Carter, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253353998
• Africa (1977), co-editor, Phyllis Martin, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253209846
• Southern Africa: The Continuing Crisis (A Midland Book), 1979, co-editor, Gwendolen M. Carter, ISBN 0253202264
• International Politics in Southern Africa (A Midland Book), 1982, co-editor, Gwendolen M. Carter, ISBN 0253342856
• Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century 2000, Indiana University Press, ISBN 025321355X
• Changing Perspectives on International Education, 2001, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253338166

• John W. Ryan Award for International Programs, 1993
• Thomas Hart Benton Medallion, 1994
• Indiana University President's Medal for Excellence, 2011
• Golden Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

• O. Timothy O'Meara (brother)

• NPR, Indiana Public Media Profiles
• IMDb, Strong Medicine Consultant
• Inside Indiana Business
• Indiana University President's Medal for Excellence
• Indiana University News Room