Rochester (surname)
Rochester is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ajay Rochester (born 1969), Australian actress and author
- Anna Rochester (1880-1966), American labor researcher and Communist political activist
- George Rochester (1908–2001), English physicist
- John Rochester (disambiguation), several persons
- Nathaniel Rochester (1752–1831), American Revolutionary War soldier and land speculator, founder of Rochester, New York
- Nathaniel Rochester (computer scientist) (1919–2001), designed the IBM 701, wrote the first assembler and participated in the founding of the field of artificial intelligence
- Paul Rochester (born 1938), American football player
- Robert Rochester (c. 1494 – 1557), English Roman Catholic and employee of Queen Mary I
- Thomas H. Rochester (1797–1874), the 6th son of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and the 6th mayor of Rochester
- William B. Rochester (1789–1838), American lawyer and politician from New York
Fictional characters:
- Mr. (Edward) Rochester, character in the novel Jane Eyre
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