Rochester (surname)

Rochester is a surname, originally a locational surname derived from the town of

Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...

Kent, England Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ajay Rochester Ajay Rochester (born 1969 in Sydney) is an Australian actress, author and producer. She was the host of the Australian version of reality weight-loss television series ''The Biggest Loser'', for which she hosted a total of four series between 20 ...

(born 1969), Australian actress and author *

Anna Rochester Anna Rochester (March 30, 1880 — May 11, 1966) was an American labor reformer, journalist, political activist, and Communist. Although for several years an editor of the liberal monthly '' The World Tomorrow,'' Rochester is best remembered as a ...

(1880–1966), American labor researcher and Communist political activist *

George Rochester George Dixon Rochester, FRS (4 February 1908 – 26 December 2001) was a British physicist known for having co-discovered, with Sir Clifford Charles Butler, a subatomic particle called the kaon. Biography Rochester was born in Wallsend, the ...

(1908–2001), English physicist * John Rochester (disambiguation), several persons *

Nathaniel Rochester Nathaniel Rochester (February 21, 1752 – May 17, 1831) was an American American Revolution, Revolutionary War soldier, and Speculation, land speculator, most noted for founding the settlement which would become Rochester, New York. Early l ...

(1752–1831), American Revolutionary War soldier and land speculator, founder of Rochester, New York *

Nathaniel Rochester (computer scientist) Nathaniel Rochester (January 14, 1919 – June 8, 2001) was the chief architect of the IBM 701, the first mass produced scientific computer, and of the prototype of its first commercial version, the IBM 702. He wrote the first assembler an ...

(1919–2001), designed the IBM 701, wrote the first assembler and participated in the founding of the field of artificial intelligence *

Paul Rochester Paul "Rocky" Rochester (July 15, 1938 – June 7, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL). He played for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs (1960–1963) and the New ...

(1938–2020), American football player * Robert Rochester (c. 1494 – 1557), English Roman Catholic and employee of Queen Mary I *

Thomas H. Rochester Thomas Hart Rochester (September 23, 1797 – October 6, 1874) was the 6th son of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and the 6th mayor of Rochester, New York. Rochester was born in Hagerstown, Maryland and moved with his family to Dansville, New Yor ...

(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: *

Edward Rochester Edward Fairfax Rochester (often referred to as Mr Rochester) is a character in Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel ''Jane Eyre''. The brooding master of Thornfield Hall, Rochester is the employer and eventual husband of the novel's titular protagonist ...

, character in the novel ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...

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