Rochester - People

People

  • Ajay Rochester (born 1969), Australian actress and author
  • 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

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