Rensselaer

Rensselaer, or Van Rensselaer may refer to any one of the following:

Places

• Rensselaer County, New York, the oldest Rensselaer place name
• Rensselaer, Indiana
• Rensselaer, Missouri
• Rensselaer, New York
• Rensselaer Falls, New York
• Rensselaerville, New York
• Manor of Rensselaerswyck, the Van Rensselaer family's estate

People

Surname

• Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740)
• Henry Van Rensselaer (1810–1864), Union Army general and U.S. Congressman from New York
• Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738–1810), U.S. Congressman from New York and NY Lt. Gov.
• Jeremias van Rensselaer (1632–1674), third patroon
• Jeremias van Rensselaer (sixth patroon of Rensselaerswyck) (1705–1743)
• Johan van Rensselaer (1625–1662), second patroon
• Kiliaen van Rensselaer (merchant) (before 1596 – after 1643), Dutch founder of the patroonship of Rensselaerswyck
• Kiliaen van Rensselaer (fourth patroon of Rensselaerswyck) (?-1687)
• Kiliaen van Rensselaer (fifth patroon of Rensselaerswyck) (1663–1719)
• Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763–1845), U.S. Congressman from New York
• Robert Van Rensselaer (1740–1802), New York politician
• Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774–1852), U.S. congressman from New York
• Stephen van Rensselaer I (1707–1747)
• Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742–1769), son of Stephen van Rensselaer I
• Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764–1839), U.S. Congressman from New York and NY Lt. Gov.

First name

• Rensselaer Westerlo (1776–1851), U.S. Congressman from New York
• Van Rensselaer Richmond (b. 1812), NYS Engineer and Surveyor

Fictional characters

• Bret Rensselaer, an American-born, British spy in the Bernard Samson novels by Len Deighton

Other

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a university in Troy, New York