Rochester

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Rochester may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 Persons (real and fictional) 3 Organizations

[edit] Places

• Rochester, New York, the largest city with the name Rochester.

Also:

in Australia:

• Rochester, Victoria

in the United Kingdom:

• Rochester, Kent, the original Rochester
• Bremenium, Hadrian's Wall fort at High Rochester
• The Diocese of Rochester, within the Church of England Province of Canterbury

in the United States (sorted by state):

• Rochester, Illinois
• Rochester, Indiana
• Rochester, Kentucky
• Rochester, Massachusetts
• Rochester, Michigan
• Rochester, Minnesota, home of the Mayo Clinic and second largest city in the U.S. called Rochester
• Rochester, New Hampshire
• Rochester, New York
• Rochester, Ulster County, New York
• Rochester, Ohio
• Rochester, Pennsylvania
• Rochester, Texas
• Rochester, Vermont
• Rochester, Washington
• Rochester, Wisconsin
• Rochester (town), Wisconsin

Similar place names include East Rochester, Rochester Hills, and Rochester Township.

[edit] Persons (real and fictional)

• Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, an actor who portrayed "Rochester Van Jones," on The Jack Benny Show, (he played the popular character in radio, television and motion pictures)
• Baron Rochester, a peerage title of the United Kingdom
• Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester
• John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
• Nathaniel Rochester (1752–1831)
• Paul Rochester (b. 1938), an American football player

In fiction:

• Mr. (Edward) Rochester, a character in the novel Jane Eyre

[edit] Organizations

• Rochester and Southern Railroad, in New York
• Rochester Institute of Technology, in New York
• Rochester Products Division of General Motors
• Rochester Red Wings, minor-league baseball team in Rochester, New York
• University of Rochester, in New York
• Rochester College, in Rochester Hills, Michigan