Rensselaer
Rensselaer, a surname, may refer to:
Places
The Rensselaer Family
- see also Category:Rensselaer family
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (before 1596 – after 1643), Dutch founder of the only successful patroonship in the New Netherland colony, Rensselaerswyck
- Johan van Rensselaer (1625-1662), second patroon, eldest son of Kiliaen
- Jeremias Van Rensselaer (1632-1674), thrid patroo, son of Kiliaen
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (fourth patroon of Rensselaerswyck) (?-1687) Son of Johan van Rensselaer
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (fifth patroon of Rensselaerswyck) (1663-1719)
- Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667-1740)
- Jeremias van Rensselaer (sixth patroon of Rensselaerswyck) (1705-1743)
- Stephen van Rensselaer I (1707-1747)
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810), a United States Representative and New York politician (father of Solomon, great-great-grandson of Kiliaen).
- Robert Van Rensselaer (1740-1802), New York militia officer during the American Revolutionary War.
- Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742-1769), son of Stephen van Rensselaer I
- Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774-1852)
- Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763-1845), a lawyer and U.S. Representative from New York (cousin to Jeremiah, uncle of Solomon, great-great-grandson of Kiliaen)
- Robert Van Rensselaer, a General in the American Revolutionary War.
- Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764-1839), founder of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a U.S. Representative from New York (great-great-great-grandson of Kiliaen)
- Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774-1852), a U.S. Representative from New York and lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812 (son of Jeremiah, nephew of Killian)
- Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851), a U.S. Representative from New York (half-brother of Stephen Van Rensselaer III)
- Henry Van Rensselaer (1810-1864), a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and a U.S. Representative from the state of New York (son of Stephen)
- Van Rensselaer Richmond (b. 1812), NYS Engineer and Surveyor 1858-1861 and 1868-1871