Rensselaer
Rensselaer is the name of an American family of Dutch origin, the most famous member of which is Stephen Van Rensselaer III. was. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is named after the latter .
The following places in the USA are called Rensselaer:
- Rensselaer County , New York State,
- Rensselaer (New York) , a city in the county of the same name,
- Rensselaer (Indiana)
- Rensselaer, Missouri
Rensselaer is the name of the following people:
- Alexander Van Rensselaer (1850–1933), American tennis player, sponsor of Princeton and Drexel University
- Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810–1864), American politician
- Jacob R. Van Rensselaer (1767–1835), American lawyer and politician
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738–1810), American politician
- Jeremias van Rensselaer , doctor, member of the Leopoldina since 1826
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1585–1643), Dutch diamond dealer
- Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763–1845), American lawyer and politician
- Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774-1852), American politician
- Stephen Van Rensselaer III. (1764–1839), American politician, general, landowner, and philanthropist
