Rochester is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ajay Rochester (born 1969), Australian actress and author
Anna Rochester (1880-1966), American labor researcher and Communist political activist
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
Fictional characters:
Mr. (Edward) Rochester, character in the novel Jane Eyre
