Rensselaer
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'''Rensselaer''', a surname, may refer to:
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====Places====
*[[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], a university in Troy, New York
*[[Rensselaer County, New York]]
*[[Rensselaer, Indiana]]
*[[Rensselaer, Missouri]]
*[[Rensselaer, New York]]
*[[Rensselaer Falls, New York]], farther north than the other Rensselaers in New York
====People====
* [[Kiliaen van Rensselaer]] (1585–1643), Dutch founder of the only successful patroonship in the New Netherland colony, Rensselaerwyck
* [[Jeremias Van Rensselaer]] (1632-1674), son of Kiliaen
* [[Jeremiah Van Rensselaer]] (1738–1810), a United States Representative and New York politician (father of Solomon, great-great-grandson of Kiliaen).
* [[Killian Van Rensselaer]] (1763–1845), a lawyer and U.S. Representative from New York (cousin to Jeremiah, uncle of Solomon, 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)
* [[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).
* [[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)
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