Rossiter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brian Rossiter, whose death led to an investigation with the Irish state paying damages to his family *

Clinton Rossiter Clinton Lawrence Rossiter III (September 18, 1917 – July 11, 1970) was an American historian and political scientist at Cornell University (1947-1970) who wrote ''The American Presidency'', among 20 other books, and won both the Bancroft Prize ...

, historian, political scientist and author *

Edward Rossiter Sir Edward Rossiter (1 January 1618 – 9 January 1669) was an English landowner, soldier and politician from Lincolnshire. He fought with the Parliamentarian army in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and sat as an MP at various times between 1 ...

, a soldier in the Parliamentarian army * H. Rossiter, a football player *

James Rossiter James Stuart Rossiter (born 25 August 1983) is a British former professional racing driver, British motorsport executive and former team principal of Maserati MSG Racing in Formula E. He was a test driver for British American Racing, BAR, Hon ...

, a race car driver * James Patrick Rossiter, lawyer and former mayor of

Erie, Pennsylvania Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pen ...

Jordan Rossiter Jordan Bernard Rossiter (born 24 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Oldham Athletic, on loan from club Shrewsbury Town. Rossiter came through the academy at his local club Liverpool where they de ...

(born 1997), an English professional footballer *

Keith Rossiter Keith Rossiter (born 16 January 1984) is an Irish former hurler and currently the manager of the Wexford senior hurling team. He played for Wexford Senior Championship club Oulart–The Ballagh and was a member of the Wexford senior hurling ...

, an Irish hurling player *

Kyle Rossiter Kyle Rossiter (born June 9, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the Florida Panthers and the Atlanta Thrashers. Playing career Rossiter began has career with the Spokane Chi ...

, a Canadian ice hockey player *

Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his highest profile for his television comedy roles starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series '' Rising Damp'' from 19 ...

, a British actor * Margaret W. Rossiter, American historian of science *

Richard Alfred Rossiter Richard Alfred Rossiter (December 19, 1886 January 26, 1977) was an American astronomer, known for the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect. Rossiter served as director of the Lamont–Hussey Observatory from 1928 until 1952. Early life Rossiter was bor ...

, astronomer, known for the

Rossiter–McLaughlin effect The Rossiter–McLaughlin effect is a spectroscopic phenomenon observed when an object moves across the face of a rotating star. The star is seen to undergo a redshift anomaly caused by the obscuration of different parts of its disk. Descriptio ...

Ryan Rossiter Ryan Francis Rossiter (born September 14, 1989) is a US-born Japanese professional basketball power forward for the Alvark Tokyo of the B.League. Rossiter was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference player of the year and an All-American as a se ...

, an American basketball player *

Stuart Rossiter Percival Stuart Bryce Rossiter (25 February 1923 – 1982) was a renowned British philatelist and postal historian who wrote extensively about British postal history and postage stamps of British colonies in Africa and was involved in numerous ph ...

, philatelist *

Thomas Prichard Rossiter Thomas Prichard Rossiter (1818–1871) was an American artist born in New Haven, Connecticut. Known for his portraits and paintings of historical scenes, he later came to be associated with the Hudson River School of artists. Life and career ...

, an American portrait and historical painter

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