Dresser (surname)

Dresser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Annetta Seabury Dresser (1843–1935), American writer
• Bob Dresser (1878–1924), American baseball player
• Christopher Dresser (1834–1904), Scottish designer and design theorist, a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement
• Daniel LeRoy Dresser (1862–1915), American shipbuilder
• Davis Dresser
• Denise Dresser (born 1963), Mexican political analyst, writer, and university professor
• Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958), American philanthropist and wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II and Peter Goelet Gerry
• George Warren Dresser (1837–1883), American soldier and civil engineer
• Henry Dresser (1891–1963), American football and baseball player and coach.
• Henry Eeles Dresser (1838–1915), English businessman and ornithologist
• Hilary Dresser (born 1968), British sprint canoeist
• Horatio Dresser (1866–1954), American, New Thought religious leader and author
• Ivan Dresser (1896–1956), American runner in the 1920 Olympics
• Jeff Dresser (born 1973), retired American soccer midfielder
• Julius Dresser (1838–1893), American, early leader in the New Thought movement
• Kevin Dresser (born 1962), American wrestling coach
• Louisa Dresser (1907–1989), expert on early American painting
• Louise Dresser (1878–1965), American actress
• Madge Dresser, professor
• Marcia Van Dresser (1877–1937), American operatic soprano, recitalist, and actress
• Mark Dresser (born 1952), American double bass player and composer
• Paul Dresser (1857–1906), American singer, songwriter and comedic actor
• Richard Dresser (born c.1951), American playwright
• Samuel Dresser (1831–1901), American politician
• Solomon Robert Dresser (1842–1911), American inventor and politician
• Tom Dresser (1892–1982), English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross