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