Kuipers

Kuipers is a Dutch occupational surname meaning cooper's. Common spelling variants include Kuiper, Kuijpers, and Kuypers. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aert H. Kuipers (1919–2012), Dutch linguist
• Alice Kuipers (born 1979), British-Canadian author
• André Kuipers (born 1958), Dutch astronaut
• Bas Kuipers (born 1994), Dutch footballer
• Benjamin Kuipers (born 1949) American computer scientist
• Benno Kuipers (born 1974), Dutch breaststroke swimmer
• Björn Kuipers (born 1973), Dutch football referee
• Dennis Kuipers (born 1985), Dutch rally driver
• Elizabeth Kuipers (born ca. 1950), British psychologist
• Ellen Kuipers (born 1971), Dutch field hockey player
• Francis Kuipers (born 1941), British composer, guitarist and ethno-musicologist
• Frits Kuipers (1899–1943), Dutch footballer
• Gerry Kuipers (1935–2013), Dutch businessman and auto restorer
• Harm Kuipers (born 1947), Dutch speed skater
• Helena Kuipers-Rietberg (1893–1944), Dutch resistance organiser in WWII
• Karin Kuipers (born 1972), Dutch waterpolo player
• Michel Kuipers (born 1974), Dutch footballer
• Nick Kuipers (footballer born 1992), Dutch footballer for MVV Maastricht
• Oedo Kuipers (born 1989), Dutch musical theater performer
• Oscar Kuipers (born 1956), Dutch molecular geneticist
• René Kuipers (born 1960), Dutch rally driver
• Ronald A. Kuipers (born 1969), Canadian philosopher
• Simon Kuipers (born 1982), Dutch speed skater

See also

• Mount Kuipers, a mountain in Antarctica

1. Björn Kuipers
2. Kuiper
3. Kuiper belt
4. André Kuipers
5. Kuiper (disambiguation)
6. Gerry Kuipers
7. Natalia Kuipers
8. Kuiper's test
9. Nick Kuipers (footballer, born 1992)
10. Dennis Kuipers
11. Michel Kuipers
12. Bas Kuipers
13. Glen Kuiper
14. Ernst Kuipers
15. Benno Kuipers
16. Kuiper Systems
17. Ronald A. Kuipers
18. Jos Kuipers
19. Alice Kuipers
20. Oedo Kuipers