Kuipers

Kuipers is a very common Dutch surname which means "cooper" in English. Alternative spellings Kuijpers, Kuypers, Kuperus and Cuypers are also listed below.

People

Kuipers

* Abe Kuipers (b. 1918), Dutch artist and typographer
* Aert J. Kuipers, Dutch linguist
* André Kuipers (b. 1958), Dutch astronaut
* Benno Kuipers (b. 1974), Dutch breaststroke swimmer
* Bert Kuipers, Dutch musician, keyboard player of Quasimodo
* Björn Kuipers, (b. 1973), Dutch football referee
* Edwin Kuipers, Dutch musician, keyboard player of Seven Eleven and Hammond player of The Stubbs (instrumental motown)
* Eelco Kuipers (b. 1977), Dutch chess player
* Ellen Kuipers (b. 1971), Dutch field hockey player
* Frits Kuipers (1899-1943), Dutch footballer
* Harm Kuipers (b. 1947), Dutch speed skater
* Helena Kuipers-Rietberg (1893-1944), Dutch resistance fighter
* Jan Kuipers (b. 1953), Dutch writer
* Johannes Martinet Kuipers (1762-1846), Dutch minister
* Karin Kuipers (b. 1972), Dutch water polo player
* Lee Kuipers, Dutch musician, mouth organist of Hotcha Trio
* Michel Kuipers (b. 1974), Dutch footballer
* Onno Kuipers, Dutch musician
* Pyter Kuipers, Frisian-Dutch musician, played the bass for The Serenes
* Reinold Kuipers (1914-2005), Dutch poet, copywriter and publisher
* Ro Kuipers, Dutch musician, percussionist of Sail/Joia
* Simon Kuipers (b. 1982), Dutch speed skater
* Stefan Kuipers (b. 1990), Dutch chess player
* Tjeerd Kuipers (1857-1942), Frisian-Dutch architect
* Walter Kuipers, Dutch musician
* Jessica Kuipers, Dutch phenomenon

Kuijpers

* André Kuijpers, Dutch guitarist of pop band Halte 5
* Bob Kuijpers, Dutch drummer of funk/electro band Bastian
* Frans Kuijpers (b. 1941), Dutch chess player
* Henk Kuijpers (b. 1946), Dutch comics artist
* Jan-Hein Kuijpers (b. 1968), Dutch lawyer
* Jeffrey Kuijpers, Dutch track cyclist
* Marco Kuijpers, Dutch musician
* Pierre Kuijpers (b. 1945), Dutch conductor and oboist
* Pieter Kuijpers (b. 1968), Dutch director, screenwriter and producer
* Rob Kuijpers, business man (CEO of Cargo B airlines, former CEO of Brussels Airlines)
* Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, leader of Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
* Willy Kuijpers, Belgian politician, burgomaster of Herent

Kuypers

* Jim A. Kuypers, Dutch-American academic at Virginia Tech
* Marco Kuypers, Dutch keyboard player of rockband Supersonic
* Paul Kuypers (1939-1971), Dutch agriculture expert

Kuperus

* Charles Kuperus, American politician, Secretary of Agriculture in New Jersey
* Friso Kuperus, Dutch singer of big band Jack Million Band
* Harmen Kuperus (b. 1977), Frisian-Dutch footballer
* Max Kuperus (b. 1936), Dutch astronomer, professor of astrophysics at Utrecht University
* Nicola Kuperus, American musician
* Tom Kuperus, New Zealander, president of Selwyn College, Otago

Cuypers

* Brigette Cuypers (b. 1955), South African tennis player
* Eduard Cuypers (1859-1927), Dutch architect
* Jos Cuypers (1861-1949), Dutch architect
* Leo Cuypers, Dutch composer
* Marcel Cuypers, Dutch musician
* Pierre Cuypers (1827-1921), Dutch architect

Fictional people

* Elizabeth "Teena" Kuipers Mulder, a character in the X-Files series played by Rebecca Toolan
* Father Gerben Kuipers and son Tim Kuipers (played respectively by Derek de Lint and Ronald Armbrust), two characters in the 2006 Film "Black Book"

Other

* 9692 Kuperus, an asteroid (named after Max Kuperus)

See also

* Kuiper
* Cooper