Kuiper
Kuiper is a Dutch occupational surname meaning cooper. Common spelling variants include Kuyper, Kuipers, Kuijper, Kuijpers, Kuypers, and De Kuyper. Notable people with the name include:Kuiper
- Adrian Kuiper, South African cricketer
- Barend Klaas Kuiper, Dutch-American historian
- David Kuiper, Dutch rower
- Duane Kuiper, American baseball player
- Edith Kuiper, Dutch economist
- Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper, Dutch Indologist
- Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer after whom the Kuiper belt was named
- Glen Kuiper American broadcaster
- Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
- J. P. Kuiper, Dutch professor of social medicine
- Michael Kuiper, Dutch martial artist
- Nick Kuiper, Canadian ice hockey player
- Nicky Kuiper, Dutch footballer
- Nicolaas Kuiper, Dutch mathematician, known for Kuiper's test, Kuiper's theorem, and the Eells–Kuiper manifold
- Peter Kuiper, Dutch-German actor
- Piet Kuiper, Dutch botanist
- Rienk Kuiper, Frisian-Dutch president of Calvin College
- Roel Kuiper, Dutch historian, philosopher and politician
- Taco Kuiper, South African publisher and journalist
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- Abraham Kuyper, Dutch prime minister, theologian, and founder of a Protestant church
- Elisabeth Kuyper, Dutch Romantic composer and conductor
- Frans Kuyper, Dutch Socinian writer and printer
- Jacques Kuyper, Dutch draftsman and composer
