# Kuiper

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This article is about the surname. For other uses, see [Kuiper (disambiguation)](/source/Kuiper_(disambiguation)).

**Kuiper** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [occupational surname](/source/Occupational_surname) meaning [cooper](/source/Cooper_(profession)). Common spelling variants include **Kuyper**, [Kuipers](/source/Kuipers), Kuijper, [Kuijpers](/source/Kuijpers), [Kuypers](/source/Kuypers), and [De Kuyper](/source/De_Kuyper). Notable people with the name include:

## Kuiper

- [Adrian Kuiper](/source/Adrian_Kuiper) (born 1959), South African cricketer
- [Barend Klaas Kuiper](/source/Barend_Klaas_Kuiper) (1877–1961), Dutch-American historian
- [David Kuiper](/source/David_Kuiper) (born 1980), Dutch rower
- [Duane Kuiper](/source/Duane_Kuiper) (born 1950), American retired baseball player and broadcaster
- [Edith Kuiper](/source/Edith_Kuiper) (born 1960), Dutch economist
- [F. B. J. Kuiper](/source/F._B._J._Kuiper) (1907–2003), Dutch Indologist
- [Gerard Kuiper](/source/Gerard_Kuiper) (1905–1973), Dutch-American astronomer after whom the [Kuiper belt](/source/Kuiper_belt) was named
- [Glen Kuiper](/source/Glen_Kuiper) (born 1963) American broadcaster
- [Hennie Kuiper](/source/Hennie_Kuiper) (born 1949), Dutch cyclist
- [J. P. Kuiper](/source/J._P._Kuiper) (1922–1985), Dutch professor of social medicine
- [Michael Kuiper](/source/Michael_Kuiper) (born 1989), Dutch martial artist
- [Nick Kuiper](/source/Nick_Kuiper) (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Nicky Kuiper](/source/Nicky_Kuiper) (born 1989), Dutch footballer
- [Nicolaas Kuiper](/source/Nicolaas_Kuiper) (1920–1994), Dutch mathematician, known for [Kuiper's test](/source/Kuiper's_test), [Kuiper's theorem](/source/Kuiper's_theorem), and the [Eells–Kuiper manifold](/source/Eells%E2%80%93Kuiper_manifold)
- [Peter Kuiper](/source/Peter_Kuiper) (1929–2007), Dutch-German actor
- [Piet Kuiper](/source/Piet_Kuiper) (1934–2017), Dutch botanist
- [Rienk Kuiper](/source/Rienk_Kuiper) (1886–1966), Frisian-Dutch president of Calvin College
- [Roel Kuiper](/source/Roel_Kuiper) (born 1962), Dutch historian, philosopher and politician
- [Taco Kuiper](/source/Taco_Kuiper) (1941–2004), South African publisher and journalist

## Kuyper

- [Abraham Kuyper](/source/Abraham_Kuyper) (1837–1920), Dutch prime minister, theologian, and founder of a Protestant church
- [Elisabeth Kuyper](/source/Elisabeth_Kuyper) (1877–1953), Dutch Romantic composer and conductor
- [Frans Kuyper](/source/Frans_Kuyper) (1629–1691), Dutch Socinian writer and printer
- [Jacques Kuyper](/source/Jacques_Kuyper) (1761–1808), Dutch draftsman and composer

## See also

- [Frans Kuiper (disambiguation)](/source/Frans_Kuiper_(disambiguation))
- [Kuyper College](/source/Kuyper_College)

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