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:
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Adrian Kuiper (born 1959), South African cricketer
Barend Klaas Kuiper (1877–1961), Dutch-American historian
David Kuiper (born 1980), Dutch rower
Duane Kuiper (born 1950), American baseball player
Edith Kuiper (born 1960), Dutch economist
Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper (1907–2003), Dutch Indologist
Gerard Kuiper (1905–1973), Dutch-American astronomer after whom the Kuiper belt was named Glen Kuiper (born 1963) American broadcaster Hennie Kuiper (born 1949), Dutch cyclist J. P. Kuiper (1922–1985), Dutch professor of social medicine Michael Kuiper (born 1989), Dutch martial artist Nick Kuiper (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player Nicky Kuiper (born 1989), Dutch footballer Nicolaas Kuiper (1920–1994), Dutch mathematician, known for Kuiper's test, Kuiper's theorem, and the Eells–Kuiper manifold Peter Kuiper (1929–2007), Dutch-German actor Piet Kuiper (1934–2017), Dutch botanist Rienk Kuiper (1886–1966), Frisian-Dutch president of Calvin College Roel Kuiper (born 1962), Dutch historian, philosopher and politician Taco Kuiper (1941–2004), South African publisher and journalist
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Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920), Dutch prime minister, theologian, and founder of a Protestant church Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953), Dutch Romantic composer and conductor Frans Kuyper (1629–1691), Dutch Socinian writer and printer Jacques Kuyper (1761–1808), Dutch draftsman and composer