Kuiper
# 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 (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

## Kuyper

* 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
