Kuipers
# Kuipers

Kuipers is a Dutch occupational surname meaning cooper's. Common spelling variants include Kuiper, Kuijpers, and Kuypers. Notable people with the surname include:

* Aert H. Kuipers (1919–2012), Dutch linguist
* Alice Kuipers (born 1979), British-Canadian author
* André Kuipers (born 1958), Dutch astronaut
* Bas Kuipers (born 1994), Dutch footballer
* Benjamin Kuipers (born 1949) American computer scientist
* Benno Kuipers (born 1974), Dutch breaststroke swimmer
* Björn Kuipers (born 1973), Dutch football referee
* Dennis Kuipers (born 1985), Dutch rally driver
* Elizabeth Kuipers (born ca. 1950), British psychologist
* Ellen Kuipers (born 1971), Dutch field hockey player
* Francis Kuipers (born 1941), British composer, guitarist and ethno-musicologist
* Frits Kuipers (1899–1943), Dutch footballer
* Harm Kuipers (born 1947), Dutch speed skater
* Helena Kuipers-Rietberg (1893–1944), Dutch resistance organiser in WWII
* Karin Kuipers (born 1972), Dutch waterpolo player
* Michel Kuipers (born 1974), Dutch footballer
* Nick Kuipers (footballer born 1992), Dutch footballer for MVV Maastricht
* Oedo Kuipers (born 1989), Dutch musical theater performer
* Oscar Kuipers (born 1956), Dutch molecular geneticist
* René Kuipers (born 1960), Dutch rally driver
* Simon Kuipers (born 1982), Dutch speed skater
