title: Kuipers
text: # 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
  