title: Kuiper
text: # 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
  