Kuiper
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Kuiper (also (de) Kuyper, Cuiper and de Cuyper) is a common Dutch language surname which means "cooper" in English: it may refer to:
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Kuiper
- Adrian Kuiper (b. 1959), South African Cricketer
- Albertine van Vliet-Kuiper (b. 1951), Dutch politician and burgomaster of Amersfoort
- Duane Kuiper (b. 1950), American baseball player
- Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper (1907-2003), Dutch Indologist
- Geert Kuiper (b. 1960), Frisian-Dutch speed skater and coach
- Gerard Kuiper (1905-1973), Dutch-American astronomer
- Hennie Kuiper (b. 1949), Dutch cyclist
- Maarten Kuiper (?-1948), Dutch police man, NSB member and SS member
- Martijn Kuiper (b. 1978), Dutch footballer
- Nannie Kuiper (b. 1939), Dutch children's writer
- Nicolaas Kuiper (1920-1994), Dutch mathematician
- Pieter Cornelis Kuiper (1919-2002), Dutch psychiatrist and author
- Rienk Kuiper (1886-1966), Frisian-Dutch president of Calvin College
- Roel Kuiper (b. 1962), Dutch historian, philosopher and politician
Kuyper
- Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), Dutch politician, statesman, journalist and theologian
- Elisa Willem Kuyper (1894-1944), Dutch journalist, SS member
- H.H.Kuyper, Dutch theologian
- Jacob Kuyper (1821-1908), Dutch geographer and cartographer
de Kuyper
- Bob de Kuyper, Dutch CEO of De Kuyper Royal Distillers
- Eric de Kuyper (b. 1942), Belgian film director and writer
- Petrus de Kuyper, Dutch founder of "De Kuyper Royal Distillers"
- Raymonde de Kuyper (b. 1955), Dutch actress
- Willem de Kuyper, Dutch anabaptist, emissary of Jan Matthijs and baptist of Obbe Philips
Cuiper
- Bernhard Cuiper, German basketballer
- Francois de Cuiper (18th century), Dutch explorer
de Cuyper
- Jan Baptist de Cuyper (1807-1852), Dutch sculptor
- Floris de Cuyper (1875-1965), Belgian producer of Artist's medals
Kuiper: The Outermost Three
[edit] Other
Named after Gerard Kuiper
- Kuiper, a crater on the moon
- 1778 Kuiper, an asteroid
- Kuiper Airborne Observatory, NASA research facility for infrared astronomy
- Kuiper belt — is an area of the solar system extending past the orbit of Neptune.
- Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, award for outstanding achievement in the field of planetary science
Named after others
- Kuyper College, a christian college close to Grand Rapids, Michigan (named after Abraham Kuyper)
- De Kuyper Royal Distillers, a Dutch distillery (named after Petrus de Kuyper)
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