Kuiper
Kuiper ( Küfer ) is a family name for the following people:
- Albertine van Vliet-Kuiper (* 1951), Dutch politician (D66)
- Bernhard Kuiper (1907–1988), German architect and SS-Obersturmführer
- Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper (1907-2003), Dutch Indologist
- Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905–1973), American astronomer of Dutch descent
- Hennie Kuiper (* 1949), Dutch cyclist
- Jan Kuiper (* 1957), Dutch fusion musician
- Jan Willem Kuiper (1924-2004), Dutch biochemist
- Nicolaas Kuiper (1920–1994), Dutch mathematician
- Nick Kuiper (* 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Nicky Kuiper (* 1989), Dutch soccer player
- Peter Kuiper (1929–2007), German-Dutch actor
- Piet C. Kuiper (1919–2002), German-Dutch psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author
After Gerard Peter Kuiper are named:
- Kuiper (moon crater)
- Kuiper (Mars crater)
- Kuiper (Mercury Crater)
- (1776) Kuiper , an asteroid
- Kuiper belt
- Kuiper Airborne Observatory
- Kuiper Scarp , a step on the Alexander I Island in Antarctica
See also:
- Kuiper's theorem (after Nicolaas Kuiper), mathematical theorem
- Kuyper
- Kuipers
