Kuijpers or Kuypers is a Dutch surname corresponding to the English Cooper.Kuijpers (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands Variant spellings are Kuipers, Kuiper, and Cuypers.
Notable people with the surname Kuijpers or Kuypers include: Eddy Kuijpers (1914–1992), Dutch fencer Evy Kuijpers (born 1995), Dutch racing cyclist Franciscus Kuijpers (born 1941), Dutch chess player Hans Kuypers (1925–1988), Dutch neuroscientist Henk Kuijpers (born 1946), Dutch comics artist Jan-Hein Kuijpers (born 1968), Dutch lawyer and columnist Jim A. Kuypers, American communications academic (1892–1967), Belgian civil servant and author Leonard Kuypers (1899–1988), Dutch fencer Paul Kuijpers (1939–1971), Dutch agriculture expert (born 1945), Dutch conductor and oboist Pieter Kuijpers (born 1968), Dutch director, screenwriter and producer Rik Kuypers (1925–2019), Belgian film director (1899–1986), bishop of Paramaribo 1958–1971
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