Kuperus

Kuperus and Cuperus are Latinized versions of the common Dutch surname Kuiper (and spelling variations) meaning cooper. This process was most common in the province of Friesland.^[1] One family changed the spelling from Cuperus to Couperus in the 19th century.^[2]

• Harmen Kuperus (born 1977), Dutch football goalkeeper
• Max Kuperus (born 1936), Dutch astronomer, professor of astrophysics at Utrecht University
  • 9692 Kuperus, a Main Belt asteroid named after him
• Nicola Kuperus (fl. 2003), American musician

• Nicolaas Cupérus [de; fr; nl; pt] (1842–1928), Belgian politician and gymnastics promoter
• Watse Cuperus (1891–1966), Dutch journalist, writer and translator

• Elisabeth Couperus-Baud (1867–1960), Dutch translator, wife of Louis
• John Ricus Couperus (1816–1902), Dutch lawyer in the Dutch East Indies, father of Louis
• Louis Couperus (1863–1923), Dutch novelist and poet; one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature

• Kuperus (disambiguation)
• Kuipers, variant of surname Kuiper
• Cuypers, variation of the Dutch surname Kuipers
• Kuijpers, variation of the Dutch surname Kuipers
• Kuypers, variation of the Dutch surname Kuipers

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Kuperus.
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