Kuijpers or Kuypers is a Dutch surname corresponding to the English Cooper.^[1] 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
• Julien Kuypers [de; nl] (1892–1967), Belgian civil servant and author
• Leonard Kuypers (1899–1988), Dutch fencer
• Paul Kuijpers (1939–1971), Dutch agriculture expert
• Pierre Kuijpers [de; nl] (born 1945), Dutch conductor and oboist
• Pieter Kuijpers (born 1968), Dutch director, screenwriter and producer
• Rik Kuypers (1925–2019), Belgian film director
• Stephanus Kuijpers [nl; pl] (1899–1986), bishop of Paramaribo 1958–1971