Pijpers

Pijpers or Pijper is a Dutch occupational surname. A pijper was the general name for a woodwind player (compare English "piper", which has the same pronunciation.) ^[1] People with this surname include:

• Arno Pijpers (born 1959), Dutch football coach
• Harmke Pijpers (born 1946), Dutch journalist, presenter and voiceover
• Koen Pijpers (born 1969), Dutch field hockey player
• René Pijpers (1917–1944), Dutch footballer

Pijper

• Fredrik Pijper  [ de; nl ] (1859–1926), Dutch theologian and historian
• Theo Pijper (born 1980), Dutch motorcycle speedway rider
• Willem Pijper (1894–1947), Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher

See also

• Pipers (disambiguation)
• Pyper, surname

References

1. "Nederlandse Familienamenbank".