Dutch
Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
** Dutch people as an ethnic group ()
** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship ()
** Dutch language ()
* In specific terms, i ...
occupational surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
that means "
merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known for as long as humans have engaged in trade and commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated i ...
". The spelling Coopman is more common in
West Flanders
West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemis ...
.Coopman at familienaam.be Notable people with the surname include:
Koopman
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Bernard Koopman
Bernard Osgood Koopman (January 19, 1900 – August 18, 1981) was a French-born American mathematician, known for his work in ergodic theory, the foundations of probability, statistical theory and operations research.
Education and work
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(1900–1981), French-born American mathematician
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Koopman operator
In mathematics, the composition operator C_\phi with symbol \phi is a linear operator defined by the rule
C_\phi (f) = f \circ \phi
where f \circ \phi denotes function composition. It is also encountered in composition of permutations in permutati ...
,
Koopman–von Neumann classical mechanics
The Koopman–von Neumann (KvN) theory is a description of classical mechanics as an operatorial theory similar to quantum mechanics, based on a Hilbert space of complex, square-integrable wavefunctions. As its name suggests, the KvN theory is r ...
, Pitman-Koopman theorem
* Bertha Koopman (married name Bertha Frensel Wegener; 1874–1953), Dutch composer and music educator
* Bram Koopman (1917–2008), Dutch Labour Party politician
* Elias Bernard Koopman (1860–1929), founder of the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
* Elisabeth Koopman (1647–1693), German astronomer with Dutch parents, wife of Johannes Hevelius
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12625 Koopman
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, Numeral (linguistics), numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest Positive number, positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in o ...
, a Main Belt asteroid named after her
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Gionne Koopman
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Border cricket team in South Africa. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons.
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Koopman's rat
Koopman's rat (''Rattus koopmani'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only on Peleng island, located in the Banggai Islands (''Kepulauan Banggai'') off the southeastern coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia
Indonesia, offi ...
are named for him
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Martin Koopman
Martin Koopman (born 5 June 1956 in Wezep) is a Dutch former Association football, football Defender (association football), defender, who played for Go Ahead Eagles, FC Twente and Cambuur Leeuwarden. He could also play as a midfielder. After 2 ...
(born 1956), Dutch football defender and manager
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Ody Koopman
Henri Lodewijk George "Ody" Koopman (19 July 1902 – 20 May 1949)Ody Koopman Tennis Archives. ...
(1902–1949), Dutch tennis player, brother of Toto
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Pim Koopman
Wilhelmus Frederikus "Pim" Koopman (11 March 1953 – 23 November 2009) was a Dutch musician best known as the drummer, percussionist and occasional lead singer of rock band Kayak.
Biography
Born in Hilversum, Koopman co-founded Kayak in 197 ...
(1953–2009), Dutch musician and member of Kayak
* Rinse Koopman (1770–1826), Dutch Mennonite teacher and minister
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Ton Koopman
Antonius Gerhardus Michael "Ton" Koopman (; born 2 October 1944) is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir.
He is a professor ...
(born 1944), Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist
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Toto Koopman
Catharina "Toto" Koopman (28 October 1908 – 27 August 1991) was a Dutch-Javanese model who worked in Paris prior to World War II. During that war she served as a spy for the Italian Resistance and was captured and held prisoner in the Rave ...
(1908–1991), Dutch model and anti-fascist spy during World War II, sister of Ody
* Willi Koopman (born 1944), Dutch actress
* Gerrit Koopman (1905–1969), American Businessman and Farmer
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Jean-Pierre Coopman
Jean-Pierre Coopman (born 11 July 1946) is a retired Belgian Boxing, boxer who is best known for his title fight against Muhammad Ali in 1976 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, which Ali won by Knockout, KO in round 5.
Early life
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(born 1946), Flemish boxer
* Sander Coopman (born 1995), Flemish footballer
* (1852–1915), Flemish poet
See also
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Kaufmann
Kaufmann is a surname with many variants such as Kauffmann, Kaufman, and Kauffman. In German, the name means ''merchant''. It is the cognate of the English '' Chapman'' (which had a similar meaning in the Middle Ages, though it disappeared from ...