Knoop

Knoop is a Dutch and Low German surname. Meaning "knot" and "button", it may have a metonymic origin referring to button maker.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Abe Knoop (born 1963), Dutch football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach
  • Anneliese Knoop-Graf (1921–2009), German non-fiction writer
  • Bobby Knoop (born 1938), American baseball player
  • Edgar Knoop (born 1936), German contemporary painter and sculptor
  • Etienne Knoops (born 1934), Belgian politician and Government Minister
  • Franz Knoop (1875–1946), German biochemist
  • Frederick Knoop (1878–1943), American metallurgist
  • Gerhard Knoop (1920–2009), Norwegian actor, stage producer and theatre director
  • Gerhard Ouckama Knoop (1861–1913), German novelist
  • Hans Knoop (born 1943), Dutch journalist
  • Johann Knoop (1846–1882), Russian collector of musical instruments ("Baron Knoop"), son of Ludwig
  • Johann Hermann Knoop (1706–1769), German-born Dutch gardener and pomologist
  • Johannes Knoops (born c.1970), American architect
  • Ludwig Knoop (1821–1894), German cotton merchant and businessman
  • Otto Knoop (1853–1931), German folklorist and collector of fairy tales
  • Rick Knoop (born 1953), American race car driver
  • Savannah Knoop (born c.1980), half-sister of the partner of American writer Laura Albert (JT LeRoy)
  • Willem Jan Knoop (1811–1894), Dutch lieutenant-general, military historian, and politician

See also

References

  1. ↑ Knoop at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
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