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cooper Cooper, Cooper's, Coopers and similar may refer to: * Cooper (profession), a maker of wooden casks and other staved vessels Arts and entertainment * Cooper (producers), alias of Dutch producers Klubbheads * Cooper (video game character), in ...

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barrel maker A cooper is a person trained to make wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs and other similar containers from timber staves that were usually heated or steamed to make them pliable. Journeymen coopers also traditionally made ...

, the name was derived from the Old German word "bute," which means " cask") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Egon Bittner Egon Bittner (April 16, 1921 – May 7, 2011) was born in Czechoslovakia and emigrated to the United States after World War II. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He held the Harry Coplan Professors ...

(1921–2011), American sociologist *

Eric R. Bittner Eric R. Bittner is a theoretical chemist, physicist, and distinguished professor of chemical physics at the University of Houston. Biography Bittner obtained his B.S. in chemistry and in physics from Valparaiso University in 1988. From 1988 to ...

(born 1965), American scientist *

Horst Bittner Horst Bittner (14 June 1927 – 16 April 2013) was an East German politician ( SED) and diplomat. Between 1965 and 1974 he served as the East German ambassador to the Soviet Union in succession to Rudolf Dölling. Life Horst Bittner was born int ...

(1927–2016), German politician (SED) *

Jason Bittner Jason Bittner (born January 11, 1970 in Niskayuna, New York) is an American drummer, best known as the drummer for American metal band Shadows Fall. He is also the current drummer for Overkill since 2017, and was the drummer for the thrash meta ...

(born 1970), American drummer *

John Joseph Bittner John Joseph Bittner (February 25, 1904 – December 14, 1961) was a geneticist and cancer biologist, who made many contributions on the genetics of breast cancer research, which were of value, not only in cancer research, but also in a variety of ...

(1904–1961), American cancer biologist *

Julius Bittner Julius Bittner (born Vienna, 9 April 1874; died Vienna, 9 January 1939) was an Austrian composer. Life The son of a judge, Bittner also initially pursued a career in law. Until 1920 he was a judge in Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel, in Lower Austria. ...

(1874–1939), Austrian composer * Maria Bittner, American linguist *

Mark Bittner Mark Bittner (born November 29, 1951 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American writer. He is the author of ''The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill'', the book which accompanies the film ''The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill''. Bittner spent 14 years ...

(born 1951), American writer *

Sławomir Maciej Bittner Sławomir Maciej Bittner (codename: Maciek, Kajman Wojak; born 21 July 1923, Warsaw - died 28 February 1944, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish scoutmaster ( podharcmistrz) and second lieutenant of the Armia Krajowa. Arrested on 18 February 1944 by th ...

(1923–1944), Polish resistance fighter * Stephan Bittner, German canoeist

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