Coppens is a Dutch

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of th ...

primarily found in East Flanders. It may refer to: *

Amaya Coppens Amaya Eva Coppens Zamora (born 1994) is a Nicaraguan Belgian student activist. She is a leading figure of the April 19 University Movement, founded during protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega. She was chosen as an Internati ...

(born 1994), Nicaraguan student activist *

An Coppens An Coppens (born June 3, 1971) is a Belgian consultant and gamification expert as well as the author of ''Leading the boss in the mirror''. Early life An Coppens is the eldest child born of Marcel Coppens and Jenny Backx, born in Merksem, Be ...

(born 1971), Belgian gamification expert *

Astrid Coppens Astrid Coppens (born 25 January 1983) is a Flemish Belgian model, actress, television personality, creative director. Career Music Astrid is a trained classical violinist. She started playing in 1987 at the age of 4, and subsequently appeared ...

(born 1983), Belgian model and actress *

Augustin Coppens Augustin Coppens or Aurelius Augustinus Coppens (9 March 1668, in Brussels – 31 August 1740, in Brussels) was a Flemish painter, engraver, draughtsman and tapestry designer active in Brussels. He specialized in landscape and city views. He i ...

(1668–1740), Flemish painter and engraver *

Claude Coppens Claude Coppens (born 23 December 1936, Schaerbeek, commune of Brussels) is a Belgian pianist and composer. Coppens studied at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with Marcel Maas and in Paris with Marguerite Long. He is a Laureate of the Margue ...

(born 1936), Belgian pianist and composer *

Christophe Coppens Christophe Coppens (born 21 November 1969) is a Belgian artist and opera director, living and working in Belgium. Trained initially as a theatre director, Coppens started his own label as an fashion accessory, accessories designer at the age of 2 ...

(born 1969), Belgian fashion designer and artist *

Els Coppens-van de Rijt Johanna Elisabeth "Els" Coppens-van de Rijt (born August 18, 1943) is an artist and author from Vlierden, Netherlands. Coppens-van de Rijt was born in Sint-Oedenrode, as one of twins to a Roman Catholic family with 11 children. She studied at th ...

(born 1943), Dutch artist and author * Henri Coppens (1930–2015), Belgian footballer *

Jo Coppens Jo Coppens (born 21 December 1990) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sint-Truidense. Career In May 2007, Coppens came third with Belgium at the European U17 Football Championship. In the summer of 2007, he wa ...

(born 1990), Belgian footballer *

Matt Coppens Matt Coppens (born April 18, 1971) is an American former ice sledge hockey player. He won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Ut ...

(born 1971), American ice sledge hockey player *

Omer Coppens Omer Coppens (1864–1926) was a Belgian impressionist and orientalist painter, ceramic artist, and bookbinder. Born in Dunkirk, Coppens studied art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at Ghent and worked in the south of France, Italy, and Morocc ...

, Belgian painter and ceramic artist *

Paul Coppens Paul Coppens is a Belgian television writer and sound engineer. Mainly a writer for Belgian television, Coppens is probably best known for his writing of ''Alle maten'' since 1998 with Frans Ceusters Frans Ceusters is a Flemish televisio ...

, Belgian television writer and sound engineer *

Philip Coppens (chemist) Philip Coppens (October 24, 1930 – June 21, 2017) was a Dutch-born American chemist and crystallographer known for his work on charge density analysis using X-rays crystallography and the pioneering work in the field of photocrystallography. ...

(1930–2017), Dutch chemist and crystallographer * Philip Coppens (author) (1971–2012), Belgian author and radio host *

Thierry Coppens Thierry Coppens (born 2 November 1979) is a Belgian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form ...

(born 1979), Belgian footballer * Willy Coppens (1892–1986), Belgium's leading fighter ace of World War I * Yves Coppens (1934–2022), French anthropologist

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