Scheepers is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

and

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

meaning "shepherd's" in

Middle Dutch Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects whose ancestor was Old Dutch. It was spoken and written between 1150 and 1500. Until the advent of Modern Dutch after 1500 or c. 1550, there was no overarc ...

.Scheepers
at the Database of Dutch Surnames. Notable people with the surname include: *

Chanelle Scheepers Chanelle Scheepers ( ; born 13 March 1984) is a retired South African tennis player. She won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 10 Octobe ...

(born 1984), South African tennis player *

Gideon Scheepers Gideon Scheepers (1878–1902) was a Boer military leader, scout and heliographer during the Anglo-Boer War (also known as the South African war). He is remembered for having been executed for war crimes. Early years Gideon Jacobus Scheepers wa ...

(1878–1902), South African Boer military leader and scout * Marion Scheepers (born 1957), American mathematician (namesake of the Scheepers Diagram) * Nico Scheepers (born 1990), South African rugby player *

Ralf Scheepers Ralf Scheepers (born 5 February 1965) is the vocalist for the German heavy metal band Primal Fear. He has a relatively high-pitched tenor-esque singing voice and sometimes uses a shriek reminiscent of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, although it is ...

(born 1965), German heavy metal singer (namesake of the album Scheepers) *

Riana Scheepers Riana Scheepers (born 9 December 1957) is an Afrikaans author. She received her PhD from the University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research unive ...

(born 1957), South African Afrikaans author * Rozelle Scheepers (born 1974), South African cricketer * (born 1971), Dutch footballer *

Willy Scheepers Willy Scheepers (born 8 April 1961) was a Dutch football player who was the technical manager for the Marfin Laiki League club APEP Pitsilia until 2009. Scheepers' brother was also a footballer who plays in the reserve side. 2022 arrested ...

(born 1961), Dutch footballer

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