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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 Low German
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 ...
.Schepers
at the Database of Dutch Surnames. Notable people with the surname include: * Alphonse Schepers (1907–1984), Belgian racing cyclist * Bob Schepers (born 1992), Dutch footballer *
Eddy Schepers Eddy Schepers (born 12 December 1955) is a Belgian former professional cyclist. He was a professional cyclist from 1978 to 1990 where he rode for many teams including C&A, Carrera and . He started out in the C&A cycling team of Belgian Eddy Mer ...
(born 1955), Belgian cyclist * Jan Schepers (1897–1997), Dutch fencer * (born 1953), German auxiliary bishop *
Nancy Scheper-Hughes Nancy Scheper-Hughes (born 1944) is an anthropologist, educator and author. She is the Chancellor’s Professor Emerita of Anthropology and the director and co-founder (with Margaret Lock) of the PhD program in Critical Medical Anthropology at ...
(born 1944), American anthropologist *
Willem Bastiaensz Schepers Willem Bastiaensz Schepers (8 October 1619 â€“ 21 January 1704) was a Dutch admiral. Having made his career as a shipping magnate in Rotterdam, Schepers was rewarded in 1673 for his political support to the new Orangist regime, by being mad ...
(1619–1704), Dutch admiral *
Wim Schepers Wim Schepers (25 September 1943 – 25 September 1998) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist. A professional from 1966 to 1975, he won two stages of the 1970 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished second in the 1972 Lià ...
(1943–1998), Dutch racing cyclist


See also

* Scheepers * Scheppers


References

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