Klopfer
Introduction '''Klopfer''' is a German occupational surname, derived from the Middle High German ''klopfen'', meaning "to pound, bang, or hammer", and thus indicating a person in the clothing trade, mining or metal working. Notable people with the surname include:*Bruno Klopfer (1900–1971), German psychologist*Donald S. Klopfer (1902–1986), American businessman*Eric Klopfer (born 1970), American educator*Eugen Klöpfer (1886–1950), German actor*George Klopfer (1940–2019), American physician*Gerhard Klopfer (1905–1987), German Nazi official*Goetz Klopfer (born 1942), American race walker*Heini Klopfer (1918–1968), German architect*Klopfer (writer) (born 1980), pseudonym of German writer Christian Schmidt*Peter Klopfer (born 1930), American zoologist, civil rights advocate and educator*Regina Klopfer (1903–1991), Hungarian singer*Sonya Klopfer (born 1934), American figure skater*Wilhelm Klopfer (born 1901), Swiss rower
See also *Klöpfer, another name for the Swiss wine grape Räuschling*Schulklopfer, defunct Jewish communal role
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