Klopfer

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