# Joop

Joop is a Dutch masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Johannes, Joseph, Jacobus, or other names. It may refer to:
* Jogchum T. Joop Alberda (born 1952), Dutch volleyball coach, coach of the 1996 Olympic champion Dutch team
* Johannes J. Joop Atsma (born 1956), Dutch politician
* Johannes Joop Ave (1934–2014), Indonesian government minister
* Johannes A. Joop Bakker (1921–2003), Dutch politician
* Josephus Joop Beek (1917–1983), Dutch-born Indonesian Jesuit, priest, educator and politician
* Johannes J. Joop Beljon (1922–2002), Dutch artist
* Joop Böckling (born 1955), Dutch footballer
* Johannes W. Joop Boutmy (1894–1972), Dutch footballer
* Johannes F. Joop Braakhekke (1941–2016), Dutch chef, restaurateur, television presenter and author
* Joop Brand (born 1936), Dutch former football player and manager
* Johannes Joop Cabout (1927–2013), Dutch water polo player
* Johan R. Joop Carp (1897–1962), Dutch sailor, helmsman of the 1920 Olympic 6.4 Metre champion
* Johannes C. Joop van Daele (born 1947), Dutch former footballer
* Johannes J. Joop Demmenie (1918–1991), Dutch cyclist
* Johan H. Joop Doderer (1921–2005), Dutch actor
* Joop van Domselaar (1928–2006), Dutch sports shooter
* Joop Donkervoort (born 1949), Dutch businessman
* Jan L. Joop van Dort (1889–1967), Dutch footballer
* Johannes A. Joop van den Ende (born 1942), Dutch theatrical producer
* Jozef P. Joop Eversteijn (1921–2013), Dutch footballer
* Johannes J.M. Joop Falke (1933–2016), Dutch artist and goldsmith
* Joop Gall (born 1963), Dutch football manager and former player
* Johannes M. Joop Geurts (1923–2009), Dutch baseball player
* Johann G. Joop Glimmerveen (1928–2022), Dutch neo-Nazi
* Job Johannes Joop Gouweleeuw (1940–2017), Dutch judoka
* Joseph C.E. Joop Haex (1911–2002), Dutch politician, lieutenant general and twice State Secretary for Defence
* Johannes J.F. Joop Harmans (1921–2015), Dutch cyclist
* Johannes Joop van der Heide (1917–1980), Dutch footballer
* Johannes F. Joop Hiele (born 1958), Dutch former football goalkeeper
* Josephus J.C.M. Joop Hox (born 1949), Dutch psychologist and professor
* Joop Kasteel (born 1964), Dutch martial artist
* Johannes H.B. Joop Kemperman (1924–2011), Dutch mathematician
* Jacobus J. Joop Klant (1915–1994), Dutch economist and novelist
* Johannes H. Joop Knottenbelt (1910–1998), Dutch tennis player
* Joseph W. Joop Kolkman (1896–1944), Dutch journalist and diplomat
* Johan M. Joop Langhorst (1943–2013), Dutch footballer
* Jacob Joop Lankhaar (born 1966), Dutch footballer
* Johannes C. Joop van Nellen (1910–1992), Dutch footballer
* Joop van Oosterom (1937–2016), Dutch billionaire and twice correspondence chess world champion
* Jozef J.L. Joop Pelser (1892–1974), Dutch footballer
* Johannes Joop Post (born 1950), Dutch businessman
* Josephus Th. Joop Puntman (1934–2013), Dutch ceramist and sculptor
* Johannes P. Joop van der Reijden (1927–2006), Dutch politician
* Joannes B. Joop Roeland (1931–2010), Dutch priest and environmental activist
* Johannes J. Joop Rohner (1927–2005), Dutch water polo player
* Joop Sanders (1921–2023), Dutch-born American abstract expressionist painter
* Johannes H. Joop Stoffelen (1921–2005), Dutch footballer
* Joop Stokkel (born 1967), Dutch equestrian
* Johannes A. Joop Stokkermans (1937–2012), Dutch composer and pianist
* Johannes M. Joop den Uyl (1919–1987), Dutch politician
* Johannes A. Joop Vermeulen (1907–1984), Dutch long-distance runner
* Joop Voorn (born 1932), Dutch composer
* Jacob F. Joop Warouw (1917–1960), military officer involved in the Indonesian National Revolution
* Johan C.D. Joop van Werkhoven (born 1950), Dutch Olympic sailor
* Johan G. Joop Westerweel (1899–1944), Dutch World War II resistance leader
* Joop van Wijk (born 1950), Dutch documentary film director
* Joannes G. Joop Wijn (born 1969), former Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands
* Joop Wilhelmus (1943–1994), Dutch pornographer
* Johan G. Joop Wille (1920–2009), Dutch footballer
* Johannes J. Joop van Woerkom (1912–1998), Dutch water polo player
* Josephus W. Joop Zalm (1897–1969), Dutch weightlifter
* H. G. Jozef Joop Zoetemelk (born 1946), Dutch racing cyclist, winner of the 1980 Tour de France and the 1979 Vuelta a España