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Popper may refer to:
- Popper, a popping dancer
- Popper, in cricket a ball that rises sharply from the pitch when bowled ('pops up').
- Popper (subculture), a German subculture in the 1980s
- Poppers, the family of drugs that are a subset of a class of chemicals known as alkyl nitrites
- Marijuana popper, referring to smoking marijuana
- Popper, fried, bite-sized snack foods, especially a jalapeño pepper half which has been stuffed with cream cheese or cheddar cheese, breaded, and then deep fried
- Popper, a floating fishing lure or fly with a cupped or flat, forward-facing indentation that splashes or "pops" the surface of the water when tugged
- Popper, an Australian brand name for a small Tetra Pak of fruit juice, complete with a straw, designed for individual consumption
- Popper buttons, another term for "press studs"
- Popper (weapon), a nickname for an alleged energy weapon used by the United States military
- Party popper, a small 'toy' commonly found at parties (especially New Year's) filled with confetti streamers and a small explosive charge to release them
- Air popper, a type of popcorn maker
[edit] Popper as a family name
Popper is derived from the surname Frankfurter.[1] Most are from the Czech Jewish family:
- Albert Popper, Mayor of Vimperk, official doctor of the Schwarzenberg Princes.
- David Popper, cellist
- FRank Popper, artist
- Frank J. Popper, Rutgers urban planner
- Joachim Edler von Popper, Court Jew and lessee of the Habsburg tobacco monopoly. 2nd Austrian Jew to be ennobled. 1st Edler von Popper.
- John Popper, musician
- Josef Popper, Austrian engineer and author; born 1838, at Kolin, Bohemia
- Julius Popper, Romanian explorer
- Sir Karl R. Popper, philosopher
- Ota Pavel, Czech author (born Otto Popper)
- Rafael Popper, Foresight researcher and economist; born at Caracas in 1976
- Siegfried Popper, Austrian naval constructor; born at Prague 1848
- William Popper, American Orientalist; born at St. Louis, 1874
- Wilma Popper, Hungarian authoress; born at Győr, 1857
Poppers as a family name:
- Jacob ben Benjamin Cohen Poppers, German rabbi; born at Prague in the middle of the 17th century
- Meir ben Judah Loeb ha-Kohen Ashkenazi Poppers, Bohemian rabbi and cabalist; born at Prague
[edit] References
- ^ Benzion C. Kaganoff: A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. 1977. p. 186
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