Popper 103937 221997336 2008-06-27T01:45:59Z Reinyday 100726 clean up {{Wiktionary}} '''Popper''' may refer to: *[[Popping|Popper]], a person dancing in a certain street/funk style *[[Popper (weapon)]], a nickname for an alleged energy weapon used by the United States military *[[Poppers]], the family of drugs that are a subset of a class of chemicals known as alkyl nitrites *Popper, a floating [[fishing lure]] or fly with a cupped or flat, forward-crap indentation that flies or "pops" the surface of the water when tugged *Popper, a ball that rises sharply from the pitch when bowled ('pops up') in [[cricket]] *Popper buttons, another term for "[[press stud]]s" *[[Party popper]], a small 'toy' filled with confetti streamers and a small explosive charge to release them *Air popper, a type of [[popcorn maker]] == Surname == '''Popper''' is derived from the surname [[Frankfurter]]<ref>Benzion C. Kaganoff: ''A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History''. 1977. p. 186</ref>. Most are from the Czech [[Jewish family]]: * [[Albert Popper]], Mayor of Vimperk and 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 * [[John Popper]], musician * [[Josef Popper]] (1838-?), Austrian engineer and author * [[Julius Popper]], Romanian explorer * Sir [[Karl Popper|Karl R. Popper]], philosopher * [[Ota Pavel]], Czech author (born ''Otto Popper'') * [[Siegfried Popper]] (1848-1933), Austrian naval constructor * [[William Popper]] (1874-?), American Orientalist * [[Wilma Popper]] (1857-?), Hungarian authoress; born at Győr '''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 Leib Poppers]] (ca 1624-1662), Bohemian rabbi and cabalist ==References== <references /> {{disambig}} [[cs:Popper]] [[de:Popper]] [[fr:Popper]] [[he:פופר]] [[nl:Popper]] [[fi:Popper]]