Sluiter is a Dutch surname. Variants are Sluiters, Sluijter(s) and Sluyter(s). Literally meaning "one who closes", it is an occupational surname, originating from people with the profession of doorkeeper, gateman, warden, jailor, etc.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Sluiter
- Carel Philip Sluiter (1854–1933), Dutch biologist and anatomist
- Ineke Sluiter (born 1959), Dutch classicist
- Raemon Sluiter (born 1978), Dutch tennis player
- Tim Sluiter (born 1989), Dutch golfer
- Willy Sluiter (1873–1949), Dutch painter
- Sluijter
- Ad Sluijter (born 1981), Dutch guitarist
- Jeroen Sluijter (born 1975), Dutch baseball player
- Menno Sluijter (born 1932), Dutch anaesthetist
- Pem Sluijter (1939–2007), Dutch poet
- Thijs Sluijter (born 1980), Dutch footballer
- Sluyter
- Andrew Sluyter (born 1958), American social scientist and geographer
- John Sluyter Wirt (1851–1904), American politician and lawyer
- Monique Sluyter (born 1967), Dutch model and television presenter
- Sluijters/Sluyters
- Georges Joseph van Sluijters (1868–1943), French painter and designer
- Iso Sluijters (born 1990), Dutch handball player
- Jan Sluijters (1881–1957), Dutch painter
- Wilhelmina van Sluyters (1852–1926), Dutch actress
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