Knight (surname)

Knight
Origin
Word/name	British Isles
Meaning	"knight"/"serving lad"
Region of origin	Anglo-Saxon

Knight is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

A

Alan Knight (footballer), former English footballer
Alan Knight (historian), historian of Latin America
Albert Knight, English professional cricketer
Albion Knight, Jr., American politician and Anglican bishop
Amanda Knight, makeup artist
Andrew Knight (disambiguation)
Anne Knight (1786–1862), British-born author, social reformer and pioneer of feminism
Arabella Knight, English erotic writer
Ava Knight

B

Barry Knight (cricketer), former English cricketer
Beverley Knight, English R&B artist
Bob Knight (born 1940), American NCAA basketball coach
Brevin Knight, American NBA basketball player
Brandon Knight (disambiguation)

C

Charles F. Knight, American chairman of Emerson Electric
Charles Knight (engraver), English engraver
Charles Knight (publisher), (1791–1873) English publisher and author
Charles Landon Knight (1867–1933), American lawyer and newspaper publisher
Charles Parsons Knight (1829-1897), English painter
Charles R. Knight, American dinosaur artist
Charles Yale Knight, American engineer and inventor of the Knight Engine
Christopher Knight (disambiguation)
Crystal Knight, American erotic actress and exotic dancer
Curtis Knight, British musical artist and band leader

D

David Knight (English footballer) (born 1987), English footballer
Dennis Knight (born 1968), American professional wrestler
Dick Knight (businessman), British advertising executive
Don Knight, former Canadian politician
Donald Knight, English cricketer
Douglas Knight (1921–2005), American businessman, educator and author

E

Cornelia Knight (1757–1837), English author
Edward Austen Knight (1768-1852), elder brother of Jane Austen
Edward Henry Knight (1824-1883), Anglo-American mechanical expert
Eric Knight (1897–1943), English author and the creator of the fictional collie Lassie
Esmond Knight (1906–1987), British character actor
Etheridge Knight (1931–1991), African-American poet

F

Frank Knight (artist) (born 1941), Australian wildlife artist
Frank Knight (economist) (1885–1972), American economist

G

G. Wilson Knight (1897–1985), English literary critic and academic
Gareth Knight (born 1930), British esotericist and author
Gary Knight (rugby player) (born 1951), New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler
George R. Knight (born 1941), Seventh-day Adventist historian
Gladys Knight, American R&B/soul singer and actress
Goodwin Knight, US politician and 31st California governor
Greg Knight, British politician and MP

H

Holly Knight, American songwriter, vocalist and musician

J

Jabez C. Knight (1815–1900), 8th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
Jack Knight (disambiguation)
James Knight (disambiguation)
Jason Knight, American professional wrestler and manager
Jean Knight, African-American soul/R&B/funk singer
Jerry Knight, American R&B musician
Jill Knight, British MP
Jim Knight, British politician
Joe Knight, Canadian baseball player
John Knight, multiple people
- John George Knight, Australian architect and administrator
- John Prescott Knight (1803-1881), English portrait painter
- John S. Knight (1894–1981), American editor and newspaper publisher
Jonathan Knight, American pop singer
Jordan Knight, American pop singer
Joseph Knight (gardener), English gardener who published a book that started the most enduring controversy in 19th century botany
Joseph Knight (slave), Jamaican slave who was the defendant in a historic Scottish civil rights trial
Julian Knight (born 1968), Australian serial killer
Julian Knight (politician), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Solihull since 2015

K

Jules Knight, English actor and singer
Keith Knight (footballer), English footballer
Keith Knight (cartoonist), American cartoonist and musician
Knight Library, main library of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon

L

Laura Knight, British artist
Leon Knight, English professional Football player
Leonard Knight, American builder and architect
Les U. Knight, founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

M

Marcus Knight, American NFL football player
Margaret E. Knight, American inventor of the paper-bag-making machine
Margaret Knight (psychologist), humanist broadcaster and university lecturer
Marguerite Knight, female Special Operations Executive spy during World War II
Mark Knight, Australian cartoonist
Matthew Knight, Canadian actor
Merald "Bubba" Knight, American R&B/soul singer

N

Newton Knight, pro-Union rebel against the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War
Nick Knight (photographer), British photographer
Nick Knight, English cricketer

P

Pedro Knight, Cuban musician and the husband of Celia Cruz
Peter Knight (composer), British composer and arranger
Peter Knight (scientist), British physicist
Peter Knight (folk musician), British folk musician
Phil Knight (musician), New Zealand musician
Phil Knight (born 1938), American businessman, co-founder and ex-CEO of Nike

Q

Quinton Knight, American football player

R

R. J. B. Knight, British naval historian
Ray Knight, former American major league baseball player
Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz, an author who uses the name Anne Knight as a pseudonym
Richard Payne Knight (1750–1824), English archæologist and philologist
Robert Knight (disambiguation)
Roger Knight, English cricketer, administrator, and schoolmaster
Rosalind Knight, British actress

S

Sammy Knight, American NFL football player
Samuel Knight (disambiguation)
Sarah Kemble Knight (1666–1727), preacher and traveler
Sharon Knight, American Celtic/Rock singer & front person of Pagan rock band Pandemonaeon
Shirley Knight, American actress
Stephen Knight (1951–1985), British author
Stephen Thomas Knight, British academic
Sterling Knight, actor and singer
Sterling Knight, American actor
Steve Knight (musician) (born 1935), American jazz/rock keyboardist
Suge Knight, US hip hop music industry entrepreneur

T

T. R. Knight, American actor
Ted Knight, American actor
Terry Knight, American rock music producer, promoter, singer, songwriter and radio personality
Thomas Knight (disambiguation)
Tonya Knight, US professional female body builder
Travis Knight, American NBA basketball player
Trevor Knight (born 1993), American football player
Tuesday Knight, American actress

V

Valentine Knight, British Army Captain and proponent of a grid based street layout for fire ravaged London

W

Wayne Knight, American actor
William Angus Knight (1836–1916) British writer
William J. Knight, X-15 pilot and United States politician
William Knight (martyr) (1572–1596), Catholic martyr
William Knight (royal servant), member of the court of Henry VIII
Wyatt Knight, American actor

Z

Zat Knight, English professional football player

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