Knox (surname)

Knox is a Scottish surname that originates from the Scots Gaelic "cnoc", meaning a hillock or a hump.

Famous Knoxes include the Presbyterian reformer John Knox, American Revolutionary War hero Henry Knox and the United States Army facility Fort Knox named after him. The name has come to be identified with many people, places, and other things, as follows:

People

Surname

• Sir Adrian Knox, Australian judge and the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Alexander Knox, Canadian actor
• Alfred Knox (1870-1964), British army officer and politician
• Amanda Knox, American woman convicted and acquitted of murdering Meredith Kercher
• Archibald Knox (designer) (1864–1933), Manx designer
• Archie Knox Scottish football manager
• Barbara Knox, British actress mainly known for playing Rita Sullivan in the television soap opera Coronation Street
• Bernard Knox, classicist, and first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies
• Bronwen Knox, Australian water polo player
• Buddy Knox, American rockabilly singer-songwriter
• Cecil Leonard Knox, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Chris Knox, New Zealand rock 'n' roll musician
• Chuck Knox, former NFL head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, and Los Angeles Rams
• Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly, British Second Lieutenant during World War II
• Dilly Knox, British codebreaker and scholar of Greek at King's College, Cambridge
• Dudley Wright Knox, Commodore in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I
• Edward Knox, Scottish athlete, International Cross Country Champion 1967
• E. V. Knox, poet, satirist, and editor of Punch from 1932 to 1949
• Ellis O. Knox, first African-American to be awarded a Ph.D. on the West Coast of the United States
• Elyse Knox, American actress
• Frank Knox, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II
• Sir George Hodges Knox, Australian politician
• George Williams Knox, American Presbyterian theologian and writer
• Harley E. Knox, American politician who served as mayor of San Diego
• Henry Knox, first U.S. Secretary of War
• James Knox, executive producer and host of The James Knox Show
• John Knox, Scottish religious reformer who played a role in reforming the Church in Scotland toward Presbyterianism
• John Reily Knox, primary founder of Beta Theta Pi
• Keith Knox (boxer), Scottish boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
• Mike Knox, ring name of Michael Hettinga, American professional wrestler
• Mona Knox (1929–2008), American model and film actress
• Neville Knox, English cricketer
• Northrup R. Knox, sportsman, banker, original principal owner of the Buffalo Sabres
• Philander C. Knox, U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of State and Senator
• Rob Knox (1989–2008), British actor who appears in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
• Robert Knox, Scottish doctor, natural scientist and traveller
• Robert Knox (sailor), sea captain in the service of the British East India Company
• Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, first man to perform a solo non-stop circumnavigation
• Ronald Knox, English theologian and crime writer
• Rose Knox, American businesswoman
• Russell Knox. Scottish professional golfer
• Sam Knox (1910–1981), American football player
• Seymour H. Knox I, merchant and businessman
• Seymour H. Knox II, Buffalo philanthropist and art exponent
• Seymour H. Knox III, sportsman, banker, original principal owner of the Buffalo Sabres
• Shelby Knox, feminist and sexual education activist
• Simmie Knox (born 1935), African-American painter
• Thomas W. Knox, American Civil War journalist for the New York Herald known for his criticism of William T. Sherman
• Tom Knox (author), pseudonym of British author and journalist Sean Thomas
• Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand
• Vicesimus Knox, English essayist and minister
• Victor A. Knox (1899–1976), U.S. Representative for Michigan

See also

• Knox (disambiguation)