Knight (surname)

Knight
Family name
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

B

Bob Knight

• 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

Gladys Knight

• 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

• 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
• Lauren knight, school girl
• 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

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