Knecht, in German, means in general a male servant, and can refer to a servant of a sovereignty such as a mercenary foot soldier (see Landsknecht) or the classic farm servant (Bauernknecht); the female equivalent in old German is "Magd" (Maid). Etymologically, it is the cognate of English "knight". It may also refer to:
Émile Knecht (born 1923), Swiss rower
Hans Knecht (1913–1996), Swiss road racing cyclist
John Knecht (born 1947), American filmmaker
Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752–1817), German composer
Karl Kae Knecht (1883–1972), American artist
Peter Knecht (born 1936), American attorney
Reuben Knecht Bachman (1834–1911), American politician
Robert Knecht (born 1926), British historian
William Knecht (1930–1996), American rower
It may also refer to:
Gebr. Knecht AG, a Swiss bus transportation company
