Knight (surname)

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