Knight (surname)
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- Alan Knight (footballer)Alan Knight (footballer)Alan Edward Knight MBE is a former English footballer and currently the manager of Conference South club Dorchester Town. He holds the record for the most appearances for a single club by a goalkeeper, having played 683 league games for Portsmouth between 1978 and 2000; this superseded Peter...
, former English footballer - Alan Knight (historian)Alan Knight (historian)Alan Knight is Professor of History of Latin America academy at the University of Oxford, England, where he is a Fellow at St. Antony's College and Director of the Latin American Centre...
, historian of Latin America - Albert KnightAlbert KnightAlbert Ernest Knight was an English professional cricket player. He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys....
, English professional cricketer - Albion Knight, Jr.Albion Knight, Jr.Albion W. Knight, Jr. was the Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal Church of North Americafrom 1989 until his resignation in 1992. As the Presiding Bishop of the UECNA, Knight more than tripled the number of parishes belonging to the church, oversaw the establishment of the church's seminary,...
, American politician and Anglican bishop - Andrew KnightAndrew KnightAndrew Stephen Bower Knight is a journalist, editor, and director of News Corporation.-Career:He joined The Economist Magazine in 1966 on the international business and investment sections...
(born 1939), English journalist, editor, and media magnate - Anne KnightAnne KnightAnne Knight was a social reformer noted as a pioneer of feminism.-Family background:Anne Knight was the daughter of William Knight , a Chelmsford grocer and his wife Priscilla Allen...
(1786–1862), British-born author, social reformer and pioneer of feminism - Arabella Knight, English erotic writer
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- Barry Knight (cricketer), former English cricketer
- Beverley KnightBeverley KnightBeverley Knight MBE is a British soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. Heavily influenced by soul greats such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released six studio albums to date...
, English R&B artist - Bob Knight, former American NCAA basketball coach
- Brevin KnightBrevin KnightBrevin Adon Knight is an American retired professional basketball point guard who played with nine teams in the NBA from 1997 to 2009. Knight played college basketball at Stanford University and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1997...
, American NBA basketball player
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- Charles F. KnightCharles F. KnightCharles F. Knight is chairman emeritus of Emerson Electric Co., a manufacturer of electrical, electromechanical and electronic products and systems. He served as chairman of Emerson Electric from 1974 to 2004 and as chief executive officer from 1973 to 2000. He also served as president from 1986 to...
, American chairman of Emerson Electric - Charles Knight (publisher)Charles Knight (publisher)Charles Knight was an English publisher and author.-Early life:The son of a bookseller and printer at Windsor, he was apprenticed to his father...
, (1791–1873) English publisher and author - Charles Landon KnightCharles Landon KnightCharles Landon Knight was an American lawyer and newspaper publisher who represented Ohio in the United States House of Representatives from 1921-1923...
(1867–1933), American lawyer and newspaper publisher - Charles R. KnightCharles R. KnightCharles Robert Knight was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals...
, American dinosaur artist - Charles Yale Knight, American engineer and inventor of the Knight EngineKnight EngineThe Knight Engine was an internal combustion engine, designed by American Charles Yale Knight , that used sleeve valves instead of the more common poppet valve construction.- History :...
- Christopher KnightChristopher KnightChristopher Anton Knight is an American actor best known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series, The Brady Bunch. He has since gone on to become a successful businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s. His father, Edward Knight, was...
, American actor - Crystal KnightCrystal KnightCrystal Knight is an American erotic actress and exotic dancer of Cuban and Dominican heritage. She is sometimes credited as Crystal K.- Adult film career :...
, American erotic actress and exotic dancer - Curtis KnightCurtis KnightCurtis Knight was an American music artist and band leader who is known for his connection to Jimi Hendrix....
, British musical artist and band leader
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- Damon KnightDamon KnightDamon Francis Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan. His forte was short stories and he is widely acknowledged as having been a master of the genre.-Biography:...
(1922–2002), American science-fiction author, editor, and critic - David Knight (footballer)David Knight (footballer)David Sean Knight is an English footballer who plays for Histon as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Born in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, Knight began his career with the Middlesbrough youth system at the age of 11 after he was spotted by a scout playing for his local team Hetton Juniors...
(born 1987), English footballer - Dennis KnightDennis KnightDennis Knight is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment as Phineas I. Godwinn and Mideon.-Career:...
, American professional wrestler - Dick Knight (businessman), British advertising executive
- Don Knight, former Canadian politician
- Donald Knight, English cricketer
- Douglas KnightDouglas KnightDouglas Maitland Knight was an American educator, businessman and author. He was a former president of both Lawrence University and Duke University....
(1921–2005), American businessman, educator and author
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- Ellis Cornelia KnightEllis Cornelia KnightEllis Cornelia Knight was a writer and painter who socialized with many of the notable personalities of the late reign of George III: Horatio Nelson, Lord and Lady Hamilton, the Prince Regent, the Princess of Wales, and the Princess Charlotte....
(1757–1837), English author - Eric KnightEric KnightEric Knight was an author who is mainly notable for creating the fictional collie Lassie.Born on 10 April 1897, in Menston in Yorkshire, England, Eric Mowbray Knight was the third of four sons born to Frederic Harrison and Marion Hilda Knight, both Quakers...
(1897–1943), English author and the creator of the fictional collie Lassie - Esmond KnightEsmond KnightEsmond Penington Knight was an English actor.He was an accomplished actor with a career spanning over half a century. For much of his career Esmond Knight was virtually blind...
(1906–1987), British character actor - Etheridge KnightEtheridge KnightEtheridge Knight was an African-American poet who became a notable poet in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison. The book recalls in verse his eight-year-long sentence after Etheridge was arrested for robbery in 1960...
(1931–1991), African-American poet
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- Frank Knight (artist)Frank Knight (artist)Frank Knight is an Australian wildlife artist and ornithologist. He was born in Port Hedland, Western Australia. He worked as a field and laboratory assistant for the CSIRO from 1959 to 1966, and was the illustrator for the CSIRO’s Division of Wildlife Research from 1966 until 1989...
(born 1941), Australian wildlife artist - Frank Knight (economist) (1885–1972), American economist
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- G. Wilson KnightG. Wilson KnightGeorge Richard Wilson Knight was an English literary critic and academic, known particularly for his interpretation of mythic content in literature, and his essays The Wheel of Fire on Shakespeare's drama...
(1897–1985), English literary critic and academic - Gareth KnightGareth KnightDr. Basil Wilby, aka Gareth Knight is a British esotericist and occult author who began his esoteric training in 1953 as a member of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, founded by Dion Fortune....
(born 1930), British esotericist and author - George R. KnightGeorge R. KnightGeorge Raymond Knight is a Seventh-day Adventist historian and educator. He is emeritus professor of church history at Andrews University.- Biography :Knight joined the Adventist church through the ministry of Ralph Larson...
(born 1941), Seventh-day Adventist historian - Gladys KnightGladys KnightGladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
, American R&B/soul singer and actress - Goodwin KnightGoodwin KnightGoodwin Jess Knight , known as "Goodie Knight", was a U.S. politician who was the 31st Governor of California from 1953 until 1959.-Early life:...
, US politician and 31st California governor - Greg KnightGreg KnightGregory Knight is a British politician and author. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire.-Education and professional life:...
, British politician and MP
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- Jack Knight (disambiguation)
- James Knight (disambiguation)
- Jason KnightJason KnightRonald Jason Knight is an American professional wrestler and manager. He is best known for his stints in Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was a one time World Television Champion.-World Wrestling Federation :...
, American professional wrestler and manager - Jean KnightJean KnightJean Knight is an African-American soul/R&B/funk singer, best known for her 1971 Stax Records hit single, "Mr. Big Stuff".-Early years:...
, African-American soul/R&B/funk singer - Jerry KnightJerry KnightJerry Knight was an American R&B vocalist and bassist in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Along with Ray Parker Jr., he was a founding member of the group Raydio, singing vocals on their early hit, "Jack and Jill"...
, American R&B musician - Jill KnightJill KnightJoan Christabel Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree, DBE , known as Jill Knight, is a former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. She was created a Life Peer as Baroness Knight of Collingtree, of Collingtree in the County of Northamptonshire in 1997 after standing down at...
, British MP - Jim KnightJim KnightJames Philip Knight, Baron Knight of Weymouth is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for South Dorset from 2001 until 2010, when he lost his seat. Knight held several ministerial posts during his time as an MP including Minister for the South West and Minister for...
, British politician - Joe Knight, Canadian baseball player
- John George KnightJohn George KnightJohn George Knight , was an architect and administrator of the Northern Territory, Australia.-Early life:John George Knight was born in London the son of John Knight, a stone and marble merchant...
, Australian architect and administratorAdministrator of the Northern TerritoryThe Administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the Governor-General of Australia to exercise powers analogous to that of a state governor... - John S. KnightJohn S. KnightJohn Shively Knight was an American newspaper publisher and editor.He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia to Charles Landon Knight and Clara Scheifly. He attended Cornell University but never graduated, leaving early to enlist in the Army. While at Cornell he was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa...
(1894–1981), American editor and newspaper publisher - Jonathan KnightJonathan KnightJonathan Rashleigh Knight is an American singer. Knight is part of the boyband New Kids on the Block. The band also includes Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood and Jonathan's younger brother Jordan...
, American pop singer - Jordan KnightJordan KnightJordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer in the boy band, New Kids on the Block , and actor, who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his distinctive falsetto style of singing, influenced by The Stylistics. After New Kids On...
, 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 KnightJulian KnightJulian Knight is the mass murderer who on 9 August 1987, shot dead seven people and injured 19 during a shooting spree in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia, in what became known in Australian history as the Hoddle Street Massacre....
(born 1968), Australian serial killer
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- Keith Knight (footballer)Keith Knight (footballer)Keith Knight is an English footballer. He plays in either right wing back or midfield positions and is currently with Swindon Supermarine. He played professionally in the Football League for Reading and in the Netherlands for BV Veendam...
, English footballer - Keith Knight (cartoonist), American cartoonist and musician
- Knight LibraryKnight LibraryKnight Library is the main facility of the University of Oregon's library system. It is located on the university's campus in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The library design is emblematic of the architecture of the university's older buildings, and it serves as a hub of student activity. As of...
, main library of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon - Knights, British Electro Band
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- Laura KnightLaura KnightDame Laura Knight, DBE was an English Impressionist painter known for painting the world of London's theatre, ballet and circus.-Early life and education:...
, British artist - Leon KnightLeon KnightLeon Leroy Knight is an English footballer who plays for Coleraine as a striker. Having begun his career with Chelsea, he spent time on loan with Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Brighton & Hove Albion before joining the latter permanently in 2003. Knight spent three...
, English professional Football player - Leonard KnightLeonard KnightLeonard Knight is the builder and chief architect of Salvation Mountain. He lives at the mountain near Slab City, a few miles from Niland, California, and approximately from San Diego.-Childhood:...
, American builder and architect
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- Margaret E. Knight, American inventor of the paper-bag-making machine
- Margaret Knight (psychologist)Margaret Knight (psychologist)Margaret Kennedy Knight , , was a psychologist and humanist. Born in Hertfordshire, England, Knight went to Girton College, Cambridge University, graduating in 1926...
, humanist broadcaster and university lecturer - Marguerite KnightMarguerite KnightMarguerite "Peggy" Knight MBE was a member of the Women's Transport Service who served with the Special Operations Executive during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section....
, female Special Operations Executive spy during World War II - Mark Knight (disambiguation)
- Matthew KnightMatthew Knight- External links :...
, Canadian actor - Merald "Bubba" Knight, American R&B/soul singer
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- Pedro KnightPedro KnightPedro Knight Caraballo was an accomplished Cuban-American musician who was better known for being the husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz....
, Cuban musician and the husband of Celia Cruz - Peter Knight (composer)Peter Knight (composer)Peter Knight was an English musical arranger, conductor and composer.-Career:Knight was born in Exmouth, Devon, England. He worked with Independent Television light entertainment stars from 'Spot The Tune' with Jackie Rae and Marion Ryan to the comedy series 'Home to Roost' ...
, British composer and arranger - Peter Knight (scientist)Peter Knight (scientist)Sir Peter Knight, FRS is a British physicist, Professor of Quantum Optics and Senior Research Investigator Imperial College London, and Principal of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre. He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2005. He was president of the Optical Society of...
, British physicist - Peter Knight (folk musician), British folk musician
- Phil Knight (musician), New Zealand musician
- Phil KnightPhil KnightPhilip Hampson "Phil" Knight is an American business magnate. He is the co-founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc. He resigned as the company's chief executive officer in 2004, while retaining the position of chairman of the board...
(born 1938), American businessman, co-founder and ex-CEO of Nike
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- R. J. B. KnightR. J. B. KnightR. J. B. Knight is one of Britain's leading naval historians of the 18th century, a former Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, and author of a distinguished biography of Admiral Lord Nelson....
, British naval historian - Ray KnightRay KnightCharles Ray Knight is a former right-handed Major League Baseball third baseman best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets...
, former American major league baseball player - Rhondi A. Vilott SalsitzRhondi A. Vilott SalsitzRhondi A. Vilott Salsitz, born in Phoenix, Arizona is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery novels.She writes under the names Emily Drake, Anne Knight, Elizabeth Forrest, Charles Ingrid, Rhondi Vilott Salsitz, R.A.V...
, an author who uses the name Anne Knight as a pseudonym - Richard Payne KnightRichard Payne KnightRichard Payne Knight was a classical scholar and connoisseur best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery.-Biography:...
(1750–1824), English archæologist and philologist - Robert Knight (disambiguation)
- Roger KnightRoger KnightRoger David Verdon Knight OBE, MA, BA, DipEd is an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster. He was awarded the OBE in 2007...
, English cricketer, administrator, and schoolmaster - Rosalind KnightRosalind KnightRosalind Knight is an English actress. She was the daughter of actor Esmond Knight and his first wife, Frances Clare and the stepdaughter of actress Nora Swinburne....
, British actress
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- Sammy KnightSammy KnightSammy D. Knight, Jr. is a former professional American football player. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 1997...
, American NFL football player - Samuel KnightSamuel KnightSamuel Knight was an English clergyman and antiquary. He was a strong Protestant, attending St. Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge , and received a Cambridge DD in 1706...
(1675–1746), English clergyman and antiquary - Sarah Kemble KnightSarah Kemble KnightSarah Kemble Knight was a teacher and businesswoman, who is remembered for her diary of a journey from Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, to New York City, Province of New York, in 1704–1705, a courageous adventure for a woman to undertake.She was born in Boston, to Thomas Kemble and Elizabeth...
(1666–1727), preacher and traveler - Sharon KnightSharon KnightSharon Knight is a San Francisco-based neopagan composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist known for writing, recording, and performing Celtic fusion music. She also records and performs harder edged music with Middle Eastern themes as the frontperson of the Pagan rock/Folk Metal group Pandemonaeon...
, American Celtic/Rock singer & front person of Pagan rockPagan rockPagan rock is music created by adherents of one of the many Neopagan and occult traditions that emerged in the middle to late 20th century. In some cases this definition is stretched to include bands embraced by modern Pagans and occult practitioners...
band Pandemonaeon - Shirley KnightShirley KnightShirley Enola Knight is an American stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 1960 for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and in 1962 for Sweet Bird of Youth....
, American actress - Stephen Knight (1951–1985), British author
- Stephen Thomas KnightStephen Thomas KnightStephen Thomas Knight MA PhD . F.A.H.A., F.E.A. currently holds the position of Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University in the School of English, Communications and Philosophy. His areas of expertise include English literature, Medieval literature, Cultural studies, Crime fiction,...
, British academic - Sterling KnightSterling KnightSterling Sandmann Knight is an American actor, singer-songwriter, comedian and musician. He is best known for his roles in the 2009 film 17 Again as Alex, in Sonny With a Chance and So Random! as Chad Dylan Cooper, and in the Disney Channel Original Movie Starstruck as Christopher Wilde.-Personal...
, actor and singer - Sterling KnightSterling KnightSterling Sandmann Knight is an American actor, singer-songwriter, comedian and musician. He is best known for his roles in the 2009 film 17 Again as Alex, in Sonny With a Chance and So Random! as Chad Dylan Cooper, and in the Disney Channel Original Movie Starstruck as Christopher Wilde.-Personal...
, American actor - Steve Knight (musician)Steve Knight (musician)Steve Knight is an American musician best known as the keyboardist for Mountain, a rock band of the early 1970s.Knight was born in New York to artist parents. From 1938–1950, his family lived in Woodstock, New York. In 1950, his father became a professor at Columbia University and moved the...
(born 1935), American jazz/rock keyboardist - Suge KnightSuge KnightMarion "Suge" Knight, Jr. is the founder and CEO of Black Kapital Records and co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including...
, US hop hop music industry entrepreneur
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- T. R. KnightT. R. KnightTheodore Raymond "T. R." Knight is an American actor. Knight's most high-profile role to date was his role as Dr. George O'Malley on ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
, American actor - Ted KnightTed KnightTed Knight was an American actor best known for playing the comedic role of Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Henry Rush on Too Close for Comfort, and Judge Elihu Smails in Caddyshack.- Early years :...
, American actor - Terry KnightTerry KnightTerry Knight , born Richard Terrance Knapp, was an American rock and roll music producer, promoter, singer, songwriter and radio personality, who enjoyed some success in radio, modest success as a singer, but phenomenal success as the original manager-producer for Grand Funk Railroad and the...
, American rock music producer, promoter, singer, songwriter and radio personality - Thomas Andrew KnightThomas Andrew KnightThomas Andrew Knight, FRS was a horticulturalist and botanist who lived at Downton Castle, Herefordshire. He was the brother of Richard Payne Knight....
(1759–1838), English horticulturist - Timothy Jonathan Knight (born 1959) , Composer
- Tom Knight, research scientist at MIT
- Tommy KnightTommy KnightThomas 'Tommy' Lawrence Knight is an English actor best known for playing Luke Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures.-Personal life:...
, English actor - Tonya KnightTonya KnightTonya Knight is an American former IFBB professional female bodybuilder.-Background:Knight was a regular on American Gladiators as Gold from 1989 to 1992 until she left due to an injury to her left knee....
, US professional female body builder - Travis KnightTravis KnightTravis Knight is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round of the 1996 NBA Draft...
, American NBA basketball player - Tuesday KnightTuesday KnightTuesday Lynn Knight is an American actress. The daughter of composer Baker Knight, she is perhaps best remembered for her role as Kristen Parker in the 1988 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Also an accomplished musician, Tuesday recorded the song "Nightmare," used during...
, American actress
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- Wayne KnightWayne KnightWayne Eliot Knight is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor perhaps best known for his role as Newman in the TV sitcom Seinfeld...
, American actor - William Angus KnightWilliam Angus KnightWilliam Angus Knight was a British writer, born at Mordington, Scotland, and educated at the University of Edinburgh. From 1876 to 1902 he was professor of moral philosophy in the University of St. Andrews...
(1836–1916) British writer - William J. KnightWilliam J. KnightWilliam J. "Pete" Knight was a U.S. politician, combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. Knight holds the world's speed record for flight in a winged, powered aircraft...
, X-15 pilot and United States politician - William Knight (martyr)William Knight (martyr)The Blessed William Knight was an Englishman put to death for his Roman Catholic faith at York, England. With him also suffered the Venerable George Errington of Herst, Northumberland; the Venerable William Gibson of Ripon; and the Venerable William Abbot of Howden, Yorkshire.Knight was the son of...
(1572–1596), Catholic martyr - William Knight (royal servant)William Knight (royal servant)William Knight was the Secretary of State to Henry VIII of England, and Bishop of Bath and Wells.Knight was sent to Rome in 1527 to try to get Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled...
, member of the court of Henry VIII - Wyatt KnightWyatt KnightWyatt Knight was an American actor, best known for his role as Tommy Turner in the Porky's trilogy.-Career:...
, American actor