Knight (surname)
Knight is an English surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 57.4% of all known bearers of the surname Knight were residents of the United States, 20.2% of England, 7.6% of Australia, 4.2% of Canada, 1.9% of South Africa, 1.4% of Jamaica and 1.1% of New Zealand.In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average in the following unitary authority districts:
- 1. West Sussex
- 2. Rutland
- 3. East Sussex
- 4. Isle of Wight
- 5. Hampshire
- 6. Worcestershire
- 7. Somerset
- 8. Gloucestershire
- 9. Northamptonshire
- 10. Surrey
- 11. Kent
- 12. Cornwall
- 13. Essex
- 14. Devon
- 15. Dorset
- 16. Warwickshire
- 17. Berkshire
- 18. Leicestershire
- 19. Oxfordshire
- 20. Wiltshire
- 21. Bristol
- 22. Hertfordshire
- 23. Staffordshire
- 24. Herefordshire
- 25. Nottinghamshire
- 26. Bedfordshire
- 1. Mississippi
- 2. Alabama
- 3. South Carolina
- 4. Maine
- 5. Tennessee
- 6. West Virginia
- 7. Georgia
- 8. Oklahoma
- 9. North Carolina
- 10. Arkansas
- 11. Kentucky
- 12. Virginia
- 13. Utah
- 14. Louisiana
- 15. Maryland
- 16. Nevada
- 17. Indiana
- 18. Florida
- 19. Idaho
- 20. Vermont
- 21. Oregon
- 22. New Hampshire
People
A
- Alan Knight, former English footballer
- Alan Knight, historian of Latin America
- Albert Knight, English professional cricketer
- Albion Knight, Jr., American politician and Anglican bishop
- Amanda Knight, makeup artist
- Anne Knight, British-born author, social reformer and pioneer of feminism
- Anne Knight
- Anne Knight, pseudonym of the author Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz
- Ava Knight
B
- Barry Knight, former English cricketer
- Beverley Knight, English R&B artist
- Billy Knight, American basketball player and executive
- Billy Knight , American basketball player
- Billy Knight , British tennis player
- Bob Knight, American NCAA basketball coach
- Brevin Knight, American NBA basketball player
- Brandon Knight, multiple people
C
- Charles F. Knight, American chairman of Emerson Electric
- Charles Knight, English engraver
- Charles Knight, English publisher and author
- Charles Landon Knight, American lawyer and newspaper publisher
- Charles Parsons Knight, English painter
- Charles R. Knight, American dinosaur artist
- Charles Yale Knight, American engineer and inventor of the Knight engine
- Christopher Knight
- Curtis Knight, British musical artist and band leader
D
- David Knight , English footballer
- Dennis Knight, American professional wrestler best known as Mideon
- Dick Knight, British advertising executive
- Don Knight, former Canadian politician
- Donald Knight, English cricketer
- Douglas Knight, American businessman, educator and author
E
- Cornelia Knight, English author
- Edward Austen Knight, elder brother of Jane Austen
- Edward Henry Knight, Anglo-American mechanical expert
- Elise Kellond-Knight, Australian association football player
- Eric Knight, English author and the creator of the fictional collie Lassie
- Esmond Knight, British character actor
- Etheridge Knight, African-American poet
F
- Florence Knight, British chef and columnist
- Frank Knight , Australian wildlife artist
- Frank Knight , American economist
G
- G. Wilson Knight, English literary critic and academic
- Gareth Knight, British esotericist and author
- Gary Knight , New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler
- George R. Knight, Seventh-day Adventist historian
- Gillian Knight, English opera singer
- Gladys Knight, American R&B/soul singer and actress
- Goodwin Knight, US politician and 31st California governor
- Greg Knight, British politician and MP
H
- Hilary Knight
- Holly Knight, American songwriter, vocalist and musician
J
- Jabez C. Knight, 8th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- Jack Knight
- James Knight
- 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 of the Northern Territory
- * John Prescott Knight, English portrait painter
- * John S. Knight, American editor and newspaper publisher
- Jonathan Knight, American pop singer
- Jordan Knight, American pop singer
- Joseph Knight, English gardener who published a book that started the most enduring controversy in 19th century botany
- Joseph Knight, Jamaican slave who was the defendant in a historic Scottish civil rights trial
- Jules Knight, English actor and singer
- Julian Knight, Australian army cadet and serial killer
- Julian Knight, British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Solihull since 2015
K
- Katherine Knight, Australian murderer who skinned her partner and cooked his body parts.
- Keith Knight, English footballer
- Keith Knight, 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, creator of Salvation Mountain
- Les U. Knight, founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
M
- Madge Knight, English artist
- Marcus Knight, American NFL football player
- Margaret E. Knight, American inventor of the paper-bag-making machine
- Margaret Knight, 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
- * Nick Knight, British photographer
- * Nick Knight, English cricketer
P
- Pedro Knight, Cuban musician and the husband of Celia Cruz
- Peter Knight, British composer and arranger
- Peter Knight, British physicist
- Peter Knight, British folk musician
- Phil Knight, New Zealand musician
- Phil Knight, 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
- Richard Payne Knight, English archæologist and philologist
- Robert Knight
- Roger Knight, English cricketer, administrator, and schoolmaster
- Rosalind Knight, British actress
S
- Sammy Knight, American NFL football player
- Samuel Knight
- Sarah Kemble Knight, preacher and traveler
- Sharon Knight, American Celtic/Rock singer and front person of Pagan rock band Pandemonaeon
- Shirley Knight, American actress
- Stephen Knight, British author
- Stephen Thomas Knight, British academic
- Sterling Knight, American actor and singer
- Steve Knight , American jazz/rock keyboardist
- Steve Knight , U.S. Representative from California
- 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
- Tonya Knight, US professional female body builder
- Travis Knight, American NBA basketball player
- Trevor Knight, 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
- Vivien Knight, British art historian and gallerist
- Vicky Knight, English film actress
W
- Wayne Knight, American actor
- William Angus Knight British writer
- William Henry Knight English portrait and genre painter
- William J. Knight, X-15 pilot and United States politician
- William Knight , Catholic martyr
- William Knight, member of the court of Henry VIII
- Wyatt Knight, American actor
Z
- Zat Knight, English professional football player