John Knight

John Knight is the name of:

Sports

• John Knight (baseball) (1885–1965), American baseball player
• John Knight (footballer) (1902–1990), English footballer

Politicians

• John Knight (fl.1417), MP for Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Knight (died 1550), MP for Ludgershall (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Knight (died 1566), MP for Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Knight (MP for Lymington) (died 1621), MP for Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Knight (died 1683) (1613–1683), English MP for Bristol, 1660–1681
• John Knight (died 1718), English MP for Bristol, 1685–1691
• John Knight (died 1733) (c. 1686–1733), MP for St Germans (UK Parliament constituency) and Sudbury
• John Knight (Australian politician) (1943–1981), Australian Senator for Australian Capital Territory, 1975–1981
• John H. Knight (1836–1903), American politician in Wisconsin
• John Knight (1898 – 1976), first Premier of the People's Republic of China

Others

• John Knight (seafarer) (missed 1606 off Labrador), English Adventurer
• John A. Knight (1931–2009), general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
• John George Knight (1826–1892), administrator of the Northern Territory
• John S. Knight (1894–1981), newspaper publisher and editor
• John Knight, former drummer of the California punk rock band D.I.
• John Knight (judge) (1871–1955), former judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
• John Knight (Royal Navy officer) (1747–1831), Royal Navy admiral
• John Buxton Knight (1843–1908), English landscape painter
• John Gally Knight (c. 1740–1804), English barrister
• John Henry Knight (1847–1917), engineer, landowner and inventor
• John James Knight (1863–1927), Australian journalist
• John Lowden Knight (1915–2001)
• John W. Knight, co-founder of CourseInfo LLC

See also

• Jack Knight (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Knight (disambiguation)