McKnight

McKnight (also MacKnight, Macknight) is a Scottish (Ulster-Scots) surname. It is a derivative of the surname MacNaught/McNaught. Notable people with the surname include:

• Allen McKnight (born 1964), former Northern Irish & Glasgow Celtic footballer
• Bill McKnight (born 1940), former Canadian politician
• Bob McKnight (born 1938), Canadian ice player
• Brian McKnight (born 1969), Grammy-nominated American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer
• Chad McKnight (born 1984), American professional basketball player
• Charles McKnight (1750–1791), American physician
• Claude V. McKnight III (21st century), gospel music singer
• Conner McKnight, a fictional character in the Power Rangers universe
• Dennis McKnight (born 1959), former American football guard
• Denny McKnight (1848–1900), founding owner of the Pittsburgh Allegheny baseball club
• Denyss McKnight (born 1982), Canadian electronic musician
• DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (21st century), American guitarist
• Dodge MacKnight (1860–1950), American painter
• Ella Macknight (1904–1997), Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist
• Guy McKnight (21st century), lead singer of the band The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
• Ian McKnight (21st century), Jamaican activist
• Rev James MacKnight DD (1721–1800), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1769 and religious author
• James McKnight (disambiguation)
• Jeff McKnight (born 1963), Major League Baseball player
• Jim McKnight (1936–1994), Major League Baseball player
• Joe McKnight (1988–2016), American football tailback
• Linda McKnight (21st century), double bassist
• Marc McKnight (born 1983), current bassist and backing vocalist for the metalcore band Atreyu
• Marian McKnight (born 1936), Miss America 1957
• Matt McKnight (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Reginald McKnight (21st century), American short story author and novelist
• Rhema McKnight (born 1984), wide receiver for the University of Notre Dame's American football team
• Robert McKnight (1820–1885), Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania
• Robert W. McKnight (born 1944), American businessman, writer, and politician
• Scot McKnight (21st century), New Testament scholar
• Shawn McKnight (born 1968), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Sidney McKnight (born 1955), retired boxer
• Sumner McKnight Crosby (1909–1982), archaeologist
• Ted McKnight (born 1954), former professional American football running back
• Terence E. McKnight (21st century), United States Navy admiral
• Thomas Macknight (1829–1899), Anglo-Irish newspaper editor, biographer and publisher
• Thomas McKnight (born 1941), American artist
• Thomas McKnight (Iowa pioneer), American businessman, politician
• Tim McKnight, American biologist
• Tom McKnight, English footballer
• Tony McKnight (born 1977), retired Major League Baseball pitcher
• Wes McKnight (1909–1968), Canadian television and radio personality
• William "Willie" McKnight (1918–1941), Royal Air Force officer
• William L. McKnight (1887–1978), American businessman
• William McKnight (born c. 1841), United States Navy sailor

See also

• McKnight, Springfield, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts
• McKnight, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Calgary-McKnight
• McKnight Foundation
• McKnight Mountain
• McKnight-Westwinds