John Knight

John Knight may refer to:

Sports

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

Politicians

• John Knight, English name of Zhou Enlai, first Premier of the People's Republic of China
• John Knight (fl.1417), MP for Reigate
• John Knight (died 1550), MP for Ludgershall
• John Knight (died 1566), MP for Hythe
• John Knight (MP for Lymington) (died 1621), MP for Lymington
• John Knight (died 1683) (1612–1683), English MP for Bristol, 1660–1681
• John Knight (died 1708), English MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Knight (died 1718), English MP for Bristol, 1685–1691
• John Knight (died 1733) (c. 1686–1733), MP for St Germans and Sudbury, son of John Knight died 1708
• John Knight (Australian politician) (1943–1981), Australian Senator for Australian Capital Territory, 1975–1981
• John H. Knight (politician) (1836–1903), American politician in Wisconsin
• John Knight (Alabama politician) (born 1945), American politician

Others

• John Knight (artist) (born 1945), American conceptual artist
• John Knight (Exmoor pioneer) (1765–1850), moorland reclaimer
• 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 Knight (seafarer) (died 1606), English explorer of Greenland and Labrador
• John Knight (slave trader) (1708–1774), English slave trader
• John Knight (soap maker) (1792-1864), Founder of The Royal Primrose Soap Works
• John A. Knight (1931–2009), general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
• John Buxton Knight (1843–1908), English landscape painter
• John Franklin Knight or James Wright (1927–2022), Australian medical professional
• John Gally Knight (c. 1740–1804), English barrister
• John George Knight (1826–1892), administrator of the Northern Territory
• John Henry Knight (inventor) (1847–1917), engineer, landowner and inventor
• John James Knight (1863–1927), Australian journalist
• John "Julius" Knight, American house music producer, remixer and DJ
• John Lowden Knight (1915–2001), professor, university administrator, and Methodist theologian
• John Prescott Knight (1803–1881), English portrait painter
• John R. Knight, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
• John S. Knight (1894–1981), newspaper publisher and editor
• John Knight (died 1931), estate agent, co-founder of Knight Frank
• John Knight, former drummer of the California punk rock band D.I.

See also

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