Knott (surname)
The surname Knott has several origins. The English-language surname is derived from the Middle English personal name Knut, a cognate of the Old Norse personal name Knútr, which is in turn derived from knútr ("knot"). The surname Knott is also a variant spelling of the German-language surname Knoth, which is derived from the Middle High German knode, knote ("knot").
People
- Knott family (lighthouse keepers)
- Alan Knott (born 1946), English cricketer
- Andrew Knott (born 1979), English actor
- Annie M. Knott (1850-1941), prominent Scottish-born Christian Scientist
- Bill Knott (politician) (born 1921), Australian politician
- Bill Knott (poet) (born 1940), American poet
- Bill Knott (footballer) (active in 1922), footballer from New Zealand
- Blanche Knott, American author
- Cara Knott, victim of Craig Peyer
- Cargill Gilston Knott (1856–1922), Scottish physicist, mathematician and seismologist
- Charles Knott (1914–2003), English cricketer
- Charles Harold Knott, known as John Knott, (1901–1988), English cricketer
- Dan Knott (1879–1959), Canadian labour activist and politician
- Darren Knott, British disc jockey and record producer
- Edward Knott (1582-1656), English Jesuit controversialist
- Eric Knott (born 1974), American baseballer
- Francis Knott, British athlete during the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Freddie Knott (1891–1972), English cricketer
- Frederick Knott (1916–2002), English playwright
- George Knott (1910–2001), Australian athlete and politician
- Ian Knott, English professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s
- J. Proctor Knott (1830–1911), Governor of Kentucky
- Jack Knott (1907-1981), American baseballer
- Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet (1855–1934), English shipping magnate and politician
- James Knott (born 1975), English cricketer, the son of Alan Knott
- John Knott, British scientist
- Jon Knott (born 1978), American baseballer
- Lydia Knott (1866–1955), American actress of the silent era
- Kathleen Knott (born 1987), Australian netball player
- Nick Knott (1920–1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Knott, American singer-songwriter
- Percy Knott, English footballer in the 1920s
- Peter Knott (1956–2015), Australian politician
- Ralph Knott (1878–1929), British architect
- Stuart R. Knott (1859–1943), the fourth president of Kansas City Southern Railway
- Walter Knott (1889–1981), American farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park
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