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John Knight (baseball) John Wesley Knight (October 6, 1885 – December 19, 1965) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1905 and 1913 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Americans, New York Yankees, New York ...

(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 Zhou Enlai (; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman and military officer who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 J ...

, first Premier of the People's Republic of China * John Knight (fl.1417), MP for

Reigate Reigate ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town in Surrey, England, around south of central London. The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book in 1086 as ''Cherchefelle'' and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The earlie ...

* John Knight (died 1550), MP for Ludgershall * John Knight (died 1566), MP for

Hythe Hythe, from Anglo-Saxon ''hȳð'', may refer to a landing-place, port or haven, either as an element in a toponym, such as Rotherhithe in London, or to: Places Australia * Hythe, Tasmania Canada *Hythe, Alberta, a village in Canada England * T ...

* John Knight (MP for Lymington) (died 1621), MP for

Lymington Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the ...

John Knight (died 1683) Sir John Knight (24 November 1613 – 16 December 1683) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1681. When mayor of Bristol he became notorious for his activities against Nonconformists. Life Knight ...

(1612–1683), English MP for Bristol, 1660–1681 *

John Knight (died 1708) 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 Z ...

, English MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis * John Knight (died 1718), English MP for Bristol, 1685–1691 *

John Knight (died 1733) John Knight (c.1686–1733) of Gosfield Hall, Essex was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1733. Early life Knight was the only son of John Knight and his wife Elizabeth. He was admitted at Mid ...

(c. 1686–1733), MP for St Germans and Sudbury, son of John Knight died 1708 *

John Knight (Australian politician) John William Knight (20 November 19434 March 1981) was an Australian politician. He represented the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in the Senate, for the Liberal Party of Australia, from 1975 until his death in 1981. John Knight was born ...

(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

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* John Knight (artist) (born 1945), American conceptual artist *

John Knight (Exmoor pioneer) John Knight (1765-1850) of Lea Castle, Wolverley, of 52 Portland Place in London, and of Simonsbath House, Exmoor, Somerset, was an agricultural pioneer who commenced the reclamation of the barren moorland of the former royal forest of Exmoor i ...

(1765–1850), moorland reclaimer *

John Knight (judge) John Knight (April 29, 1871 – June 15, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate from 1925 to 1931, and a United States district judge of the United States District Co ...

(1871–1955), former judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York *

John Knight (Royal Navy officer) Sir John Knight, KCB (''bap.'' 21 February 1747 – 16 June 1831) was a senior British Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries most noted for his activities as a post captain during the American and French Re ...

(1747–1831), Royal Navy admiral *

John Knight (seafarer) John Knight (died 1606) was a British explorer of Greenland and Labrador. He is known for two expeditions: he was a member of a Danish exploration of the coast of Greenland, and he led an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, during which ...

(died 1606), English explorer of Greenland and Labrador *

John Knight (slave trader) John Knight (1708–1774) was an English slave trader. He was responsible for at least 114 slave voyages in the period 1750–1775 and he transported over 26,000 Africans to the Americas. Knight traded enslaved Africans with the American politici ...

(1708–1774), English slave trader *

John Knight (soap maker) John Knight (25 December 1792 6 April 1864) was an English businessman and founder of John Knight Soap Works in London, which later became The Royal Primrose Soap Works. In 1810, John Knight started making candles and soaps, in his spare time ...

(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 John William Buxton Knight RBA (1843 – 2 January 1908), English landscape painter, was born in Sevenoaks, Kent. He started as a schoolmaster, but painting was his hobby, and he subsequently devoted himself to it. In 1861 he had his first pict ...

(1843–1908), English landscape painter *

John Franklin Knight John Franklin Knight (12 December 1927 – 27 November 2022), known professionally as Dr James Wright, was an Australian medical professional who was notable for his books, television and radio appearances, and regular newspaper and magazine c ...

or James Wright (1927–2022), Australian medical professional *

John Gally Knight John Gally Knight ( – 20 October 1804) was an English barrister who served in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1796. He was the eldest son of Rev. Henry Gally, rector of St. Giles-in-the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex and educated at Eton College ...

(c. 1740–1804), English barrister *

John George Knight John George Knight (1826 – 10 January 1892),Sally O'Neill,, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 37-37. Retrieved 24 August 2009 was an architect and Government Resident of the Northern Territory ...

(1826–1892), administrator of the Northern Territory *

John Henry Knight (inventor) John Henry Knight (21 January 1847 – 22 September 1917), from Farnham, was a wealthy engineer, landowner and inventor. With the help of the engineer George Parfitt he built one of Britain's first petrol-powered motor vehicles, Frederick Breme ...

(1847–1917), engineer, landowner and inventor *

John James Knight John James Knight (7 June 1863 – 24 November 1927) was an Australian journalist, newspaper editor and historian. Biography Knight was born at Shelton, Staffordshire, Shelton, Staffordshire, England, the son of James Knight, potter and printer, a ...

(1863–1927), Australian journalist *

John "Julius" Knight John "Julius" Knight, sometimes known as JJK, is an American house music producer, remixer and DJ. Born in New York City, Knight started DJing in clubs in NY and Boston, before releasing his first EP, ''Knighttime Funk'', in 1996 on Marc Pomer ...

, American house music producer, remixer and DJ *

John Lowden Knight John Lowden Knight (November 2, 1915 – July 21, 2001) was a professor, university administrator, and a Methodist theologian. He was President of Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska; the fourth president of Baldwin-Wallace College, ...

(1915–2001), professor, university administrator, and Methodist theologian *

John Prescott Knight John Prescott Knight (1803–1881) was an English portrait painter. He was secretary of the Royal Academy from 1848 until 1873. Biography The son of the actor Edward Knight, he was born in Stafford in 1803. He began his working life in the off ...

(1803–1881), English portrait painter * John R. Knight, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School *

John S. Knight John Shively Knight (October 26, 1894 – June 16, 1981) was an American newspaper publisher and editor based in Akron, Ohio. Early life and education Knight was born in Bluefield, West Virginia, to Charles Landon Knight and Clara Irene Shively. ...

(1894–1981), newspaper publisher and editor *John Knight (died 1931), estate agent, co-founder of

Knight Frank Knight Frank LLP is an estate agency, residential and commercial property consultancy founded in London by John Knight, Howard Frank and William Rutley in 1896. Knight Frank together with its American affiliate Cresa is one of the world's large ...

*John Knight, former drummer of the California punk rock band D.I.

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