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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) John Mark Knight (born 16 March 1958) is an English former cricketer. Knight was born at Oundle in March 1958. He studied at Worcester College, Oxford. While studying at the University of Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Ox ...

, English cricketer *

John Knight (footballer) John George Knight (18 August 1902 – 1990) was an English footballer who played for Casuals, Corinthian and Tottenham Hotspur. Football career He played for the "Amateurs" in the 1929 FA Charity Shield. After playing for the Casuals and th ...

(1902–1990), English footballer

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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) 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 Zho ...

, MP for Reigate * 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) 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 Zh ...

(died 1621), MP for Lymington *

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) Sir John Knight (died February 1718) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1695. Knight was the eldest surviving son of John Knight, of St Augustine's Back, Bristol and his first wife called Parson ...

, 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) John Henry Knight (February 3, 1836August 22, 1903) was an American military officer, lawyer, and politician. He was a Union Army officer through the American Civil War. After the war, he was the first Mayor of Ashland, Wisconsin, and was one ...

(1836–1903), American politician in Wisconsin * John Knight (Alabama politician) (born 1945), American politician

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John Knight (artist) John Knight (born 1945 in Hollywood, California) is a conceptual artist in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and ...

(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) (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) (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 John Allen Knight (November 8, 1931 – February 2, 2009) was a minister in the Church of the Nazarene, general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene, president of Mount Vernon Nazarene College (1972–1975), and editor of the Herald o ...

(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) (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, 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 John R. Knight is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Associate Director for Medical Education at the HMS Division on Addictions. In 1999, he founded the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research (Ce ...

, 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.

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