Knapp (surname)

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Alexis Knapp Alexis Merizalde Knapp (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress. She portrayed Stacie Conrad in the ''Pitch Perfect'' film series (2012–2017), Alexis in the party film '' Project X'' (2012), and appeared on the first season of the TBS come ...

(born 1989), American actress * Andrew Knapp (born 1991), American baseball player *

Anthony W. Knapp Anthony W. Knapp (born 2 December 1941, Morristown, New Jersey) is an American mathematician at the State University of New York, Stony Brook working on representation theory, who classified the tempered representations of a semisimple Lie grou ...

(born 1941), American mathematician *

Bliss Knapp Bliss Knapp (June 7, 1877 – March 14, 1958), the son of Ira O. and Flavia S. Knapp, students of Mary Baker Eddy, was an early Christian Science lecturer, practitioner, teacher and the author of '' The Destiny of the Mother Church''. Child ...

(1877–1958), American Christian Scientist * Brooke Knapp (born 1940), American aviator and realtor * Charles Knapp (1868–1936), American classical scholar *

Charles Boynton Knapp Charles Boynton "Chuck" Knapp (born August 13, 1946) was the president of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. He served in that capacity from 1987 until his resignation in 1997. Early life and education Knapp was ...

(born 1946), American academic *

Chauncey L. Knapp Chauncey Langdon Knapp (February 26, 1809 – May 31, 1898) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1859. Biography Chauncey Langdon Knapp was born in Berlin, Verm ...

(1809–1898), American politician * Chris Knapp (disambiguation), multiple people * Edward Knapp (disambiguation), multiple people * Elizabeth Knapp (17th century), American settler and alleged possession victim * Florence Knapp (disambiguation), multiple people *

Gaines A. Knapp Gaines A. Knapp (May 31, 1848 – October 13, 1918) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, only two days after Wisconsin became America's 30th state, Knapp moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1848 and went to p ...

(1848–1918), American politician * Georg Christian Knapp (1753–1825), German theologian *

Georg Friedrich Knapp Georg Friedrich Knapp (; March 7, 1842 – February 20, 1926) was a German economist who in 1905 published ''The State Theory of Money'', which founded the chartalist school of monetary theory, which argues that money's value derives from i ...

(1842–1926), German economist * George Knapp (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Knapp Gregory Fishbeck Knapp (March 5, 1963 – July 22, 2021) was an American professional football coach in the National Football League (NFL). He served as an assistant coach for 25 seasons with the New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, ...

(1963–2021), American football coach * H. Wallace Knapp (1869–1929), American politician *

Harry Shepard Knapp Harry Shepard Knapp (June 27, 1856 – April 6, 1923) was a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy, Military Governor of Santo Domingo, and Military Representative of the United States in Haiti. Biography Born in New Britain, Connecticut, Knapp gr ...

(1856–1923), American navy admiral *

Hermann Jakob Knapp Jacob Hermann Knapp (March 17, 1832 – April 30, 1911), also known as Hermann Knapp, was a German-American ophthalmologist and otolaryngologist. Biography Knapp was born in Dauborn, Nassau. He earned his medical degree from the University of Gi ...

(1832–1911), German-American ophthalmologist *

Isaac Knapp Isaac Knapp (January 11, 1804 – September 14, 1843) was an American abolitionist printer, publisher, and bookseller in Boston, Massachusetts. He is remembered primarily for his collaboration with William Lloyd Garrison in printing and publ ...

(1804–1843), journalist and publisher *

Jennifer Knapp Jennifer Lynn Knapp (born April 12, 1974) is an American-Australian folk rock, and contemporary Christian musician. She is best known for her first single "Undo Me" from her debut album, ''Kansas'' (1998), and the song "A Little More" from her ...

(born 1974), American-Australian musician *

Joe Knapp Joe Knapp (Joseph Andrew Knapp) is an artist from Omaha, Nebraska. He is the lead singer and songwriter of Saddle Creek band Son, Ambulance. Knapp has also collaborated with friends and musicians such as Bright Eyes and David Dondero. Joe was Nebr ...

, American musician * John Leonard Knapp (1767–1845), English botanist *

Joseph P. Knapp Joseph Palmer Knapp (May 14, 1864 – January 30, 1951) was an American publisher and philanthropist. He was Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder of the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. Knapp has also been credited with the invention ...

(1864–1951), American publisher and conservationist *

Justin Knapp Justin Anthony Knapp (born November 18, 1982), also known by his online moniker Koavf, is an American Wikipedia user who was the first person to contribute more than one million edits to Wikipedia. , Knapp has made over 2.1 million edits on Eng ...

(born 1982), Wikipedia editor *

Karin Knapp Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player. In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, sh ...

(born 1987), Italian tennis player * Louisa Knapp (1851-1910), Columnist and first editor of the Ladies Home Journal *

Lubor Knapp Lubor Knapp (born 3 August 1976) is a Czech football player who last played for Union Baumgartenberg. Career Knapp played for several top flight Czech and Slovak football clubs, including Baník Ostrava, Viktoria Plzeň and AS Trenčín. He al ...

(born 1976), Czech footballer *

Lyman Enos Knapp Lyman Enos Knapp (November 5, 1837 – October 9, 1904) was an American lawyer, journalist, and politician who served as the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1889 to 1893. He was also a member of the Vermont House of Representatives fro ...

(1837–1904), American politician * Mark L. Knapp (born 1938), American academic and author *

Martin Knapp Martin Richard John Knapp, (born 8 August 1952) is an economist and policy analyst whose research, teaching and consultancy activities are concentrated in the areas of health and social care. As well as being Director of the Personal Social Se ...

(born 1952), British economist and policy analyst *

Martin Wells Knapp Martin Wells Knapp (1853–1901) was an American Methodist minister who founded several institutions including the magazine "God’s Revivalist" in 1888, the International Holiness Union and Prayer League (which became the Pilgrim Holiness Church ...

(1853–1901), American minister and founder *

Phoebe Knapp Phoebe Knapp ( Palmer; March 9, 1839 – July 10, 1908) was an American composer of music for hymns and an organist. Biography Knapp was born in New York City. Her parents were Walter C. Palmer and Phoebe (Worrall) Palmer. She married Jos ...

(1839–1908), American composer and musician *

Rick Knapp Richard A. Knapp (born December 11, 1961) is an American professional baseball pitching coach for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously a pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers. Knapp served as the Tigers pitching ...

(born 1961), American baseball coach *

Sandra Knapp Sandra Diane Knapp (born 1956) is an American-born botanist. She is a merit researcher of the Plants Division of the Natural History Museum, London and from 2018 was the president of the Linnean Society of London. While working at the Natural ...

(born 1956), British-American botanist * Seaman A. Knapp (1833–1911), American academic * Sebastian Knapp, British actor *

Steve Knapp Steve Knapp (born April 17, 1964, Minneapolis, Minnesota), is a former driver in IndyCar. He raced in the 1998–2000 seasons with 13 career starts, including 3 at the Indianapolis 500. His best career finish was in his first race, a third pl ...

(born 1964), American race car driver * Wesley M. Knapp, American botanist *

Whitman Knapp Percy Whitman Knapp (February 24, 1909 – June 14, 2004) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Previous to that service, he led a far-reaching investigation into corruptio ...

(1909–2004), American judge {{surname, Knapp German-language surnames English-language surnames