Knez or Knyaz is a South Slavic surname, coming from the
title ''knez''. It may refer to:
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Dejan Knez
Dejan Knez (born 18 May 1961 in Trbovlje) is a Slovenian artist, musician, painter and founder and former member of the group Laibach.
He is the son of the Slovenian painter Janez Knez. In 1978, he formed the band Salte Morale, which would later ...
, a Slovenian artist
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Tomislav Knez
Tomislav Knez (born 9 June 1938 in Banja Luka) is a former footballer from Yugoslavia. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
During his club career he played for Borac Banja Luka, NK Dinamo Zagreb, SV Schw ...
, a Bosnian footballer
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Iván Knez
Iván Knez (born 21 July 1974) is a former footballer who played as a defender during the 1990s and 2000s.
Football career
Although he was born in Argentina, Knez was raised in Switzerland and started playing football in the youth movement of ...
, an Argentine-Swiss footballer
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Nikodim Tsarknias
Nikodim Tsarknias ( el, Νικόδημος Τσαρκνιάς, mk, Никодим Царкњас, born 1942 in Aridaia) is an ethnic Macedonian Orthodox Christian monk and Archimandrite who originates from the Greek region of Macedonia. In 197 ...
(''Tsar-Knyaz''), a
Macedonian Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...
priest in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
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