Knecht, in German and Dutch, means a male servant. Etymologically, it is the cognate of English "

knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...

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Émile Knecht Émile Knecht (18 December 1923 – 4 May 2019) was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), offici ...

(1923–2019), Swiss rower *

Guillaume Knecht Guillaume Knecht is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for the Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage № 763), and Pia, as a . Playing career Guillaume Knecht made his début for th ...

, rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s *

Hans Knecht Hans Knecht (26 September 1913 in Albisrieden – 8 March 1986 in Zürich) was a Swiss professional road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the mos ...

(1913–1996), Swiss road racing cyclist * John Knecht (born 1947), American filmmaker *

Justin Heinrich Knecht Justinus or Justin Heinrich Knecht (30 September 1752 – 1 December 1817) was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. Biography He was born in Biberach an der Riss, where he learnt to play the organ, keyboard, violin, and singing. He a ...

(1752–1817), German composer *

Karl Kae Knecht Karl Kae Knecht (December 4, 1883 – July 28, 1972) was an American artist who was the cartoonist for the ''Evansville Courier'' (now ''Courier & Press'') from 1906 to 1960 and was instrumental in the founding of Evansville's Mesker Park Zoo. H ...

(1883–1972), American artist *

Peter Knecht Peter Leo Knecht, September 19, 1936 – October 3, 2014, was a criminal defense attorney from Los Angeles, California. During his career, he represented many Hollywood and music-biz celebrities, including sentenced Rock Star David Crosby ...

(born 1936), American attorney *

Reuben Knecht Bachman Reuben Knecht Bachman (August 6, 1834 – September 19, 1911) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Reuben K. Bachman was born in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He attended ...

(1834–1911), American politician *

Robert Knecht Robert Jean Knecht (born 20 September 1926) is a historian, an expert on 16th-century France, Emeritus Professor of French history at the University of Birmingham, where he taught during 1956–1994. Biography The only child of French parents ...

(born 1926), British historian *

Bill Knecht William Joseph Knecht (March 10, 1930 – December 17, 1992) was an American competition rower. He took up the sport at La Salle University, and later went to Villanova University, graduating in 1951. In 1946, he joined the Vesper Boat Club an ...

(1930–1996), American rower ;Companies * Gebr. Knecht AG, a Swiss bus transportation company

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