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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 Yor ...

(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 ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...

, 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 of 1086 as ''Cherchefelle'', and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The ea ...

John Knight (died 1550) 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 ...

, MP for Ludgershall * John Knight (died 1566), MP for Hythe * 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), New Forest district of Hampshire, England. The town faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a Roll-on/roll-off, car ferry s ...

* John Knight (died 1683) (1612–1683), English MP for Bristol, 1660–1681 * John Knight (died 1708), English MP for

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency) Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset represented in the English House of Commons, later in that of Great Britain, and finally in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Union of Weymouth and Melco ...

* John Knight (died 1718), 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) John William Knight (20 November 19434 March 1981) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1975 until his death in 1981, as one of th ...

(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

Others

* John Knight (artist) (born 1945), American conceptual artist * John Knight (Exmoor pioneer) (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 Cou ...

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

John Knight (Royal Navy officer) Admiral 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 F ...

(1747–1831), Royal Navy admiral *

John Knight (seafarer) John Knight ( 1585 - disappeared 26 June 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 ...

(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 ...

(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 pi ...

(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. Biography He was the eldest son of Rev. Henry Gally, rector of St. Giles-in-the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex and educated at E ...

(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, England, the son of James Knight, potter and printer, and his wife Louisa, ''n� ...

(1863–1927), Australian journalist * John "Julius" Knight, American house music producer, remixer and DJ * John Lowden Knight (1915–2001), professor, university administrator, and Methodist theologian * John Prescott Knight (1803–1881), English portrait painter * John R. Knight, 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 Knight Frank LLP is a global real estate consultancy and estate agency headquartered in London, England. Knight Frank's global network has more than 488 offices across 57 territories and more than 20,000 people managing commercial, agricultur ...

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

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