McKnight

McKnight (also MacKnight, Macknight) is a Scottish (Ulster-Scots) surname. It is a derivative of the surname MacNaught/McNaught.  Notable people with the surname include:

 Allen McKnight (born 1964) former Northern Irish & Glasgow Celtic Goalkeeper.                Anthony McKnight. Son of Man (born 1964 from Enoch)
 Bill McKnight (born 1940), former Canadian politician
 Bob McKnight (born 1938), Canadian ice player
 Brian McKnight (born 1969), Grammy-nominated American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer
 Chad McKnight (born 1984), American professional basketball player
 Charles McKnight (1750–1791), American physician
 Claude V. McKnight III (21st century), gospel music singer
 Conner McKnight, a fictional character in the Power Rangers universe
 Dennis McKnight (born 1959), former American football guard
 Denny McKnight (1848–1900), founding owner of the Pittsburgh Allegheny baseball club
 Denyss McKnight (born 1982), Canadian electronic musician
 DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (21st century), American guitarist
 Dodge MacKnight (1860–1950), American painter
 Ella Macknight (1904–1997), Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist
 Guy McKnight (21st century), lead singer of the band The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
 Ian McKnight (21st century), Jamaican activist
 Rev James MacKnight DD (1721–1800), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1769 and religious author
 James McKnight (born 1972), former American football wide receiver
 Jeff McKnight (born 1963), Major League Baseball player
 Jim McKnight (1936–1994), Major League Baseball player
 Joe McKnight (1988–2016), American football tailback
 Linda McKnight (21st century), double bassist
 Marc McKnight (born 1983), current bassist and backing vocalist for the metalcore band Atreyu
 Marian McKnight (born 1936), Miss America 1957
 Matt McKnight (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
 Reginald McKnight (21st century), American short story author and novelist
 Rhema McKnight (born 1984), wide receiver for the University of Notre Dame's American football team
 Robert McKnight (1820–1885), Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania
 Robert W. McKnight (born 1944), American businessman, writer, and politician
 Scot McKnight (21st century), New Testament scholar
 Shawn McKnight (born 1968), American Roman Catholic bishop
 Sidney McKnight (born 1955), retired boxer
 Sumner McKnight Crosby (1909–1982), archaeologist
 Ted McKnight (born 1954), former professional American football running back
 Terence E. McKnight (21st century), United States Navy admiral
 Thomas Macknight (1829–1899), Anglo-Irish newspaper editor, biographer and publisher
 Thomas McKnight (born 1941), American artist
 Thomas McKnight (Iowa pioneer), American businessman, politician
 Tim McKnight, American biologist
 Tom McKnight, English footballer
 Tom McKnight, American Professional Golfer
 Tony McKnight (born 1977), retired Major League Baseball pitcher
 Wes McKnight (1909–1968), Canadian television and radio personality
 William "Willie" McKnight (1918–1941), Royal Air Force officer
 William L. McKnight (1887–1978), American businessman
 William McKnight (born c. 1841), United States Navy sailor

See also
McKnight, Springfield, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts
McKnight, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
 Calgary-McKnight
 McKnight Foundation
 McKnight Mountain
 McKnight-Westwinds

Category:Surnames of Ulster-Scottish origin
Category:Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames