The surname Knott has several origins. The English-language surname is derived from the Middle English personal name Knut, a cognate of the Old Norse personal name Knútr, which is in turn derived from knútr ("knot"). The surname Knott is also a variant spelling of the German-language surname Knoth, which is derived from the Middle High German knode, knote ("knot").
People Knott family (lighthouse keepers) Alan Knott (born 1946), English cricketer Aloysius Leo Knott (died 1918), American politician, lawyer and educator Andrew Knott (born 1979), English actor Annie M. Knott (1850–1941), prominent Scottish-born Christian Scientist Bert Knott (1914–1986), English footballer Bill Knott (politician) (1921–2013), Australian politician Bill Knott (poet) (1940–2014), American poet Bill Knott (footballer) (active in 1922), footballer from New Zealand Blanche Knott, American author Brad Knott, American attorney and politician Cara Knott (1966–1986), American student murdered by a law enforcement officer Cargill Gilston Knott (1856–1922), Scottish physicist, mathematician and seismologist Charles Knott (1914–2003), English cricketer Joanna Saleeby Knott, American businesswoman and golfer Charles Harold Knott, known as John Knott, (1901–1988), English cricketer Joseph Thomas Knott (born 1951), American lawyer J. T. Knott (born 1926), American politician Dan Knott (1879–1959), Canadian labour activist and politician Darren Knott, British disc jockey and record producer Edward Knott (1582–1656), English Jesuit controversialist Eleanor Knott MRIA (1886–1975), an Irish scholar, academic and lexicographer Eric Knott (born 1974), American baseball player Francis Knott, British athlete during the 1908 Summer Olympics Freddie Knott (1891–1972), English cricketer Frederick Knott (1916–2002), English playwright George Knott (1910–2001), Australian athlete and politician Ian Knott, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s Ian Knott, New Zealand technology writer J. Proctor Knott (1830–1911), Governor of Kentucky Jack Knott (1907–1981), American baseball player Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet (1855–1934), English shipping magnate and politician James Knott (born 1975), English cricketer, the son of Alan Knott John Knott (disambiguation), multiple people Jon Knott (born 1978), American baseball player Kristina Knott (born 1995), Filipino-American sprinter Lydia Knott (1866–1955), American actress of the silent era Kathleen Knott (born 1987), Australian netball player Nick Knott (1920–1987), Canadian ice hockey player Michael Knott, American singer-songwriter Percy Knott, English footballer in the 1920s Peter Knott (1956–2015), Australian politician Ralph Knott (1878–1929), British architect Sidney Knott (1933–2020), South African cricketer Stuart R. Knott (1859–1943), the fourth president of Kansas City Southern Railway Walter Knott (1889–1981), American farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park
See also
Knotts, a surname Nott (disambiguation)