McKnight
McKnight is a Scottish surname. It is a derivative of the surname MacNaught/McNaught. Notable people with the surname include:
- Allen McKnight, former Northern Irish & Glasgow Celtic footballer
- Bill McKnight, former Canadian politician
- Bob McKnight, Canadian ice player
- Brian McKnight, Grammy-nominated American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer
- Chad McKnight, American professional basketball player
- Charles McKnight, American physician
- Claude V. McKnight III, gospel music singer
- Conner McKnight, a fictional character in the Power Rangers universe
- Dennis McKnight, former American football guard
- Denny McKnight, founding owner of the Pittsburgh Allegheny baseball club
- Denyss McKnight, Canadian electronic musician
- DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight, American guitarist
- Dodge MacKnight, American painter
- Ella Macknight, Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist
- Guy McKnight, lead singer of the band The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
- Ian McKnight, Jamaican activist
- Rev James MacKnight DD, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1769 and religious author
- James McKnight
- Jeff McKnight, Major League Baseball player
- Jim McKnight, Major League Baseball player
- Joe McKnight, American football tailback
- Linda McKnight, double bassist
- Marc McKnight, current bassist and backing vocalist for the metalcore band Atreyu
- Marian McKnight, Miss America 1957
- Matt McKnight, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Reginald McKnight, American short story author and novelist
- Rhema McKnight, wide receiver for the University of Notre Dame's American football team
- Robert McKnight, Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- Robert W. McKnight, American businessman, writer, and politician
- Scot McKnight, New Testament scholar
- Shawn McKnight, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Sidney McKnight, retired boxer
- Sumner McKnight Crosby, archaeologist
- Ted McKnight, former professional American football running back
- Terence E. McKnight, United States Navy admiral
- Thomas Macknight, Anglo-Irish newspaper editor, biographer and publisher
- Thomas McKnight, American artist
- Thomas McKnight, American businessman, politician
- Tim McKnight, American biologist
- Tom McKnight, English footballer
- Tom McKnight, American Professional Golfer
- Tony McKnight, retired Major League Baseball pitcher
- Wes McKnight, Canadian television and radio personality
- William "Willie" McKnight, Royal Air Force officer
- William L. McKnight, American businessman
- William McKnight, United States Navy sailor
