Knox (surname)

Knox is a Scottish surname that originates from the Scottish Gaelic "cnoc", meaning a hillock or a hump or the Old English "cnocc", meaning a round-topped hill.

Notable Knoxes include the Presbyterian reformer John Knox and the American Revolutionary War hero Henry Knox; the United States Army facility Fort Knox named after the latter. Other people with this surname include:

People

• Sir Adrian Knox (1863–1932), Australian judge and the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Alexander Knox (1907–1995), Canadian actor
• Sir Alfred Knox (1870–1964), British army officer and politician
• Amanda Knox (born 1987), American woman wrongfully convicted and acquitted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher
• Angelina J. Knox (1819–1896), American inventor, abolitionist
• Archibald Knox (designer) (1864–1933), designer from Isle of Man
• Archie Knox (born 1947), Scottish football manager
• Arthur Edward Knox (1808–1886), British naturalist and author
• Barbara Knox (born 1933), British actress, known for playing Rita Sullivan in the television soap opera Coronation Street
• Bernard Knox (1914–2010), English-born American classicist and first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies
• Bill Knox (1928–1999), Scottish author
• Bronwen Knox (born 1986), Australian water polo player
• Buddy Knox (1933–1999), American rockabilly singer-songwriter
• Buddy Knox (guitarist), Australian country musician
• Cecil Leonard Knox (1889–1943), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Charles Knox (disambiguation), several people
• Chris Knox (born 1952), New Zealand rock 'n' roll musician
• Chuck Knox (1932–2018), American football coach
• Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly (1914–1988), British Second Lieutenant during World War II
• David Knox (disambiguation), several people
• Dawson Knox (born 1996), American football player
• Dilly Knox (1884–1943), British codebreaker and scholar of Greek at King's College, Cambridge
• Dudley Wright Knox (1877–1960), Commodore in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I
• Edward Knox (Australian politician) (1819–1901), Australian judge and politician
• H. Edward Knox (born 1937), American politician
• Edward M. Knox (1842–1916), Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
• E. V. Knox (1881–1971) was a poet, satirist, and editor of Punch from 1932 to 1949
• Elizabeth Knox (born 1959), New Zealand writer
• Ellis O. Knox (1898–1975), first African-American to be awarded a PhD on the West Coast of the United States
• Elyse Knox (1917–2012), American actress
• Francis Knox-Gore (1803–1873), Anglo-Irish baronet
• Francis Knox (1754–1821), Member of Parliament for Philipstown, Ireland
• Frank Knox (1874–1944), U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II
• George Knox (disambiguation), several people including

* George Knox (MP, died 1827) (1765–1827), Irish Tory politician.

* Sir George Edward Knox (1845–1922), British judge in India

* Sir George Hodges Knox (1885–1960), Australian politician

* George Hodges Knox (1885–1960), Australian politician

* George L. Knox (1841–1927), escaped slave, activist, publisher and author

* George L. Knox II (1916–1964), U.S. Army Air Force Officer and Tuskegee Airman

* George William Knox (1853–1912), American Presbyterian theologian and writer

* George Williams Knox (1838–1894), British soldier

• Harley E. Knox (1899–1956), American politician who served as mayor of San Diego
• Henry Knox (1750–1806), first U.S. Secretary of War
• Israel Knox (1904–1986), American philosophy professor
• James Knox (disambiguation), several people
• James Knox-Gore (1775–1818), Anglo-Irish politician
• Janette Hill Knox (1845–1920), American reformer, suffragist, teacher, author
• Jim Knox (1919–1991), New Zealand trade unionist and politician
• John Knox (disambiguation), several people
• Johnny Knox (born 1986), American football player
• Jon Knox, American session musician drummer, producer and composer
• Katharine McCook Knox (1889–1983), American art historian
• Keith Knox (born 1964), Scottish football player and manager
• Keith Knox (born 1967), Scottish boxer
• Kevin Knox (American football) (born 1971), former American football wide receiver
• Kevin Knox II (born 1999), American basketball player for the New York Knicks
• Malcolm Knox, (1900–1980), British philosopher and Principal of St Andrews University
• Malcolm Knox (born 1966), Australian journalist and author
• Mike Knox, ring name of Michael Hettinga, American professional wrestler
• Mona Knox (1929–2008), American model and film actress
• Myra Knox (1853–1915), Canadian-born American physician
• Neville Knox (1884–1935), English cricketer
• Northrup R. Knox (1928–1998) American sportsman, banker, original principal owner of the Buffalo Sabres
• Philander C. Knox (1853–1921), U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of State and Senator
• Rob Knox (1989–2008), British actor who appears in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
• Robert Knox (disambiguation), several people
• Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (born 1939), British sailor
• Ronald Knox (1888–1957), English theologian and crime writer
• Rose Knox (née Markward) (1857–1950), American businesswoman
• Russell Knox (born 1985), Scottish professional golfer
• Sam Knox (1910–1981), American football player
• Seymour H. Knox I (1861–1915), American merchant and businessman
• Seymour H. Knox II (1898–1990), American philanthropist and art exponent
• Seymour H. Knox III (1926–1996), American sportsman, banker, original principal owner of the Buffalo Sabres
• Shelby Knox, public speaker and feminist in the documentary The Education of Shelby Knox
• Simmie Knox (born 1935), African-American painter
• Steven Knox (born 1974), cricketer who played for Scotland
• Terence Knox (born 1946), American film, stage, and television actor
• Thomas Knox (disambiguation), several people
• Tom Knox, American businessman and politician
• Tom Knox (author), pseudonym of British writer and journalist Sean Thomas
• Tommy Knox (1905–1954), English football goalkeeper
• Trey Knox (born 2001), American football player
• Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand
• Vicesimus Knox (1752–1821), English essayist and minister
• Victor A. Knox (1899–1976), U.S. Representative for Michigan
• W. R. Knox (1861–1933), organist in Adelaide, South Australia
• William Knox (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

• Dlanor A. Knox, a character from the Umineko When They Cry series of dōjin visual novels
• Eric Knox, founder of Knox Enterprises, played by Sam Rockwell, a key character in the film Charlie's Angels (2000)
• Florence Mccarthy ("Flurry") Knox, the protagonist's landlord and a key figure in the Somerville and Ross books
• Ronald Knox, from the Japanese manga series Black Butler

See also

• Knox (disambiguation)
• Knox (given name)
• Baron Welles, Viscount Northland, and Earl of Ranfurly (Knox family), Irish peerages created in 1781, 1791 and 1831

References