Knox (surname)
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Knox is a Scottish surname that comes from the Scots Gaelic, "cnoc", meaning hillock or hump.
Arguably, the most famous Knoxes are Presbyterian reformer John Knox
, Revolutionary War hero Henry Knox
and the United States Army post Fort Knox
named after him, but the name has come to be identified with many people, places, and other things as follows:
Arguably, the most famous Knoxes are Presbyterian reformer John Knox
John Knox
John Knox was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland. He was educated at the University of St Andrews or possibly the University of Glasgow and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1536...
, Revolutionary War hero Henry Knox
Henry Knox
Henry Knox was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, and also served as the first United States Secretary of War....
and the United States Army post Fort Knox
Fort Knox
Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet...
named after him, but the name has come to be identified with many people, places, and other things as follows:
Surname
- Sir Adrian KnoxAdrian KnoxSir Adrian Knox KCMG, KC , Australian judge, was the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1919 to 1930.-Education:...
, Australian judge, and the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia - Alexander KnoxAlexander KnoxAlexander Knox was a Canadian actor and author of adventure novels set in the Great Lakes area during the 19th century.-Biography:...
, Canadian actor - Amanda KnoxAmanda KnoxAmanda Marie Knox is an American woman who was accused of the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. She served 4 years of a 26-year sentence before the murder conviction was overturned on October 3, 2011. Raffaele Sollecito, Knox's boyfriend at the time of the murder, was also...
, American convicted and acquitted of murdering Meredith Kercher - Archibald Knox (designer)Archibald Knox (designer)Archibald Knox , was a Manx art nouveau designer of Scottish descent....
(1864-1933), British Arts & Crafts designer - Archie KnoxArchie KnoxArchibald "Archie" Knox is a Scottish football manager and former player, and is currently the assistant manager of Aberdeen....
Scottish football manager - Barbara KnoxBarbara KnoxBarbara Knox, MBE , is an English actress, best known for playing Rita Sullivan in the television soap opera Coronation Street.-Early life:Knox was born in Oldham, Lancashire...
, British actress mainly known for playing Rita Sullivan in the television soap opera Coronation Street - Bernard KnoxBernard KnoxBernard MacGregor Walker Knox was an English classicist, author, and critic who became an American citizen. He was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S...
, classicist, and first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies - Bronwen KnoxBronwen KnoxBronwen Knox is an Australian water polo player, who joined the women's national team in 2005. She was a member of the side that won the silver medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.-References:*...
, Australian water polo player - Buddy KnoxBuddy KnoxBuddy Knox was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1957 rockabilly hit song, "Party Doll".-Biography:...
, American rockabilly singer and songwriter - Cecil Leonard KnoxCecil Leonard KnoxCecil Leonard Knox VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
, English recipient of the Victoria Cross - Chris KnoxChris KnoxChris Knox is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist, and DVD reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love. After Toy Love disbanded in the early 1980s, he formed the group Tall Dwarfs with guitarist Alec Bathgate, much loved for their honest,...
, New Zealand rock and roll musician - Chuck KnoxChuck KnoxCharles Robert "Chuck" Knox is a former American football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. He is best remembered as head coach of three National Football League teams, the Seattle Seahawks, the Buffalo Bills, and the Los Angeles Rams, serving two separate stints with...
, former NFL head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, and Los Angeles Rams - Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly, British Second Lieutenant during World War II
- Dilly KnoxDilly KnoxAlfred Dillwyn 'Dilly' Knox CMG was a classics scholar at King's College, Cambridge, and a British codebreaker...
, British codebreaker and Greek scholar at King's College, Cambridge - Dudley Wright KnoxDudley Wright KnoxCommodore Dudley Wright Knox was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I...
, Commodore in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I - E. V. KnoxE. V. KnoxEdmund George Valpy Knox , was a poet and satirist who wrote under the pseudonym Evoe. He was editor of Punch 1932-1949, having been a regular contributor in verse and prose for many years....
, poet, satirist, and editor of Punch 1932-1949 - Ellis O. KnoxEllis O. KnoxDr. Ellis O'Neal Knox was the first African-American to be awarded a Ph.D. on the West Coast of the United States. Knox received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1922 from the University of California, Berkeley and his doctorate in the history and philosophy of education from the University of...
, first African-American to be awarded a Ph.D. on the West Coast of the United States - Elyse KnoxElyse Knox-Early life:Born Elsie Lillian Kornbrath to Frederick and Elizabeth Kornbrath in Hartford, Connecticut, she studied at the Traphagen School of Fashion in Manhattan then embarked on a career in fashion design...
, American actress - Frank KnoxFrank Knox-External links:...
, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II - Sir George Hodges KnoxGeorge Hodges KnoxSir George Hodges Knox CMG was an Australian politician. The City of Knox is named after him.Knox was born in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran in 1885 and educated at Scotch College Melbourne...
, Australian politician - George Williams Knox, American Presbyterian theologian and writer
- Harley E. KnoxHarley E. KnoxHarley Eugene Knox was an American Independent politician from California.- Biography :Knox was born 1899 in Nebraska...
, American politician who served as mayor of San Diego - Henry KnoxHenry KnoxHenry Knox was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, and also served as the first United States Secretary of War....
, first United States Secretary of War - John KnoxJohn KnoxJohn Knox was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland. He was educated at the University of St Andrews or possibly the University of Glasgow and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1536...
, Scottish religious reformer who played the lead part in reforming the Church in Scotland in a Presbyterian manner - John Reily KnoxJohn Reily KnoxJohn Reily Knox was an American attorney who was the principal founder of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at Miami University in 1839....
, primary founder of Beta Theta Pi - Mike KnoxMike KnoxMichael Shawn Hettinga is a American professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment as Mike Knox. He is also an avid fisherman, and fishes in his spare time.-Independent circuit :...
, ring name of Michael Hettinga, an American professional wrestler - Neville KnoxNeville KnoxNeville Alexander Knox was an English fast bowler of the late 1900s and effectively the successor to Tom Richardson and William Lockwood in the Surrey team...
, English cricketer - Northrup R. KnoxNorthrup R. KnoxNorthrup Rand Knox , was a Buffalo banker, sportsman, and community leader who, along with his brother Seymour, brought the National Hockey League franchise the Buffalo Sabres to Buffalo, New York. Knox is the third generation of the Knox family to serve as chairman of Marine Midland Bank and its...
, sportsman, banker, original principal owner Buffalo Sabres - Philander C. KnoxPhilander C. KnoxPhilander Chase Knox was an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Attorney General , a Senator from Pennsylvania and Secretary of State ....
, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State - Rob KnoxRob KnoxRobert Arthur "Rob" Knox was an English actor who portrayed Marcus Belby in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and had signed to appear in the planned film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...
(1989-2008), British actor who played in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Robert KnoxRobert KnoxRobert Knox was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist and zoologist. He was the most popular lecturer in anatomy in Edinburgh before his involvement in the Burke and Hare body-snatching case. This ruined his career, and a later move to London did not improve matters...
, Scottish doctor, natural scientist and traveller - Robert Knox (sailor)Robert Knox (sailor)Robert Knox was an English sea captain in the service of the British East India Company. He was the son of another sea captain, also called Robert Knox....
, sea captain in the service of the British East India Company - Sir Robin Knox-JohnstonRobin Knox-JohnstonSir William Robert Patrick "Robin" Knox-Johnston, CBE, RD and bar is an English sailor. He was the first man to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe and was the second winner of the Jules Verne Trophy . For this he was awarded with Blake the ISAF Yachtsman of the Year award...
, first man to perform a solo non-stop circumnavigation - Ronald KnoxRonald KnoxRonald Arbuthnott Knox was an English priest, theologian and writer.-Life:Ronald Knox was born in Kibworth, Leicestershire, England into an Anglican family and was educated at Eton College, where he took the first scholarship in 1900 and Balliol College, Oxford, where again...
, English theologian and crime writer - Rose KnoxRose KnoxRose Knox, née Markward, aka Mrs Charles B. Knox was an American businesswoman, who ran the Knox Gelatin Factory in Johnstown, New York, USA after her husband died. She won wide respect as one of the leading businesswomen of her time.- Biography :Rose was one of three girls born to David and...
, American business woman - Russell KnoxRussell KnoxRussell Knox is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Nationwide Tour.Knox played on the NGA Hooters Tour from 2008 to 2010, picking up two victories in the process...
. Scottish professional golfer - Seymour H. Knox ISeymour H. Knox IThis article is about the Buffalo merchant and businessman; see Seymour Knox for other people with this name.Seymour Horace Knox I , was a Buffalo, New York businessman who made his fortune in five-and-dime stores...
, merchant, businessman - Seymour H. Knox IISeymour H. Knox IISeymour Horace Knox II was a Buffalo, New York philanthropist and art exponent. He was born in 1898 in Buffalo, New York, the son of Seymour H. Knox I, the F.W. Woolworth Company co-founder. He was the father of Seymour H. Knox III and Northrup R...
, Buffalo philanthropist, art exponent - Seymour H. Knox III, sportsman, banker, original principal owner Buffalo Sabres
- Shelby Knox, Feminist, Sexual education activist
- Simmie KnoxSimmie KnoxSimmie Knox is an African American painter who was chosen to paint the official White House portrait of former United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.-External links:*...
(born 1935), African American painter - Thomas W. KnoxThomas W. KnoxThomas Wallace Knox was a journalist, author, and world traveler, known primarily for his work as a New York Herald correspondent during the American Civil War...
, American Civil War journalist for the New York Herald known for his open criticism of William T. Sherman - Tom Knox (author)Tom Knox (Author)Tom Knox is the pseudonym of British journalist and writer Sean Thomas. When he writes under the name of Tom Knox, he specialises in archaeological thrillers....
, Pseudonym of British author and journalist, Sean Thomas - Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of RanfurlyUchter Knox, 5th Earl of RanfurlyUchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly GCMG, PC was a British politician and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904.-Early life:...
, Governor of New Zealand - Vicesimus KnoxVicesimus KnoxVicesimus Knox was an English essayist and minister. He was born December 8, 1752, at Newington Green, Middlesex. Knox was educated at St John's College, Oxford, took orders, and became Head Master of Tonbridge School. He published Essays Moral and Literary , and compiled the formerly well-known...
, English essayist and minister - Victor A. KnoxVictor A. KnoxVictor Alfred Knox was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Knox was born on a farm in Chippewa County, Michigan, near Sault Ste. Marie. He attended the public schools and engaged in farming until 1943. He was the treasurer of Soo Township in 1923 and 1924, and Chippewa County supervisor,...
(1899-1976), U.S. Representative from Michigan