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, Australian judge and the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Alexander Knox, Canadian actor
- Sir Alfred Knox, British army officer and politician
- Amanda Knox, American woman wrongfully convicted and acquitted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher
- Angelina J. Knox, American inventor, abolitionist
- Archibald Knox (designer), designer from Isle of Man
- Archie Knox, Scottish football manager
- Arthur Edward Knox, British naturalist and author
- Barbara Knox, British actress, known for playing Rita Sullivan in the television soap opera Coronation Street
- Bernard Knox, English-born American classicist and first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies
- Bill Knox, Scottish author
- Bronwen Knox, Australian water polo player
- Buddy Knox, American rockabilly singer-songwriter
- Buddy Knox (guitarist), Australian country musician
- Cecil Leonard Knox, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Charles Knox (disambiguation), several people
- Chris Knox, New Zealand rock 'n' roll musician
- Chuck Knox, American football coach
- Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly, British Second Lieutenant during World War II
- David Knox (disambiguation), several people
- Dawson Knox, American football player
- Dilly Knox, British codebreaker and scholar of Greek at King's College, Cambridge
- Dudley Wright Knox, Commodore in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I
- Edward Knox (Australian politician), Australian judge and politician
- H. Edward Knox, American politician
- Edward M. Knox, Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
- E. V. Knox was a poet, satirist, and editor of Punch from 1932 to 1949
- Elizabeth Knox, New Zealand writer
- Ellis O. Knox, first African-American to be awarded a PhD on the West Coast of the United States
- Elyse Knox, American actress
- Francis Knox-Gore, Anglo-Irish baronet
- Francis Knox, Member of Parliament for Philipstown, Ireland
- Frank Knox, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II
- George Knox (disambiguation), several people including
- Harley E. Knox, American politician who served as mayor of San Diego
- Henry Knox, first U.S. Secretary of War
- Israel Knox, American philosophy professor
- James Knox (disambiguation), several people
- James Knox-Gore, Anglo-Irish politician
- Janette Hill Knox, American reformer, suffragist, teacher, author
- Jim Knox, New Zealand trade unionist and politician
- John Knox (disambiguation), several people
- Johnny Knox, American football player
- Jon Knox, American session musician drummer, producer and composer
- Katharine McCook Knox, American art historian
- Keith Knox, Scottish football player and manager
- Keith Knox, Scottish boxer
- Kevin Knox (American football), former American football wide receiver
- Kevin Knox II, American basketball player for the New York Knicks
- Malcolm Knox,, British philosopher and Principal of St Andrews University
- Malcolm Knox, Australian journalist and author
- Mike Knox, ring name of Michael Hettinga, American professional wrestler
- Mona Knox, American model and film actress
- Myra Knox, Canadian-born American physician
- Neville Knox, English cricketer
- Northrup R. Knox American sportsman, banker, original principal owner of the Buffalo Sabres
- Philander C. Knox, U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of State and Senator
- Rob Knox, British actor who appears in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Robert Knox (disambiguation), several people
- Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, British sailor
- Ronald Knox, English theologian and crime writer
- Rose Knox, American businesswoman
- Russell Knox, Scottish professional golfer
- Sam Knox, American football player
- Seymour H. Knox I, American merchant and businessman
- Seymour H. Knox II, American philanthropist and art exponent
- Seymour H. Knox III, 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, African-American painter
- Steven Knox, cricketer who played for Scotland
- Terence Knox, 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, English football goalkeeper
- Trey Knox, American football player
- Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand
- Vicesimus Knox, English essayist and minister
- Victor A. Knox, U.S. Representative for Michigan
- W. R. Knox, 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
- Florence Mccarthy Knox, the protagonist's landlord and a key figure in the Somerville and Ross books
- Ronald Knox, from the Japanese manga series ''Black Butler''