Knowles (surname)
Knowles (/nəʊlz/[1]) is a common Irish (Anglicized: Ó Tnúthghail) and Cornish (meaning "dweller by the knoll") surname of Celtic origin, and may refer to many people.
A
- Alison Knowles (born 1933), American artist
- Anne Kelly Knowles (born 1957), American geographer
B
- Bernard Knowles (1900–1975), English film director
- Beyoncé Knowles (born 1981), American R&B singer
- Barry Knowles (born 1965), Liverpool Football Club supporter and "Spirit of Shankly" (Liverpool FC Supporters Union) member from Dudley, West Midlands
C
- Cameron Knowles (born 1982), New Zealand footballer
- Admiral of the White Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet (1704–1777) (see Knowles Baronets)
- Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Knowles, 2nd Baronet (1754–1831)
- Chris Knowles, English footballer
- Christopher Knowles (born 1959), American poet
- Christopher Knowles (comics), American comic book artist and writer
- Clayton Knowles, New York Times correspondent
- Craig Knowles (born 1959), Australian politician
- Cyril Knowles (1944–1991), English footballer
D
- Darold Knowles (born 1941), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- David Knowles (1896–1974), English Benedictine monk
- Dick Knowles (1917–2008), British politician
E
- Edward Knowles (Royal Navy officer) (1744-c.1761), British naval officer
- Edward P. Knowles (1805-1881), Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- Eric Knowles (born 1953), British antiques expert
F
- Freeman T. Knowles (1846–1910), American Populist Party politician
G
- Graeme Paul Knowles (born 1951), Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (2007 - )
- George Knowles (1882–1947), Australian public servant and lawyer
- George Beauchamp Knowles (1790-1862), English botanist
H
- Harry Knowles (born 1971), online film critic
- Herbert Knowles (1798–1817), English poet
- Horace G. Knowles (1863-1937), American attorney
- Horace J Knowles (1884-1954), author and illustrator
J
- James Knowles (murderer), convicted of murdering Michael Donald in 1981
- Sir James Knowles (architect) (1831–1908), British architect
- James Sheridan Knowles (1784–1862), Irish dramatist and actor
- James Thomas Knowles (1806–1884), British architect and father of Sir James Knowles
- Jeremy R. Knowles (1935–2008), chemistry professor at Harvard University
- Jeremy Knowles (born 1981), Bahamian swimmer
- Jesse Knowles (1919–2006), American businessman and politician
- Jo-Anne Knowles (born 1971), English actress
- John Evans Knowles (born 1914), retired Canadian politician
- John Knowles (born 1926), American author
- Julian Knowles (born 1965), Australian composer
K
- Karen Knowles (born 1964), Australian singer and entertainer
L
- Sir Leonard Joseph Knowles (1915–1999), first Chief Justice of The Bahamas
- Linda Knowles (born 1946), former British high jumper
M
- Malcolm Knowles (1913–1997), American theorist in adult education
- Mark Knowles (born 1971), professional Bahamian tennis player
- Mark Knowles (born 1984), Australian field hockey player
- Martin Knowles, English dubstep musician known as Emalkay
- Mathew Knowles (born 1951), father of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles
- Matilda Cullen Knowles (1864 – 1933), Lichenologist
- Matt Knowles (born 1974), American professional wrestler
- Michael Knowles:
- Michael Knowles (actor), English actor and scriptwriter, best known for his role as 'Captain Jonathan Ashwood', in the 1970s sitcom 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum'
- Michael Knowles (politician) (born 1942), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Nottingham East 1983–1992
N
- Nick Knowles (born 1962), British television presenter
P
- Patric Knowles (1911–1995), English actor
- Paul John Knowles (1946–1974), American serial killer
- Peter Knowles (born 1945), former English footballer
R
- Ralph Knowles (born 1945), American attorney
- Richard Brinsley Knowles (1820–1882), British journalist
- Ryan Knowles (born 1978), American actor and comedian
S
- Sheena Knowles, Australian children's author
- Solange Knowles (born 1986), pop/soul singer, actress, model (Beyoncé Knowles's younger sister)
- Sonny Knowles (born 1932), Irish singer
- Stanley Knowles (1908–1997), Canadian politician
- Stanley Knowles (born 1931), Australian politician
- Sydney Knowles, British frogman in World War II
- Susan Knowles (born 1951), retired Australian politician
T
- Tony Knowles (chemist), former president of the British Columbia Institute of Technology
- Tony Knowles (politician) (born 1943), American Democratic politician
- Tony Knowles (snooker player) (born 1955), English professional snooker player
W
- Warren P. Knowles (1903–1993), American lawyer and politician
- William David Knowles (1908–2000), Canadian politician
- William Erskine Knowles (1872–1951), Canadian politician
- William Standish Knowles (born 1917), American chemist
References
- ↑ Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.
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