Knowles(/noʊlz/[1]) is an English surname of Old English origin. This is a locality name meaning 'at the knoll,' a hill or summit, derived from Old English word cnolle or Middle English knol,[2] meaning hilltop and thus describes a person who lived at such a place. It can also be an Anglicized version of the Irish name Ó Tnúthghail. It literally means people of the tribe.
| Pronunciation | /noʊlz/ |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Meaning | "at the knoll" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Knollys, Knolles, Knoll, Knowle, Noll, Noel, Nowell |
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- Albert Knowles, British trade union leader
- Albert Knowles (footballer) (1871–1950), English footballer
- Alison Knowles (born 1933), American artist
- Anne Kelly Knowles (born 1957), American geographer
- Angus Knowles-Cutler (born 1962), British politician
B edit
- Bernard Knowles (1900–1975), English film director
- Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (born 1981), American R&B singer and actress
- Barry Knowles (born 1965), Liverpool Football Club supporter and "Spirit of Shankly" (Liverpool FC Supporters Union) member from Dudley, West Midlands
C edit
- Cameron Knowles (born 1982), New Zealand footballer
- Carl Knowles (1910–1981), American basketball player
- 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 (footballer), English footballer
- Christopher Knowles (poet) (born 1959), American poet
- Christopher Knowles (comics), American comic book artist and writer
- Clayton Knowles, New York Times correspondent
- Conrad Knowles (1810–1844), Australian actor
- Craig Knowles (born 1959), Australian politician
- Cyril Knowles (1944–1991), an English association football player
- Cyril Knowles (rugby league) (1915–1957), an English rugby league footballer player, father of the association football player
- Cyril J. Knowles (1905–1961), a British cinematographer
D edit
- Darold Knowles (born 1941), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- David Knowles (1896–1974), English Benedictine monk
- Davy Knowles (born 1987), British blues guitarist and singer
- Dick Knowles (1917–2008), British politician
- Durward Knowles (1917–2018), Olympic sailor from the Bahamas
E edit
- 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 edit
- Freeman T. Knowles (1846–1910), American Populist Party politician
G edit
- Graeme Paul Knowles (born 1951), Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London
- George Knowles (1882–1947), Australian public servant and lawyer
- George Beauchamp Knowles (1790–1862), English botanist
H edit
- Harriet Knowles (fl. 1845), the first actress in Australia
- 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
- Hugh S. Knowles (1904–1988), American acoustical engineer, inventor, and manufacturer
J edit
- James Knowles (lexicographer) (1759–1840), Irish schoolteacher and lexicographer, father of James Sheridan Knowles
- James Knowles, convicted of murdering Michael Donald in 1981
- James Hinton Knowles (1856–1943), British Missionary to Kashmir
- James Thomas Knowles (1831–1908) (1831–1908), British architect and literary editor
- 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 (swimmer) (born 1981), Bahamian swimmer
- Jesse Knowles (1919–2006), American businessman and politician
- Jo-Anne Knowles (born 1971), English actress
- John Evans Knowles (1914–2011), Canadian politician
- John Knowles (1926–2001), American author
- Julian Knowles (born 1965), Australian composer
K edit
- Karen Knowles (born 1964), Australian singer and entertainer
L edit
- Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet (1857–1928), British barrister, historian, philanthropist and Conservative politician
- Sir Leonard Joseph Knowles (1915–1999), first Chief Justice of The Bahamas
- Linda Knowles (born 1946), former British high jumper
M edit
- Mabel Knowles (1875-1949), British romance and children's writer
- Malcolm Knowles (1913–1997), American theorist in adult education
- Malik Knowles (born 2000), American football player
- 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 (political commentator) (born 1990), conservative political commentator on The Daily Wire
- Michael Knowles (politician) (born 1942), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Nottingham East
N edit
- Nick Knowles (born 1962), British television presenter
O edit
- Oliver Knowles, instrumentalist for the music group Snow Ghosts
P edit
- Patric Knowles (1911–1995), English actor
- Paul John Knowles (1946–1974), American serial killer
- Peter Knowles (born 1945), former English footballer
R edit
- Ralph Knowles (1945–2016), American attorney
- Richard Brinsley Knowles (1820–1882), British journalist
- Richard George Knowles (1858–1919), Canadian-American comedian and singer, popular in British music halls
- Robert E. Knowles (1925–1988), American politician
- Ryan Knowles (born 1978), American actor and comedian
S edit
- Sheena Knowles, Australian children's author
- Solange Knowles (born 1986), pop/soul singer, actress, model (Beyoncé Knowles's younger sister)
- Sonny Knowles (1932–2018), Irish singer
- Stanley Knowles (1908–1997), Canadian politician
- Stan Knowles (1931–2017), Australian politician
- Sydney Knowles, British frogman in World War II
- Sue Knowles (born 1951), retired Australian politician
T edit
- 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 edit
- Warren P. Knowles (1903–1993), American lawyer and politician
- William Charles Goddard Knowles (1908–1969), British businessman in Hong Kong
- William David Knowles (1908–2000), Canadian politician
- William Erskine Knowles (1872–1951), Canadian politician
- William Standish Knowles (1917–2012), American chemist
See also edit
- Knowles Baronets, two Baronetcies created in the Baronetage of Great Britain and the United Kingdom
- Knollys (surname)
- Knollys family
- Knowle (disambiguation), includes list of people with surname Knowle
- Knoll (surname)
- Noll, surname
- Noel (surname)
- Nowell (surname)
References edit
This page lists people with the surname Knowles.
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