Show ContentsKnut History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms


United States Knut migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Knut Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Nicol Knut, who settled in America sometime between 1709 and 1710
  • John Nichs Knut, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1748
  • John Nichs Knut, aged 24, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1748 1
  • Christian Knut, who settled in North America in 1779
Knut Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Franz Knut, who settled in Baltimore in 1889
  • Antonia Knut, who settled in Baltimore in 1889
  • Anton Knut, who settled in Baltimore in 1889

Contemporary Notables of the name Knut (post 1700) +

  • John Knut Chrispinsson (1956-2017), Swedish journalist, author and television presenter
  • Knut Borchardt (1929-2023), German researcher, historian and former professor for history and economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Mannheim from 1962 to 1969
  • Knut Utstein Kloster (1929-2020), Norwegian shipping magnate
  • Knut Conrad Borge (1949-2017), Norwegian journalist and entertainer
  • Knut Fleckenstein (b. 1953), German politician, MEP for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (2009-)
  • Knut Emil Lundmark (1889-1958), Swedish astronomer, professor of astronomy and head of the observatory at Lund University 1929-1955, eponym of the Lundmark lunar crater, co-eponym of the Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy
  • Knut Hartvig Johannson (b. 1937), Norwegian businessperson, heir to the Joh. Johannson company
  • Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl (1920-1984), Swedish footballer
  • Knut Lindh (b. 1951), Norwegian author
  • Knut Kircher (b. 1969), German football referee


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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