Knecht, in German and Dutch, means a male servant, especially a farmhand. Etymologically, it is the cognate of English "knight".
It may refer to:
People Bill Knecht (1930–1996), American rower Dalton Knecht (born 2001), American basketball player Émile Knecht (1923–2019), Swiss rower Guillaume Knecht, rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s Hans Knecht (1913–1996), Swiss road racing cyclist John Knecht (born 1947), American filmmaker Joseph Knecht (1864–1931), Austrian conductor Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752–1817), German composer Karl Kae Knecht (1883–1972), American artist Peter Knecht (1936–2014), American attorney Reuben Knecht Bachman (1834–1911), American politician Robert Knecht (1926–2023), British historian Katarína Knechtová (1981-), Slovak singer
Companies Gebr. Knecht AG, a Swiss bus transportation company
See also Kleinknecht, Wagenknecht Knecht Ruprecht, companion of Saint Nicholas in German folklore Knechtel, a surname