James or Jim Knight may refer to: People Born before 1900 James Knight (explorer) (c.1640–c.1720), English explorer and director of the Hudson's Bay Company in America James Knight (actor) (1891–1948), British actor James Knight (Australian politician) (c. 1826–1876), member of the Victorian Legislative Council James Knight (coach) (1875–1969), American football coach active 1902–1904 James H. Knight (1892–1945), American pilot James Knight (architect) (1867–1930), British architect James Knight (golfer), Scottish amateur golfer Born after 1900 James L. Knight (1909–1991), American newspaper publisher James A. Knight (1918–1998), psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist Jim Knight (footballer) (1918–1943), Australian rules footballer James W. Knight (1925–2005), American Presbyterian minister James Knight (diplomat) (born 1948), current United States Ambassador to Chad Jim Knight (born 1965), British politician Places James L. Knight Center, concert hall in Miami, USA John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, American non-profit foundation See also Knight (surname)