# Knop

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This article is about the name. For the television station, see [KNOP-TV](/source/KNOP-TV).

**Knop** or **Knope** is a surname of Dutch and German origin.[1]

## Notable people

- [Adolf Knop](/source/Adolf_Knop) (1828–1893), German geologist and mineralogist
- [Carsten Knop](/source/Carsten_Knop) (born 1969), German journalist
- [Guenter Knop](/source/Guenter_Knop) (born 1954), German photographer
- [Ian Knop](/source/Ian_Knop), Australian businessman
- [Leslie Knope](/source/Leslie_Knope), a character on *[Parks and Recreation](/source/Parks_and_Recreation)*
- [Oscar Knop](/source/Oscar_Knop) (1896–1952), American football player
- [Petr Knop](/source/Petr_Knop) (born 1994), Czech cross country skier
- [Steven Knope](/source/Steven_Knope), American internist
- [Wilhelm Knop](/source/Wilhelm_Knop) (1817–1891), German agrochemist

**Knop**, other uses:

- [Knop's solution](/source/Dennis_Robert_Hoagland#Hoagland's_and_Knop's_solutions), standardized plant nutrient solution developed in 1865 by [Wilhelm Knop](/source/Wilhelm_Knop) at Leipzig University

## See also

- [Knob (disambiguation)](/source/Knob_(disambiguation))
- [Knopf (disambiguation)](/source/Knopf_(disambiguation))
- [Kjell Knops](/source/Kjell_Knops) (born 1987), Dutch footballer
- [Raymond Knops](/source/Raymond_Knops) (born 1971), Dutch politician

## References

1. Hanks, Patrick (ed.) (8 May 2003). [*Dictionary of American Family Names*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA325). [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). p. 325. ISBN 9780199771691. Retrieved 4 April 2017. – via Google Books.

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