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