Knapp
Knapp (pronounced like English "nap") can refer to:
As a surname, Knapp is of uncertain Germanic origin. It may have meant "small hill". It is also thought to have meant something like "lacking in funds". In modern German, knapp means "scarcely" or "little difference", while in Swedish and Norwegian a knapp is a button.
People
- Anthony Knapp, mathematician
- Bliss Knapp, early Christian Scientist
- Brooke Knapp, American aviator and realtor
- Charles Knapp, American classical scholar
- Charles Boynton Knapp, former president of the University of Georgia
- Chris Knapp, American drummer
- Florence Knapp, one-time oldest person in the world
- Georg Friedrich Knapp, German economist
- Harry Shepard Knapp, vice-admiral of the United States Navy
- Jennifer Knapp, Christian folk-rock musician
- Joe Knapp, American musician
- Joseph P. Knapp, publisher and conservationist
- Lyman Enos Knapp, American politician
- Mark L. Knapp, American academic, author
- Martin Knapp, economist and policy analyst
- Phoebe Knapp, American composer of music for hymns
- Stephen Knapp, author
- Steve Knapp, racing car driver
- Whitman Knapp, a Federal Judge who was the chairman of the Knapp Commission, a far-reaching investigation into corruption in the NYPD from 1970 to 1972
Places
Other
- Knapp Commission, a far-reaching investigation, named for its chairman Whitman Knapp, into corruption in the NYPD from 1970 to 1972
- USS Knapp (DD-653), United States Navy destroyer
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