Namesakes
Knut the Great
(m) c. 995-1035 
Norwegian Kings and Queens 1028-1035
Harthacnut
(a.k.a. Knut) (m) 1018-1042
English and British Kings and Queens 1040-1042
Danish Kings and Queens (Knud III the Hardy) 1035-1042
Canute IV of Denmark
(a.k.a. Knut) (m) 1040-1086
Saints
Danish Kings and Queens (Knud IV the Holy) 1080-1086
Knud V Magnussen
(a.k.a. Knut) (m) ?-1157
Danish Kings and Queens 1146-1157
Knud VI
(a.k.a. Knut) (m) 1163-1202
Danish Kings and Queens 1182-1202
Knut I
(m) ?-c. 1196
Swedish Kings and Queens 1167-1196
Knut II the Long
(m) ?-1234
Swedish Kings and Queens 1229-1234
Knut Hamsun
(m) 1859-1952
Nobel Prize Winners 1920 (literature)
Notable Writers
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
(a.k.a. Knut) (m) 1862-1953
Swedish Prime Ministers 1914-1917
Knut Lindberg
(m) 1882-1961
Olympic Medalists 1912 4x100 m relay (silver)
Bertil Linde
(middle name Knut) (m) 1907-1990
Olympic Medalists 1928 ice hockey (silver)
Henry Eriksson
(a.k.a. Knut) (m) 1920-2000
Olympic Medalists 1948 1500 m (gold)