# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-john-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:46:57.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-john-knight"
name: "William John Knight"
slug: "william-john-knight"
description: "William John \"Pete\" Knight was an American aeronautical engineer, politician, Vietnam War combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the U.S. Air Force and NASA. He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program."
tagline: "American politician (1929–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pete_Knight_by_X15_19671003.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-11-18"
deathDate: "2004-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.075096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Knight"
    title: "William J. Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "ويليام جيه. كنيجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%82_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Пийт Найт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Knight"
    title: "William John Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Knight"
    title: "William J. Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "ویلیام جی. نایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Joseph_Knight"
    title: "William Joseph Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BBJ%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88"
    title: "ウィリアム・J・ナイト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974431"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump