Joseph Thomas Knott

Joseph Thomas Knott III
Member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors
In office
2015–2019
Personal details
Born (1951-07-25) July 25, 1951
PartyRepublican
SpouseSarah Tucker
Children6 (including Brad Knott)
Parent(s)J. T. Knott (father)
Mary Faustine Pair (mother)
RelativesJoanna Saleeby Knott (daughter-in-law)
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BS, JD)
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MDiv)
Occupationlawyer

Joseph Thomas Knott III (born July 25, 1951) is an American lawyer and Baptist lay leader. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney and served on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. He ran as the Republican nominee in the 2004 North Carolina Attorney General election but lost to Democrat incumbent Roy Cooper. Knott is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee.