Ancestry of
Phil Knight
Co-Founder, Nike Inc.
The family tree for Phil Knight is still in progress.
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Phil Knight
Benjamin Silliman
Founder, American Journal of Science
5th cousin 5 times removed
via Thomas Kilbourn
Samuel P. Colt
Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)
7th cousin 4 times removed
via Joseph Loomis
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Secy. of the Smithsonian, WWII Spy
10th cousin 2 times removed
via Robert White
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Phil Knight image by Neon Tommy (CC BY-SA 1.0)
