Duerson Knight (21 January 1893 – 23 April 1983) was an American pursuit pilot and a flying ace in World War I.

Flying SE-5A single-seaters, he claimed ten aerial victories, one of which was a Fokker triplane which was forced to land inside Allied lines and was captured intact.

The pilot of the plane was Gefr Preiss of Jasta 14, whose parachute was sent to England for further study.

In August he helped bring down another German scout plane inside Allied lines.

[1] Knight then was transferred to the Air Service, United States Army in October 1918, but saw no action.