Herman Knickerbocker (also Harman, Harmen; also Knikkerbakker, Knickerbacker;[1] July 27, 1779 – January 30, 1855) was a United States representative from New York.

[2] His grandfather, Colonel Johannes Knickerbocker, who was the commander of the 14th Regiment of the Albany County militia during the American Revolution,[3] was a grandson of Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker, of Friesland, the Netherlands, one of the earliest settlers of New York.

According to an 1816 newspaper article from Troy, New York, Knickerbocker was still active in the militia as the commander of a squadron in the 3rd Regiment, and led it during its annual muster and parade.

During his term, Knickerbocker was concerned chiefly with alleviating the effects of the Jefferson administration's Embargo Act of 1807.

Knickerbocker became an adherent of Andrew Jackson in the mid 1820s, and joined the Democratic Party.