William J. Pete Knight (November 18 1929 – May 7 2004) was a U.S. politician combat pilot test pilot and astronaut. Knight holds the world’s speed record for flight in a winged powered aircraft. As a politician he is noted as the author of California Proposition 22 which forbade the state from performing or recognizing same-sex marriage.
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