title: Knizhnik
text: # Knizhnik
  
  Knizhnik or Knijnik (Cyrillic script: Книжник) is a Ukrainian and Russian occupational surname, meaning "librarian" (or "scribe").
  
  It may refer to the following individuals:
  
  * Vadim Knizhnik — a Soviet physicist of Jewish and Russian descent.
  * Shana Knizhnik — an American lawyer and author from Philadelphia.
  