Birth Name: Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Birth: May 17, 1970
Ethnicity: English, possibly French-Canadian
Jordan Knight is an American singer and songwriter. He is known as the lead singer in the boy band New Kids on the Block, along with Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and his brother Jonathan Knight.
Jordan is the son of Canadian parents Marlene Putnam and Allan Knight, an Episcopalian minister.
Jordan’s maternal grandfather was named Floyd Putnam.
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