Champion (surname)

Champion is a surname.

Notable people so named include:

• Albert Champion, several people, including

• Albert Champion (cricketer) (1851–1909), Yorkshire cricketer
• Albert Champion (cyclist) (1878–1927), French road racing cyclist and spark plug manufacturer

• Andrew Champion (born 1970), stage name of Andrew Jennati Ataie, American punk rock singer
• Anthony Champion (1725–1801), English politician and poet
• Beau Champion (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer
• Bill Champion, several people, including

• Bill Champion (actor), British actor in Rockliffe's Babies
• Bill Champion (baseball) (1947–2017), American Major League Baseball player
• Bill Champion (racing driver) (1921–1991), American stock car racing driver

• Bob Champion (born 1948), English jump jockey and subject of the 1983 film Champions
• Bobby Joe Champion (born 1963), American politician
• Cari Champion (born 1978), American television journalist
• Charles Champion (born 1955), French engineer and Airbus executive
• Chris Champion (1961–2018), American professional wrestler
• Epaphroditus Champion (1756–1834), American politician
• Ernest Champion, British footballer
• Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (1768–1815), French cavalry commander
• Francis Henry Champion (c. 1817–1902), soap manufacturer in South Australia
• Frederick Walter Champion (1893–1970), English forester and wildlife photographer, who pioneered camera trapping
• George Champion (disambiguation), several people, including

• George Champion (cricketer) (1867–1933), English cricketer
• George Champion (politician) (1713–1754), English MP
• George Charles Champion (1851–1927), English entomologist

• Gower Champion (1919–1980), American dancer and choreographer, dance partner of wife Marge Champion
• Grady Champion (born 1969), American blues harmonicist, singer, guitarist and songwriter
• Greg Champion (born c. 1960), Australian songwriter, guitarist and radio personality
• Harry Champion (1866–1942), stage name of William Henry Crump, British music hall composer and performer
• Henry Champion (general) (1751–1836) American general in the Continental Army
• Henry Hyde Champion (1859–1928), Australian social reformer and journalist
• Ian Champion (born 1968), English actor
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601–1672), French Baroque composer also known as Jacques Champion
• Jeanne Champion (born 1931), French painter and writer
• John Champion, several people, including

• John C. Champion (1923–1994), American producer and screenwriter
• John George Champion (1815–1854), English soldier, botanist, and explorer

• Jon Champion (born 1965), English football commentator
• Malcolm Champion (1883–1939), New Zealand's first Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
• Marge Champion (1919–2020), American dancer and choreographer, dance partner of husband Gower Champion
• Mark Champion, American radio sportscaster, voice of the Detroit Pistons
• Matt Champion, American rapper, member of hip-hop collective Brockhampton
• Michael Champion, several people including

• Michael Champion, American singer
• Mike Champion (baseball) (born 1955), Major League Baseball player
• Mike Champion (basketball) (born 1964), American basketball player

• Nate Champion Nathan D. Champion (1857–1892) — American rancher murdered after being labeled a rustler
• Nick Champion (born 1972), Australian politician
• Nicolas Champion (c. 1475–1533), Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer in the Habsburg court
• Patricia Champion, known as Patricia C. Frist, American businesswoman and philanthropist
• Percy Champion (1887–1957), English footballer
• Philip Champion (born 1976), American basketball player
• Rafe Champion (born 1945), Australian writer
• Reed Champion (1910–1997), American artist
• Richard Champion (born 1968), former Australian rules footballer
• Robert Champion, see also Bob Champion above
• Sam Champion (born 1961), American weather anchor
• Todd Champion (born 1960), American retired professional wrestler
• Tom Champion Thomas Matthew Champion (born 1986), English (soccer) footballer
• Tony Champion (born 1963), American football player
• William Champion, several people, including

• William Champion (metallurgist), an early producer of zinc in the United Kingdom
• William Julius Champion Jr., inventor of board game Kalah
• Will Champion (born 1978), drummer/multi-instrumentalist for English band Coldplay

Champion de Crespigny

• Champion de Crespigny baronets, a line of English gentry
• Claude Champion de Crespigny (1873–1910), British soldier and polo player
• Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny (1882–1952), Australian academic and hospital administrator
• Frederick Champion de Crespigny (1822–1887), English first-class cricketer
• Hugh Champion de Crespigny (1897–1969), senior Royal Air Force officer
• Richard Champion de Crespigny (b. 1957), Australian airline pilot of Qantas Flight 32 engine failure incident
• Richard Rafe Champion de Crespigny (b. 1936), Australian academic and China specialist
• Robert Champion de Crespigny (born 1950), Australian mining magnate
• Rose Champion de Crespigny (c. 1859–1935), English artist and author