# Champion (surname)

Champion is a surname.
Notable people so named include:
   * 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