# Channing (name)

Channing is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Blanche Mary Channing (1860–1902), American poet and writer of juvenile fiction
* Carol Channing (1921–2019), American actress
* Chad Channing (born 1967), American drummer, formerly with Nirvana
* Edward Channing (1856–1931), American historian
* Edward Tyrrel Channing (1790–1856), American academic and lawyer
* Francis Channing, 1st Baron Channing (1841–1926), American-born British barrister, academic and politician
* Grace Ellery Channing (1862–1937), American writer and poet
* Justin Channing (born 1968), English former footballer
* Mary Channing (1687–1706), Englishwoman burnt at the stake for poisoning her husband
* Michael Channing (born 1992), English-born former Wales international rugby league footballer
* Neil Channing (born 1967), English poker player
* Roscoe Channing (1868–1961), American football player, member of the Rough Riders and mining executive
* Stockard Channing (born 1944), American actress
* Walter Channing Jr. (1940–2015), American businessman
* Walter Channing (physician) (1786–1876), American physician
* Dr. William Ellery Channing (1780–1842), American Unitarian theologian
* William Ellery Channing (poet) (1818–1901), American poet
* William Henry Channing (1810–1884), American writer and philosopher

## Given name

* Channing Chasten (born 2000), American soccer player
* Channing H. Cox (1879–1968), American politician
* Channing Crowder (born 1983), American football linebacker
* Channing Der, American microbiologist and cancer researcher
* Channing Dungey (born 1969), American television executive and producer, first African-American president of a major broadcast television network
* Channing Foster (born 1998), American former soccer player
* Channing Frye (born 1983), American basketball player
* Channing Gibson, American television producer and writer
* Channing Hill (born 1987), American jockey
* Channing Godfrey Peoples (fl. 2013–present), American writer, film director and producer
* Channing D. Phillips (born 1958), American attorney, former acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
* Channing E. Phillips (1928–1987), American activist and minister
* Channing Robertson (born 1943/4), American chemical engineer and professor emeritus
* Channing Stribling (born 1994), American football player
* Channing Tatum (born 1980), American actor
* Channing Tindall (born 2000), American football player
* Channing Heggie Tobias (1882–1961), American civil rights activist
* Channing Ward (born 1992), American former football player
* Channing Moore Williams (1829–1910), Anglican bishop and saint
* Channing Wilroy (born 1940), American actor

## Fictional characters

* Angela Channing, a main character and matriarch in Falcon Crest, an American soap opera, played by Jane Wyman
** Relatives of Angela Channing - Emma Channing, Julia Cumson (née Channing), Maggie Channing, Richard Channing, Terry Channing - see List of Falcon Crest characters#Main characters
* Margo Channing, protagonist of All About Eve, a 1950 film, played by Bette Davis
* the title character of Channing of the Northwest, a 1922 American film