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