Champion (surname)
Champion is a surname.
Notable people so named include:
- Albert Champion several people including
- Andrew Champion, stage name of Andrew Jennati Ataie, American punk rock singer
- Beau Champion, Australian rugby league footballer
- Bill Champion, several people, including
- Bob Champion, English jump jockey and subject of the 1983 film Champions
- Bobby Joe Champion, American politician
- Cari Champion, American television journalist
- Charles Champion, French engineer and Airbus executive
- Chris Champion, American professional wrestler
- Epaphroditus Champion, American politician
- Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French cavalry commander
- Francis Henry Champion soap manufacturer in South Australia
- Frederick Walter Champion, English forester and wildlife photographer, who pioneered camera trapping
- George Champion, several people, including
- Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer, dance partner of wife Marge Champion
- Greg Champion, Australian songwriter, guitarist and radio personality
- Harry Champion, stage name of William Henry Crump, British music hall composer and performer
- Henry Champion American general in the Continental Army
- Henry Hyde Champion, Australian social reformer and journalist
- Ian Champion, English actor
- Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, French Baroque composer also known as Jacques Champion
- Jeanne Champion, French painter and writer
- John Champion, several people, including
- Jon Champion, English football commentator
- Malcolm Champion, New Zealand's first Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
- Marge Champion, 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
- Nate Champion Nathan D. Champion — American rancher murdered after being labeled a rustler
- Nick Champion, Australian politician
- Nicolas Champion, Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer in the Habsburg court
- Patricia Champion, known as Patricia C. Frist, American businesswoman and philanthropist
- Percy Champion, English footballer
- Philip Champion, American basketball player
- Rafe Champion, Australian writer
- Reed Champion, American artist
- Richard Champion, former Australian rules footballer
- Robert Champion, see also Bob Champion above
- Sam Champion, American weather anchor
- Todd Champion, American retired professional wrestler
- Tom Champion Thomas Matthew Champion, English footballer
- William Champion, several people, including
;Champion de Crespigny
- Champion de Crespigny baronets, a line of English gentry
- Claude Champion de Crespigny, British soldier and polo player
- Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny, Australian academic and hospital administrator
- Frederick Champion de Crespigny, English first-class cricketer
- Hugh Champion de Crespigny, senior Royal Air Force officer
- Richard Champion de Crespigny, Australian airline pilot of Qantas Flight 32 engine failure incident
- Richard Rafe Champion de Crespigny, Australian academic and China specialist
- Robert Champion de Crespigny, Australian mining magnate
- Rose Champion de Crespigny, English artist and author
- Fred Champion, Colne Valley Male Voice Choir
