Champion (surname) explained
Champion is a surname.
Notable people so named include:
- Albert Champion, several people, including
- 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 (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 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 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
- 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
- Will Champion (born 1978), drummer/multi-instrumentalist for English band Coldplay
- Champion de Crespigny
