Champion is a surname. Notable people with the surname 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 (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 Édouard Champion (1882–1938), French publisher and bookseller Epaphroditus Champion (1756–1834), American politician 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) 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 Jack Champion (born 2004), American actor Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601–1672), French Baroque composer also known as Jacques Champion Jeanne Champion (1931–2022), French painter and writer 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, American singer Mike Champion (baseball) (born 1955), Major League Baseball player Mike Champion (basketball) (born 1964), American basketball player Nate Champion (1857–1892), American rancher murdered after being labeled a rustler Nick Champion (born 1972), 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 (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 (footballer) (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 (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 the English band Coldplay
People with the surname Champion de Crespigny include: Champion de Crespigny baronets, a line of English gentry Claude Champion de Crespigny (1873–1910), British soldier and polo player 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 (born 1957), Australian airline pilot during the Qantas Flight 32 engine failure incident Richard Rafe Champion de Crespigny (born 1936), Australian academic and China specialist Robert Champion de Crespigny (born 1950), Australian mining magnate Rose Champion de Crespigny (–1935), English artist and author