Champion (surname)

Champion is a surname.

Notable people so named include:

• Nicolas Champion (c. 1475–1533), Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer in the Habsburg court
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601–1672), French Baroque composer also known as Jacques Champion
• Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (1768–1815), French cavalry commander
• Henry Champion (general) (1751–1836) American general in the Continental Army
• Albert Champion (cricketer) (1851–1909), Yorkshire cricketer
• Albert Champion (cyclist) (1878–1927), French road racing cyclist and spark plug manufacturer
• Henry Hyde Champion (1859–1928), Australian social reformer and journalist
• Malcolm Champion (1883–1939), New Zealand's first Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
• Henry Champion (1866–1942), stage name of Harry Champion, a famous British music hall composer and star
• Frederick Walter Champion (1893–1970), English forester and wildlife photographer, who pioneered camera trapping
• Patricia Champion Frist, American businesswoman and philanthropist.
• Marge and Gower Champion (born 1919, and 1919–1980, respectively), American husband-and-wife dance partners and choreographers
• Jeanne Champion (born 1931), French painter and writer
• Bob Champion (born 1948), English jump jockey and subject of the 1983 film Champions
• Jon Champion (born 1965), English football commentator
• Richard Champion (born 1968), former Australian rules footballer
• Nick Champion (born 1972), Australian politician
• Philip Champion (born 1976), American basketball player
• Will Champion (born 1978), drummer/multi-instrumentalist for English band Coldplay
• Beau Champion (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer
• Percy Champion (1887–1957), English footballer