Campion is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bill Campion William Campion (born 1952) is a retired American basketball player. He stands and played the center (basketball), center position in college and professionally. Campion is best known for his career at Manhattan College. Before graduating in 1975 ...

(born 1952), American basketball player *

Carlo Antonio Campioni Charles-Antoine Campion, italianized as Carlo Antonio Campioni (16 November 172012 April 1788) was a French-Italian composer who was born in Lorraine, France. He was a prolific composer and represented a link between Baroque compositional methods ...

(born Charles Antoine Campion; 1720–1788), Italian composer *

Cassie Jackman Cassandra "Cassie" Jackman (born 22 December 1972 and competing in some years as Cassie Campion) is a former English squash player who won the World Open in 1999. She was England's leading player throughout much of the 1990s and early 21st ce ...

(born 1972), English squash player, also known as Cassie Campion * Ed Campion (1915–2005), American basketball player *

Édith Cresson Édith Cresson (; née Campion; born 27 January 1934) is a French politician from the Socialist Party. She served as Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992, the first woman to do so. She was the only woman to be prime minister until 2022, whe ...

(born Édith Campion; 1934), French politician * Edith Campion (1923—2007), New Zealand actress, writer and co-founder of the

New Zealand Players The New Zealand Players were one of New Zealand's first professional theatre companies, active between 1952 and 1960. The company's director was Richard Campion, who with his wife and co-founder Edith Campion were former members of the New Zeala ...

* Saint

Edmund Campion Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 15401 December 1581) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason, he was ...

SJ (1540–1581), English Jesuit and Catholic martyr *

Edmund Campion (historian) Edmund Campion (born 1933 in Sydney) is an Australian Catholic priest and historian. He was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and the University of Sydney, where he was editor of the student newspaper Honi Soit in 1953. He complete ...

(born 1933), Australian priest and historian *

Gerald Campion Gerald Theron Campion (23 April 1921 – 9 July 2002) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation ('' Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School'') of books by Frank Richards (Charles Hamil ...

(1921–2002), English actor *

Kevin Campion (rugby league) Kevin Campion (born 18 September 1971) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he also played for Ireland in the 2000 Rugby League World ...

(born 1971), Australian rugby league player *

Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a tot ...

(born 1954), New Zealand film director * John F. Campion (1848–1916), Irish-American mine owner, investor, and philanthropist *

John Joseph Campion John Joseph Campion (January 17, 1963 – October 2, 2020) was an Irish-American entrepreneur. In 1987, he founded Showpower, Inc., a California company that provided portable generators for the Rolling Stones, U2, Kiss and AC/DC. Campion ser ...

(1963–2020), Irish-American businessman *

Maria Ann Campion Maria Ann Campion (1777 - 18 June 1803) was a popular Irish actress and the second wife of Alexander Pope the actor. She was born in Waterford, Ireland and died in London on 18 June 1803, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Life When she was ...

(1777–1803), Irish actress *

Paul Campion (film director) Paul Campion is an English/New Zealand film director, and screenwriter. Life and career Born in England, Campion studied technical illustration at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design. He began his career as a freelance illustrator a ...

(born 1967), English film director *

Paul Campion (French Navy officer) Contre-amiral Paul Campion was an admiral in the French Navy. From 18 February 1904 to 2 February 1905 he was Chief of Staff of the French Navy The Chief of the Naval Staff (French: Chef d’état-major de la Marine, acronym: CEMM) is a French ...

(fl. 1904), French admiral *

Paul Campion (radio host) Paul Campion (born 10 November 1969 in Sarina, Queensland) is an Australian radio host and recipient of the Australian Commercial Radio Award for best music personality, in 2013 Paul was acknowledged at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards for ...

(born 1969), Australian radio host *

Richard Campion (theatre director) Richard Meckiff Campion (13 December 1923 – 2 July 2013) was a New Zealand actor, theatre director, and producer. Early life and education Born into a family well-established in Wellington's Mt Victoria,Sarah Campion (1906–2002), pseudonym of Mary Rose Alpers, novelist and social activist *

Thomas Campion Thomas Campion (sometimes spelled Campian; 12 February 1567 – 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician. He was born in London, educated at Cambridge, studied law in Gray's inn. He wrote over a hundred lute songs, masques for ...

(1567–1620), English composer, poet, and physician * T. J. Campion (1918-1996), American Football Player * Vikki Campion, spouse of the 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and 13th leader of the National Party

Barnaby Joyce Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who served as the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia under Malcolm Turnbull from 2016 to 2018 and under Scott Morrison from 2021 to 2022. He was the leader of the ...

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William Campion (governor) Sir William Robert Campion, (3 July 1870 – 2 January 1951) was a British soldier, politician, and the 21st Governor of Western Australia from 1924 to 1931. Early years Born in London, England on 3 July 1870, Campion was educated at Eton Col ...

KCMG (1870–1951), English politician and governor of Western Australia *

William Campion (1640-1702) William Campion may refer to: *William Campion (governor), British MP for Lewes and governor of Western Australia * William Campion (died 1615) (1549–1615), MP for Haslemere * William Campion (mathematician) (1820–1896), mathematician and presid ...

, MP for Kent *

William Campion (organist) William Campion was the first Organist of Chichester Cathedral mentioned in the cathedral archives, and was paid 6 s. 8 d. for playing the 'organs in the choir' and 3 s. 4 d. for the 'organs in the Lady Chapel A Lady chapel or lady chapel is ...

( fl. 1543), English musician *

Denys Campion Potts Denys Campion Potts (17 March 1923 – 11 May 2016) was a scholar and authority on French literature.Obituary in ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''Denys Potts, scholar - obituary'', May 27, 2016 His obituary in ''The Daily Telegraph'' stated that he ‘s ...

(1923–2016), English academic

Fictional characters

Albert Campion Albert Campion is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Margery Allingham. He first appeared as a supporting character in ''The Crime at Black Dudley'' (1929), an adventure story involving a ring of criminals, ...

, fictional detective * Charles D. Campion, character in ''

The Stand ''The Stand'' is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by Doubleday. The plot centers on a deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza and its aftermath, in which the few surv ...

Fictional characters

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