Channing (name)

Channing is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Blanche Mary Channing (1860–1902), American poet and writer of juvenile fiction
• Carol Channing (1921–2019), American actress
• Chad Channing (born 1967), American drummer, formerly with Nirvana
• Edward Channing (1856–1931), American historian
• Edward Tyrrel Channing (1790–1856), American academic and lawyer
• Francis Channing, 1st Baron Channing (1841–1926), American-born British barrister, academic and politician
• Grace Ellery Channing (1862–1937), American writer and poet
• Justin Channing (born 1968), English former footballer
• Mary Channing (1687–1706), Englishwoman burnt at the stake for poisoning her husband
• Michael Channing (born 1992), English-born former Wales international rugby league footballer
• Neil Channing (born 1967), English poker player
• Roscoe Channing (1868–1961), American football player, member of the Rough Riders and mining executive
• Stockard Channing (born 1944), American actress
• Walter Channing Jr. (1940–2015), American businessman
• Walter Channing (physician) (1786–1876), American physician
• Dr. William Ellery Channing (1780–1842), American Unitarian theologian
• William Ellery Channing (poet) (1818–1901), American poet
• William Henry Channing (1810–1884), American writer and philosopher

Given name

• Channing Chasten (born 2000), American soccer player
• Channing H. Cox (1879–1968), American politician
• Channing Crowder (born 1983), American football linebacker
• Channing Der, American microbiologist and cancer researcher
• Channing Dungey (born 1969), American television executive and producer, first African-American president of a major broadcast television network
• Channing Foster (born 1998), American former soccer player
• Channing Frye (born 1983), American basketball player
• Channing Gibson, American television producer and writer
• Channing Hill (born 1987), American jockey
• Channing Godfrey Peoples (fl. 2013–present), American writer, film director and producer
• Channing D. Phillips (born 1958), American attorney, former acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
• Channing E. Phillips (1928–1987), American activist and minister
• Channing Robertson (born 1943/4), American chemical engineer and professor emeritus
• Channing Stribling (born 1994), American football player
• Channing Tatum (born 1980), American actor
• Channing Tindall (born 2000), American football player
• Channing Heggie Tobias (1882–1961), American civil rights activist
• Channing Ward (born 1992), American former football player
• Channing Moore Williams (1829–1910), Anglican bishop and saint
• Channing Wilroy (born 1940), American actor

Fictional characters

• Angela Channing, a main character and matriarch in Falcon Crest, an American soap opera, played by Jane Wyman
  • Relatives of Angela Channing - Emma Channing, Julia Cumson (née Channing), Maggie Channing, Richard Channing, Terry Channing - see List of Falcon Crest characters#Main characters
• Margo Channing, protagonist of All About Eve, a 1950 film, played by Bette Davis
• the title character of Channing of the Northwest, a 1922 American film