List of people from Winnipeg

This is a list of notable people who were born, raised or who achieved fame in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

By relation to Winnipeg

Born in Winnipeg

• Claire Adams
• Randy Bachman
• Cam Barker
• Brian Bowman
• Dustin Boyd
• Oscar Brand
• Tyler Brûlé
• Greg Bryk
• Don Callis
• DJ Blitz
• Len Cariou
• Burton Cummings
• Nigel Dawes
• Meaghan DeWarrenne-Waller
• Deanna Durbin
• Brent Fitz
• Terry Fox
• Alec Holowka
• Andy Frost
• Aaron Funk
• Evan Gill
• Jeremy Gillespie
• Daniel Gillies
• Butch Goring
• Velvl Greene
• Dean Gunnarson
• Monty Hall
• Doug Henning
• Ted Irvine
• F. Ross Johnson
• Juliette
• Mike Keane
• Duncan Keith
• Young Kidd
• Cindy Klassen
• Chantal Kreviazuk
• Guy Maddin
• Derek Meech
• Kenny Omega
• John Paizs
• Anna Paquin (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, raised in New Zealand)
• James Patrick
• Leonard Peikoff
• Fred Penner
• Raymond A. Price
• Mike Ridley
• Louis Riel
• Irvine Robbins
• Marshall Rothstein
• Gabrielle Roy
• John K. Samson
• Terry Sawchuk
• Lee Scrivner
• Adam Smoluk
• Alexander Steen
• David Steinberg
• Sir William Stephenson
• Jonathan Toews
• Fred Turner
• Geills Turner
• Nia Vardalos
• Katherena Vermette
• Larissa Waters
• Duvie Westcott
• Gavin Williamson
• Teri York

Raised but not born in Winnipeg

• Loizza Aquino
• Tyler Arnason
• Bif Naked
• Lenny Breau
• Wendy Crewson
• Tommy Douglas
• Steven Erikson
• Kianz Froese
• Ellie Harvie
• Brett Hull
• Chris Jericho
• Gerard Kennedy
• Donny Lalonde
• Marshall McLuhan
• Harry Medovy
• Sierra Noble
• Roddy Piper
• Dr. Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk
• A. E. van Vogt, science fiction
• Héctor Vergara, FIFA
• Maxwell Wintrobe
• Neil Young

Terry Fox

Achieved fame while living in Winnipeg

• Charles Adler
• Izzy Asper
• David Bergen
• Janet Cochrane
• Faron Hall
• Evelyn Hart
• Dale Hawerchuk
• Ella Cora Hind
• Israel Isaac Kahanovitch, Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg and Western Canada
• Andrew McDermot
• Teemu Selanne
• Carol Shields
• James Wickes Taylor
• Miriam Toews
• Daniel Yanofsky
• Benjamin Zimmerman

Artists

• Bertram Brooker
• Charles Comfort
• Marcel Dzama
• LeMoine Fitzgerald
• Lita Fontaine
• Étienne Gaboury
• Clive Holden
• Francis Hans Johnston
• Wanda Koop
• Gweneth Lloyd
• Carol Matas
• Nicky Mehta
• Joan Mitchell
• Leo Mol
• Arnold Spohr

Athletes

Hockey players

• Reg Abbott
• Jim Agnew
• Clint Albright
• Bill Allum
• Carter Ashton
• Cam Barker
• Andy Bathgate
• Ken Baumgartner
• Paul Baxter
• Gordie Bell
• Joe Bell
• Robert Benson
• Andy Blair
• Lonny Bohonos
• Larry Bolonchuk
• Ryan Bonni
• Dick Bouchard
• Dan Bourbonnais
• Madison Bowey
• Ralph Bowman
• Jack Bownass
• Dustin Boyd
• Darren Boyko
• Bailey Bram
• Rube Brandow
• Andy Branigan
• Duane Bray
• Billy Breen
• Delayne Brian
• Gerry Brisson
• Turk Broda
• George Brown
• Harold Brown
• Larry Brown
• Cecil Browne
• Ray Brunel
• Ed Bruneteau
• Mud Bruneteau
• Barry Brust
• Al Buchanan
• Bill Burega
• Shawn Byram
• Walter Byron
• Ryan Caldwell
• Don Caley
• Matt Calvert
• Jim Cardiff
• Bruce Carmichael
• Al Carr
• Greg Carroll
• Art Chapman
• Christian Chartier
• Dave Chartier
• Brad Chartrand
• Wayne Chernecki
• Stefan Cherneski
• Rich Chernomaz
• Ron Chipperfield
• Elliot Chorley
• Bob Chrystal
• Brad Church
• Andrew Clark
• Kevin Clark
• Bobby Clarke

• Brian Coates
• Delaney Collins
• Jim Collins
• Red Conn
• Jack Connolly
• Cam Connor
• Joe Cooper
• Riley Cote
• Art Coulter
• Thomas Coulter
• Adam Courchaine
• Rosario Couture
• Jimmy Creighton
• Jimmy Creighton
• Clifford Crowley
• Joe Crozier
• Wilf Cude
• Cory Cyrenne
• Joe Daley
• Kimbi Daniels
• Jordy Douglas
• Cody Eakin
• Joel Edmundson
• Gary Emmons
• Brian Engblom
• Dean Evason
• Bill Ezinicki
• Frank Fredrickson
• Byron Froese
• Owen Fussey
• Herb Gardiner
• Chay Genoway
• Butch Goring
• Haldor Halderson, 1920 Olympic gold medalist (Winnipeg Falcons)
• Al Hamilton
• Travis Hamonic
• Ted Harris
• Andy Hebenton
• Darren Helm
• Phil Hergesheimer
• Wally Hergesheimer
• Bryan Hextall
• Ike Hildebrand
• Cecil Hoekstra
• Quinton Howden
• Dave Hrechkosy
• Ted Irvine
• Paul Jerrard
• Konrad Johannesson
• Ching Johnson
• Jim Johnson
• Eddie Johnstone
• Mike Keane
• Duncan Keith
• Julian Klymkiw
• Aggie Kukulowicz
• Ed Kullman
• Gord Labossiere
• Max Labovitch
• Gord Lane
• Pete Langelle

• Derek Laxdal
• Jamie Leach
• Mike Leclerc
• Grant Ledyard
• Chuck Lefley
• Brendan Leipsic
• Bob Leiter
• Curtis Leschyshyn
• Odie Lowe
• Brooks Macek
• Bill MacKenzie
• Bill Masterton
• Fred Maxwell
• Dunc McCallum
• Kevin McCarthy
• Ab McDonald
• Doug McMurdy, Red Tilson Trophy winner
• Jacob Micflikier
• Nick Mickoski, member Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame
• Perry Miller
• Bill Mosienko, member Hockey Hall of Fame
• Colton Orr
• Nolan Patrick
• James Patrick
• Steve Patrick
• Johnny Peirson
• Alf Pike
• Ken Reardon, member NHL Hall of Fame
• Terry Reardon
• Billy Reay
• Ryan Reaves
• James Reimer
• Mike Ridley
• Dunc Rousseau, WHA Winnipeg Jets player in the 1970s
• Terry Sawchuk, member Hockey Hall of Fame
• Dave Semenko
• Damon Severson
• Patrick Sharp, 2010, 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup Winner, 2014 Olympic gold medalist
• Alex Shibicky
• Ron Shudra
• Warren Skorodenski
• Sami Jo Small
• Art Somers
• Emory Sparrow
• Lorne Stamler
• Wally Stanowski
• Alexander Steen
• Pete Stemkowski
• Blair Stewart
• Mark Stone
• Billy Taylor
• Jimmy Thomson
• Kevin Todd
• Jonathan Toews, 2010 and 2014 Olympic gold medalist, 2010, 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup Winner
• Lindsay Vallis
• Dale Weise
• Duvie Westcott
• Ian White
• Neil Wilkinson
• Carey Wilson
• Allan Woodman
• Bob Woytowich
• Ken Wregget
• Mike Yaschuk
• Travis Zajac
• Chick Zamick (1926–2007)

Basketball players

• Earl Barish basketball coach and founder of Dickie Dee and Salisbury House
• Eric Bridgeland basketball coach and NBA Ambassador
• Edward Dawson played during 1936 Summer Olympics and Silver medalist
• Joey Johnson wheelchair basketball player
• Todd MacCulloch NBA player
• Jack Madden NBA referee
• Gordon Malone NBA player raised in Winnipeg
• Erfan Nasajpour player for the University of Winnipeg
• Elfrid Payton (basketball) NBA player raised in Winnipeg
• Chad Posthumus played in the 2014 NBA Summer League
• Carl Ridd played for Canadian national team turned down an NBA contract
• Martin Riley Olympian played for Canadian national team
• Bob Town player during 1976 Summer Olympics
• Joey Vickery played alongside NBA player Steve Nash
• Roy Williams (Canadian basketball) 1952 Summer Olympics
• Malcolm Wiseman played during the 1936 Summer Olympics and silver medalist

CFL players

• Al Ackland, CFL
• Donovan Alexander, CFL
• Bill Baker, CFL
• Keith Bennett, CFL
• Lorne Benson, CFL
• Mike Benson, CFL
• Andy Bieber
• Simon Blaszczak, CFL
• Ken Bochen, CFL
• Bill Boivin, CFL
• James Bond, CFL
• Brady Browne, CFL
• Jack Bruzell, CFL
• Zac Carlson, CFL
• Jim Carphin, CFL
• Bill Ceretti, CFL
• Walter Chikowski, CFL
• Scott Coe, CFL
• Anthony Coombs, CFL
• Billy Cooper, CFL
• Bruce Covernton, CFL
• Nic Demski, CFL
• Brian Dobie, CFL and coach at University of Manitoba
• George Druxman, CFL
• Leo Ezerins, CFL
• Scott Flagel, CFL
• Jim Furlong, CFL
• Evan Gill, CFL
• Roger Hamelin, CFL
• John Hammond, CFL
• Andrew Harris, CFL
• Ben Hatskin, CFL
• Don Oramasionwu, CFL
• T-Dre Player, CFL
• Joe Poplawski, CFL Hall of Famer

NFL players

• Doug Brown, former NFL player
• Israel Idonije, led NFL in blocked punts/fields goals in 2005, 2006, 2007
• T. J. Jones, NFL player
• Rod Hill, NFL All-Star
• Les Lear, NFL and CFL player
• David Onyemata, NFL player
• Cal Murphy, NFL Coach
• Chad Rempel, NFL player
• Mike Richardson, former New York Giants player
• Bobby Singh, Super Bowl winner
• John Urschel, winner of the William V. Campbell Trophy

Wrestlers

• Bob Brown
• Kerry Brown
• Don Callis
• Cathy Corino
• Steve Corino
• Chi Chi Cruz
• Allison Danger
• Johnny Devine
• Paul Diamond
• Anthony Durante
• Robert Evans
• George Gordienko
• David Hohl
• Ricky Hunter
• Chris Jericho
• Donny Lalonde
• Candice LeRae
• Tom Magee
• Kenny Omega
• Fred Peloquin
• Roddy Piper
• Courtney Rush
• Sarah Stock
• Al Tomko
• The Von Steigers

Curlers

• Dawn Askin
• Kerry Burtnyk
• Cathy Gauthier
• Steve Gould
• Don Duguid, curler, sportscaster
• Randy Dutiaume
• Janet Harvey
• Jennifer Jones
• Jon Mead
• John Morris
• B. J. Neufeld
• Chris Neufeld
• Denni Neufeld
• Jill Officer
• Cathy Overton-Clapham
• Gord Paterson
• Sam Penwarden
• Corinne Peters
• Daley Peters
• Vic Peters
• Kelly Scott
• Jeff Stoughton
• Bob Ursel
• Garry Van Den Berghe
• Ken Watson

SpeedSkating

• Susan Auch Olympic medal winner, speedskating
• Clara Hughes 6 time Olympic gold medalist in cycling and speedskating
• Cindy Klassen 6 time Olympic medalist in speedskating
• Doreen McCannell-Botterill skater

Olympic Medal Winners

• Cyril Coaffee, track and field, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Duncan Keith Olympic Gold medal
• Jennifer Botterill Olympic Gold medal
• Jennifer Jones (curler) Olympic Gold medal
• Chantal Van Landeghem Olympic Bronze medal

Rugby

• Jamie Cudmore
• Norm Hadley

Golf

• George Knudson
• Harold Eidsvig
• Bill Ezinicki
• Dan Halldorson
• Nick Taylor

Volleyball

• Taylor Pischke
• Wanda Guenette
• Scott Koskie

Water Polo

• Rachel Riddell

Bowling

• Michael Schmidt

Soccer

• Doug McMahon
• Héctor Vergara, FIFA referee
• Paul Fenwick
• Marco Bustos
• Kianz Froese
• Desiree Scott

Race Car drivers

• Joe Mazzucco

Snooker

• Bill Werbeniuk

Diving

• Teri York

Businesspeople

• Ida Albo
• Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist
• George Montegu Black II, businessman, father of Conrad Black
• Montegu Black, businessman, older brother of Conrad Black
• David Culver, businessman, former CEO of Alcan
• Sydney Halter, lawyer, former CFL Commissioner, Officer of the Order of Canada
• F. Ross Johnson, former head of RJR Nabisco, featured in the book and film Barbarians at the Gate
• John Draper Perrin, business professional
• G. Michael Bancroft, chemist and synchrotron scientist, first director of the Canadian Light Source
• Margaret Bloodworth, National Security Advisor (BA 1970)
• Guy Maddin, film director
• Gerald Smedley Andrews, land surveyor, Order of Canada recipient
• Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Waldron Fox-Decent, mediator, professor, Crown Corporation chairman
• Sylvia Ostry, economist
• Don Newman, award-winning journalist
• Peter Nygård, founder of Nygård International
• John Paskievich, film director and photographer
• Fred Penner, children's entertainer
• James Armstrong Richardson
• Bill Richardson, CBC radio host
• Brad Roberts, pop singer, Crash Test Dummies
• Susan Thompson, former mayor of Winnipeg
• Lyle Wright, businessman, events promoter, United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
• Phyllis Yaffe, media executive

Journalists

• Ashleigh Banfield
• Rosemary Barton
• Tyler Brûlé
• John Wesley Dafoe
• Bob Hunter
• Ben Metcalfe
• Enid Nemy
• Don Newman
• Scott Oake, sports broadcaster
• Catherine Seipp
• Andrea Slobodian, reporter
• Brian Williams, sports broadcaster
• Larry Zolf
• Jeremy St. Louis, sports broadcaster

Musicians

Main article: List of Winnipeg musicians

Politicians

See also: List of mayors of Winnipeg

• Reginald Alcock
• Nancy Allan
• James Allum
• Lloyd Axworthy
• Bill Blaikie
• Margaret Bloodworth
• Douglas Campbell
• Ruby Dhalla, former Liberal MP for Brampton
• Gary Doer
• Tommy Douglas
• Ronald Duhamel
• Janice Filmon
• John Harvard
• S.I. Hayakawa
• Francis Lawrence Jobin
• Gerard Kennedy
• Huntly Ketchen
• David Kilgour
• Stanley Knowles
• Kevin Lamoureux
• Philip S. Lee
• Peter Liba
• Sterling Lyon
• Hugh John Macdonald
• John Stewart McDiarmid
• Pearl McGonigal
• William John McKeag
• Daniel Hunter McMillan
• Roland Fairbairn McWilliams
• Colleen Mayer
• Arthur Meighen
• George Minaker
• David Newman
• Theresa Oswald
• Brian Pallister
• Howard Pawley, former Premier of Manitoba
• Louis Riel
• Dufferin Roblin
• Jeanne Sauvé
• John Christian Schultz
• Edward Schreyer
• Alfred Henry Scott
• Erin Selby
• Greg Selinger
• Mitchell Sharp
• Andrew Swan
• William Johnston Tupper
• Larissa Waters, former co-deputy of the Australian Greens. Resigned after it was found that she held dual Australian and Canadian citizenship, thereby making her constitutionally ineligible to be elected under section 44 of the Australian Constitution. She had not returned to Canada since she was 11 months old.
• Lois Miriam Wilson
• J. S. Woodsworth
• Omar Zakhilwal

Public servants

• Gerald Smedley Andrews
• Tom Axworthy
• Minnie Julia Beatrice Campbell
• Brian Dickson
• Waldron Fox-Decent
• Ray Henault
• Sam Katz
• Sylvia Ostry
• Henry Norlande Ruttan
• Donald John Roberts

Celebrities/Actors/Actresses

• Chasty Ballesteros
• Claire Adams
• Paul Anthony
• Will Arnett
• Ted Atherton
• Cameron Bancroft
• Cordell Barker
• Reginald Barker
• Adam Beach
• Rod Black
• Robert Bockstael
• Steve Braun
• Jay Brazeau
• Greg Bryk
• Martha Burns
• Len Cariou
• Sarah Carter
• Jonas Chernick
• Bill Cody
• Richard Condie
• Ted Corday
• Wendy Crewson
• Mychael Danna
• Ma-Anne Dionisio
• Heather Doerksen
• Deanna Durbin
• Brendan Fehr
• Danny Finkleman
• Ken Finkleman
• Daniel Gillies
• Joanna Gleason
• Tamara Gorski
• Monty Hall
• Doug Henning
• Tom Jackson
• Richard Kahan
• Tina Keeper
• Ryan Kennedy
• Jack Kruschen
• Mimi Kuzyk
• Nadia Litz
• Gisele MacKenzie
• Guy Maddin
• Mara Marini
• Paul Maxwell
• Tom McCamus
• Kyle McCulloch
• Belinda Montgomery
• Lee Montgomery
• Peter Mooney
• John Paizs
• Anna Paquin
• Douglas Rain
• Donnelly Rhodes
• Bill Richardson
• Percy Saltzman
• Eric Schweig
• Kerry Shale
• Adam Smoluk
• Tracy Spiridakos
• David Steinberg
• Kerry Talmage
• Kristopher Turner
• Nia Vardalos
• Gwynyth Walsh
• Courtney-Jane White
• Ty Wood
• Catherine Wreford

Military

• Leo Clarke
• Robert Cruickshank
• Frederick William Hall
• Coulson Norman Mitchell
• Andrew Charles Mynarski
• Walter Natynczyk
• Christopher O'Kelly
• Frank Pickersgill
• Jenny Pike
• H.L.N. Salmon
• Robert Shankland
• Sir William Stephenson (known as "Intrepid")

Writers

• David Bergen
• Barbara Branden
• Margaret Buffie
• Norman Cantor
• Solomon Cleaver
• Andrew Davidson
• Steven Erikson
• Jon Paul Fiorentino
• George R.D. Goulet
• Terry Goulet
• Sondra Gotlieb
• Joanne Hershfield
• Guy Gavriel Kay
• Margaret Laurence
• Jake MacDonald
• Mary MacLane
• Bill Mason
• Marshall McLuhan
• Susie Moloney
• Casey Plett
• David Reimer
• Gabrielle Roy
• Carol Shields
• Don Starkell
• Miriam Toews
• A.E. van Vogt
• Adele Wiseman
• Miriam Waddington
• George Woodcock

Scientists

• Velvl Greene
• Jennifer Gunter
• Doreen Kimura
• Frances Gertrude McGill
• Alfred Needler
• Jim Peebles
• Louis Slotin
• W. G. Unruh

Other professions

• Catherine Chatterley, historian
• James Simpkins, cartoonist

References