List of people from Manitoba

This is a list of notable people who are from Manitoba, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in the province.

Business professionals

 * Ida Albo, managing partner of the Fort Garry Hotel
 * Gerald Smedley Andrews, land surveyor, Order of Canada recipient
 * Izzy Asper, founder of Global Television Network
 * Lloyd Axworthy, politician and former UW President, Nobel prize nominee
 * Tom Axworthy, Canadian civil servant and younger brother of Lloyd Axworthy
 * G. Michael Bancroft, chemist and synchrotron scientist, first director of the Canadian Light Source
 * Kathy Bardswick, President and CEO, The Co-operators
 * Earl Barish, basketball coach and founder of Dickie Dee and Salisbury House
 * George Montegu Black II, businessman, father of Conrad Black
 * Bill Blaikie, NDP politician
 * Margaret Bloodworth, National Security Advisor (BA 1970)
 * Saidye Rosner Bronfman, wife of businessman Samuel Bronfman
 * Samuel Bronfman, distillery magnate
 * Chip and Pepper, founders of Chip and Pepper California
 * Mark Chipman, founder of True North Sports & Entertainment
 * David Culver, businessman, former CEO of Alcan
 * Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
 * Waldron Fox-Decent, mediator, professor, Crown Corporation chairman
 * Sydney Halter, lawyer, former CFL Commissioner, Officer of the Order of Canada
 * Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
 * F. Ross Johnson, former head of RJR Nabisco, featured in the book and film Barbarians at the Gate
 * Jim Ludlow, president & CEO of True North Sports & Entertainment
 * Guy Maddin, film director
 * Frances Gertrude McGill, criminologist
 * Peter Nygård, founder of Nygård International
 * Sylvia Ostry, economist
 * John Paskievich, film director and photographer
 * Howard Pawley, former Premier of Manitoba
 * John Draper Perrin, business professional
 * Bill Richardson, CBC radio host
 * James Armstrong Richardson, businessman, politician, airport in Winnipeg was named for him
 * James Armstrong Richardson Sr., father of James Armstrong Richardson
 * Irv Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
 * Andrea Slobodian, reporter
 * Susan Thompson, former mayor of Winnipeg
 * Jim Treliving, founder of Boston Pizza
 * Lila Bell Acheson Wallace, co-founder of the Reader's Digest
 * Omar Zakhilwal, Afghan Finance Minister, Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan

Hockey

 * Reg Abbott
 * Jim Agnew
 * Clint Albright
 * Gary Aldcorn
 * Bill Allum
 * Arron Asham
 * Carter Ashton
 * Doug Baldwin
 * Cam Barker
 * Andy Bathgate
 * Ken Baumgartner
 * Paul Baxter
 * Gordie Bell
 * Joe Bell
 * Gary Bergman
 * Garry Blaine
 * Andy Blair
 * Rick Blight
 * Lonny Bohonos
 * Larry Bolonchuk
 * Ryan Bonni
 * Buddy Boone
 * Jennifer Botterill, Olympic gold medal winner
 * Dick Bouchard
 * Dan Bourbonnais
 * Madison Bowey
 * Ralph Bowman
 * Jack Bownass
 * Dustin Boyd
 * Wally Boyer
 * 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
 * Fred Burchell
 * Bill Burega
 * Shawn Byram
 * Walter Byron
 * Ryan Caldwell
 * Don Caley
 * Matt Calvert
 * Jim Cardiff
 * Bruce Carmichael
 * Al Carr
 * Greg Carroll
 * Ed Chadwick
 * Art Chapman
 * Christian Chartier
 * Dave Chartier
 * Brad Chartrand
 * Wayne Chernecki
 * Stefan Cherneski
 * Rich Chernomaz
 * Real Chevrefils
 * 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
 * Clifford Crowley
 * Joe Crozier
 * Wilf Cude
 * Barry Cullen
 * Brian Cullen
 * Cory Cyrenne
 * Joe Daley
 * Kimbi Daniels
 * Lorne Davis
 * Jordy Douglas
 * Kent Douglas
 * Red Dutton, Former NHL commissioner
 * Cody Eakin
 * Garry Edmundson
 * Joel Edmundson
 * Gary Emmons
 * Brian Engblom
 * Dean Evason
 * Bill Ezinicki
 * Theoren Fleury
 * Bill Folk
 * 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
 * Ron Hextall
 * Ike Hildebrand
 * Cecil Hoekstra
 * Quinton Howden
 * Dave Hrechkosy
 * Ted Irvine, father of wrestler Chris Jericho
 * Paul Jerrard
 * Ching Johnson
 * Jim Johnson
 * Eddie Johnstone
 * Jason Kasdorf
 * Mike Keane
 * Duncan Keith, Olympic gold medal winner
 * Julian Klymkiw
 * Aggie Kukulowicz
 * Ed Kullman
 * Gord Labossiere
 * Max Labovitch
 * Gord Lane
 * Pete Langelle
 * Derek Laxdal
 * Jamie Leach
 * Mike Leclerc
 * Grant Ledyard
 * Bryan Lefley
 * Chuck Lefley
 * Brendan Leipsic
 * Art Somers
 * Bob Leiter
 * Curtis Leschyshyn
 * Junior Lessard
 * Odie Lowe
 * Bill MacKenzie
 * Bill Masterton
 * Fred Maxwell
 * Dunc McCallum
 * Kevin McCarthy
 * Ab McDonald
 * Dave McDonald
 * Jacob Micflikier
 * Nick Mickoski, member of Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame
 * Bill Mosienko, member of Hockey Hall of Fame
 * Colton Orr
 * James Patrick
 * Steve Patrick
 * Johnny Peirson
 * Alf Pike
 * Ken Reardon, member of NHL Hall of Fame
 * Terry Reardon
 * Billy Reay
 * James Reimer
 * Mike Ridley
 * Dunc Rousseau, WHA Winnipeg Jets player in the 1970s
 * Terry Sawchuk, member of 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
 * Art Somers
 * Emory Sparrow
 * Lorne Stamler
 * Wally Stanowski
 * Alexander Steen
 * Pete Stemkowski
 * Blair Stewart
 * Black Jack Stewart
 * Mark Stone
 * Billy Taylor
 * Jimmy Thomson
 * Kevin Todd
 * Jonathan Toews, Stanley cup winner 2010, 2013 & 2015
 * Lindsay Vallis
 * J.P. Vigier
 * Dale Weise
 * Duvie Westcott
 * Ian White
 * Neil Wilkinson
 * Carey Wilson
 * Bob Woytowich
 * Ken Wregget
 * Travis Zajac
 * Chick Zamick (1926–2007)

Basketball

 * Eric Bridgeland, coach
 * Edward Dawson, 1936 Olympic team member
 * Joey Johnson, wheelchair basketball player, member of Manitoba's Basketball Hall of Fame
 * Bennie Lands, 1948 Olympic team member
 * Todd MacCulloch, NBA player
 * Rick McNair, basketball player and coach
 * Erfan Nasajpour, in the Iranian Basketball Super League
 * Chad Posthumus, NBA player
 * Carl Ridd, turned down an NBA contract
 * Martin Riley, Olympian
 * BT Toews, coach and father of Kai Toews
 * Bob Town, 1976 Summer Olympics
 * Joey Vickery, pro player in Europe
 * Roy Williams, 1952 Summer Olympics
 * Malcolm Wiseman, 1936 Olympic team member

CFL players

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

NFL players

 * Doug Brown
 * Geoff Gray
 * Rod Hill
 * Israel Idonije
 * T. J. Jones
 * Les Lear
 * David Onyemata
 * Chad Rempel
 * Mike Richardson
 * Bobby Singh
 * John Urschel
 * Fred Vant Hull

Wrestling

 * Bob Brown, wrestler and former WWE referee
 * Kerry Brown, wrestler for Stampede Wrestling
 * Don Callis, WWE and ECW wrestler
 * Tony Condello, promoter
 * Cathy Corino, TNA and Ring of Honor
 * Steve Corino, WWE, TNA, and ECW wrestler
 * Chi Chi Cruz, former WWE wrestler
 * Allison Danger, TNA, and Ring of Honor star
 * Johnny Devine, former WWE and ECW wrestler
 * Paul Diamond, former WWE wrestler
 * Danny Duggan, WWE wrestler
 * Anthony Durante, former WWE wrestler
 * Robert Evans, TNA and Ring of Honor star
 * George Gordienko, wrestled for Stampede Wrestling
 * David Hohl, former Olympic wrestler
 * Ricky Hunter, WWE and NWA wrestler
 * Chris Jericho, WWE wrestler
 * Candice LeRae, NWA wrestler
 * Tom Magee, WWE wrestler and power lifter
 * Vance Nevada, former NWA wrestler
 * Kenny Omega, WWE wrestler
 * Fred Peloquin, AWA wrestler
 * Rowdy Roddy Piper, WWE Hall of Famer
 * Rosemary, TNA wrestler
 * Courtney Rush, TNA wrestler
 * Sarah Stock, TNA and Ring of Honor star
 * Al Tomko, AWA wrestler
 * The Von Steigers, former WWE tag team

Curling

 * Dawn Askin
 * Kerry Burtnyk
 * Don Duguid, sportscaster
 * Randy Dutiaume
 * Janet Harvey
 * Cathy Gauthier
 * Steve Gould
 * Jennifer Jones
 * Connie Laliberte
 * Carolyn McRorie, Olympic silver medal winner
 * Jon Mead
 * John Morris, Olympic gold medal winner
 * 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

Rugby

 * James Campbell, former rugby player
 * Jamie Cudmore, rugby player
 * Brian Erichsen, rugby player
 * Norm Hadley, former rugby player
 * Amanda Thornborough, current Canada women's 15's rugby player
 * Kevin Tkachuk, former rugby player

Golf

 * Isabelle Beisiegel
 * Harold Eidsvig
 * Bill Ezinicki
 * Dan Halldorson
 * George Knudson
 * Nick Taylor
 * Margaret Todd

Volleyball

 * Steven Brinkman
 * Wanda Guenette
 * Scott Koskie
 * Taylor Pischke
 * Michelle Sawatzky-Koop
 * Adam Simac

Track and field



 * Angela Chalmers, Olympic bronze medalist (track and field)
 * Cyril Coaffee, Olympic track and field athlete, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
 * Joe Keeper, Olympic long-distance runner, grandfather of Tina Keeper
 * Betty Fox, mother of Terry Fox, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation
 * Terry Fox, runner, cancer research activist, named "The Greatest Canadian"

Soccer (football)

 * George Anderson
 * Marco Bustos
 * Bob Harley
 * Robin Hart
 * Doug McMahon
 * Tony Nocita
 * Sophie Schmidt
 * Desiree Scott
 * Frederick Stambrook
 * Chelsea Stewart
 * Héctor Vergara, FIFA referee
 * Troy Westwood

Martial arts

 * Mark Berger, fighter
 * Robin Black, MMA fighter
 * Dominique Bosshart, Olympic medalist (taekwondo)
 * Roland Delorme, UFC fighter
 * Joe Doerksen, UFC fighter
 * Baxter Humby, kick boxer, winner of an ESPY Award in the music video of "Renegades" in Spider-Man 3
 * Brad Katona, UFC fighter
 * Donny Lalonde, MMA fighter and boxer
 * Krzysztof Soszynski, UFC fighter on BuzzFeed in the movie Logan

Baseball

 * Doris Barr, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Eleanor Callow, former baseball player
 * Gene Ford, former MLB player
 * Russ Ford, former MLB player
 * Audrey Haine, baseball player
 * Dottie Hunter, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Mel Kerr, MLB player
 * Corey Koskie, MLB player
 * Olive Little, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Martha Rommelaere, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Bud Sketchley, former MLB player
 * Evelyn Wawryshyn, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

Others

 * David Chapman, cricketer
 * Sadie Grimm, motorcyclist, 1914 Manitoba Motorcycle Club's gold medal winner, first woman to win in a Canadian motorcycling event also open to men
 * David Hart, water polo
 * Bon MacDougall, NASCAR racing driver
 * Damian Mills, cricketer
 * Rachel Riddell, water polo
 * Nic Youngblud, water polo

Winter sports
 * Susan Auch, Olympic medalist (speed skating)
 * Clara Hughes, 6-time Olympic gold medalist (cycling and speed skating)
 * Cindy Klassen, 6-time Olympic medalist (speed skating)
 * Doreen McCannell-Botterill, speed skater
 * Jon Montgomery, Olympic gold medalist (skeleton racing), host of The Amazing Race Canada

Religious leaders

 * Abishabis, Aboriginal leader
 * John Bruce, Aboriginal leader
 * Rod Bushie, Aboriginal leader
 * David Chartrand, Aboriginal leader
 * Ken Courchene, Aboriginal leader
 * Ron Evans, Aboriginal leader
 * Jerry Fontaine, Aboriginal leader
 * John Joseph Harper, Aboriginal leader
 * Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba
 * Tepastenam, Aboriginal leader
 * Marie-Louise Valade, established the Sisters of Charity at the Red River Mission
 * Frank Whitehead, Aboriginal leader

Singers, songwriters, musicians

 * Chad Allan, Juno Award-winning artist
 * Don Amero
 * Jeffrey Anderson, radio producer
 * W. H. Anderson
 * Maria Aragon, performed with Lady Gaga and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
 * Randy Bachman
 * Tal Bachman
 * Tim Bachman
 * Del Barber
 * Ishq Bector
 * Steve Bell
 * Herbert Belyea
 * Lloyd Blackman
 * Heather Blush
 * Oscar Brand
 * Lenny Breau
 * Jon Buller
 * Stephen Carroll
 * Marco Castillo
 * Jason Churko
 * Tom Cochrane, Grammy-nominated artist
 * Amanda Cook
 * Burton Cummings
 * Mychael Danna
 * Victor Davies
 * Andy de Jarlis
 * Diz Disley
 * Mitch Dorge
 * Matt Epp
 * Ed Evanko
 * Christine Fellows
 * Brent Fitz
 * Ken Fleming
 * Fresh I.E.
 * Bryan Fustukian
 * Ian Gardiner
 * Heidi Gluck
 * Daniel Greaves
 * Frederick Grinke
 * David Guillas
 * Tim Harwill
 * Dianne Heatherington
 * Filmer Hubble
 * Terry Jacks
 * David James
 * Rob James
 * Gordie Johnson
 * Juliette
 * Jim Kale
 * James Keelaghan
 * Wab Kinew, now leader of the Manitoba NDP
 * Allan Kingdom, Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist
 * Ash Koley
 * Mark Korven
 * Chantal Kreviazuk
 * Joel Kroeker
 * Daniel Lavoie
 * Ashley Leitão
 * Greg Leskiw
 * Alana Levandoski
 * Cara Luft
 * Earl MacDonald
 * Gisele MacKenzie
 * Fraser MacPherson
 * Greg MacPherson
 * Keith Macpherson
 * Damian Marshall
 * Julie Masi
 * Romi Mayes
 * Donnie McDougall
 * Loreena McKennitt, Grammy-nominated artist
 * Holly McNarland
 * Glen Meadmore
 * Neil Merryweather
 * Amy Metcalfe
 * Jenn Mierau
 * Ruth Moody
 * Lorne Munroe
 * Bif Naked
 * Zara Nelsova
 * Jon Neufeld
 * Tim Neufeld
 * Bob Nolan
 * Tiny Parham
 * Brandon Paris
 * Fred Penner
 * Julie Penner
 * Johnny Perrin
 * Randolph Peters
 * Garry Peterson
 * William Prince
 * Eric Radford
 * Jackie Rae
 * Donn Reynolds
 * Brad Roberts
 * Dan Roberts, bassist
 * Ashley Robertson
 * Bob Rock
 * John K. Samson
 * Bernie Senensky
 * Joey Serlin
 * Remy Shand, nominated for 4 Grammy awards
 * Shingoose
 * Al Simmons
 * Son of Dave
 * Fred Turner
 * Venetian Snares
 * Lindy Vopnfjörð
 * Bill Wallace
 * Neil Young

Groups

 * Brother
 * Live on Arrival
 * LuLu and the TomCat
 * Sagkeeng's Finest, winners of Canada's Got Talent

Actors

 * Ted Atherton, on Traders
 * Cameron Bancroft, on Supernatural
 * Adam Beach, in Suicide Squad
 * Robert Bockstael, on X-Men (series)
 * Steve Braun, in The Skulls III
 * Jay Brazeau, voice actor on Mega Man (1994 series)
 * Greg Bryk, in Immortals (2011) and The Incredible Hulk
 * Len Cariou, in Prisoners (2013)
 * Jonas Chernick, on The Best Laid Plans
 * Ari Cohen, on A Little Thing Called Murder
 * Michael D. Cohen, on Henry's World
 * Wallace Douglas, on Spies of the Air
 * Brian Drader, in Shall We Dance? (2004)
 * Ed Evanko, in Double Jeopardy (1999)
 * Tibor Feheregyhazi, actor
 * Brendan Fehr, in Guardians of the Galaxy
 * Darcy Fehr, in Desire (2000)
 * Ken Finkleman, in Grease 2
 * Daniel Gillies, in Spider-Man 2
 * Monty Hall, host of Let's Make a Deal
 * Joshua Henry, in The Scottsboro Boys
 * Tom Jackson, on Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * Gerald MacIntosh Johnston, in Little Friend
 * Richard Kahan, on Supernatural
 * Ryan Kennedy, in Scream (1996)
 * Terry Klassen, in Barbie
 * Ken Kostick, on The Food Network
 * Jack Kruschen, on Batman
 * Jeremy Kushnier, actor
 * Fletcher Markle, on Thriller
 * Paul Maxwell, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
 * Tom McCamus, on The Newsroom
 * Glen Meadmore, friends with John Wayne Gacy
 * Lee Montgomery, on The Million Dollar Duck
 * Peter Mooney, on Camelot
 * Bob Nolan, on Night Time in Nevada
 * John Paizs, on The Kids in the Hall
 * Ross Petty, in the X-Men film series
 * Douglas Rain, in The Man Who Skied Down Everest
 * Donnelly Rhodes, on The Golden Girls
 * Kenny Robinson, friends with Russell Peters and Vince Carter
 * Ron Rubin, Morph in X-Men
 * Ted Rusoff, on After Death
 * Aaron Schwartz, on The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
 * Kerry Shale, on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 series)
 * David Steinberg, actor, 5-time Emmy Award winner
 * Robert Tinkler, on Cyberchase, Beyblade, and Sailor Moon
 * Kristopher Turner, on Saving Hope
 * Ryan Ward, on Son of the Sunshine
 * Marshall Williams, on How to Build a Better Boy
 * Ty Wood, in Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story

Actresses

 * Claire Adams, in The Big Valley
 * Martha Burns, on Mad Ship
 * Sarah Carter, on Smallville
 * Ma-Anne Dionisio, in Les Misérables
 * Heather Doerksen, in Pacific Rim 
 * Deanna Durbin, in For the Love of Mary
 * Melissa Elias, in Tamara (2005)
 * Ida Engel, on The Gong Show
 * Dianne Heatherington, in Zero Patience
 * Tina Keeper, in For Angela
 * Mimi Kuzyk, in A Christmas Wedding
 * Carla Lehmann, in Fame Is the Spur
 * Nadia Litz, in The Mighty
 * Mara Marini, on Black-ish
 * Belinda Montgomery, in Tron: Legacy
 * Libby Morris, on Not Quite Paradise
 * Brooke Palsson, on Between
 * Anna Paquin, in the X-Men film series and Phineas and Ferb
 * Dorothy Patrick, was married to Lynn Patrick
 * Shirley Patterson, on Batman serial
 * Tracy Spiridakos, on Revolution
 * Sonia Sui, in Toy Story 3
 * Sara Thompson, in The 100
 * Nia Vardalos, in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
 * Gwynyth Walsh, in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Supernatural, season 1
 * Catherine Wreford, on Wrestlemaniac

Performers

 * Shawn Farquhar, magician on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
 * Amber Fleury, recording artist
 * Deven Green, comedian
 * Dean Gunnarson, magician
 * Doug Henning, magician
 * Ashley Leitão
 * Keith Macpherson
 * Luke McMaster
 * David Steinberg, comedian
 * Meaghan Waller, winner of Canada's Next Top Model
 * Zack Werner, judge
 * Brian Zembic, magician

War heroes

 * Leo Clarke, Victoria Cross winner
 * Frederick William Hall, Victoria Cross winner in World War I
 * Coulson Norman Mitchell, Victoria Cross winner World War I
 * Andrew Charles Mynarski, Victoria Cross winner in World War II
 * Frank Pickersgill, SOE agent in World War II executed by the Nazis
 * Tommy Prince, highly decorated Aboriginal soldier with the Devil's Brigade in World War II
 * Robert Shankland, Victoria Cross winner in World War I
 * Sir William Stephenson (a.k.a. Intrepid), spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based

Writers

 * David Bergen, novelist
 * Di Brandt, poet
 * Martha Brooks, writer
 * Norman Cantor, writer, historian
 * Solomon Cleaver, writer
 * Patrick Friesen, poet
 * Betty Gibson, author
 * Erving Goffman, writer, sociologist
 * Paul Hiebert, author
 * Edna Mayne Hull, science fiction writer
 * Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
 * Margaret Laurence, novelist
 * Jake MacDonald, novelist
 * Mary MacLane, writer
 * Bill Mason, author, filmmaker, environmentalist
 * Marshall McLuhan, writer, media theorist
 * Duncan Mercredi, poet
 * Casey Plett, author
 * David Robertson, author
 * Gabrielle Roy, author
 * Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist
 * Joan Thomas, author
 * Miriam Toews, author
 * Andrew Unger, author
 * A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer
 * Katherena Vermette, writer
 * Joshua Whitehead, author
 * Armin Wiebe, writer
 * Adele Wiseman, author
 * George Woodcock, writer

Cartoonists/characters

 * George Freeman, artist for several comic books including Captain Canuck
 * Eric Gurney, cartoonist for Disney
 * Roy Peterson, editorial cartoonist
 * Jon St. Ables, cartoonist
 * James Simpkins, creator of Jasper the Bear
 * Charles Thorson, creator of Bugs Bunny
 * Colin Upton, cartoonist
 * Winnie-the-Pooh, one of Disney's best-known characters, named for Winnipeg

Journalists

 * Ralph Allen
 * Jeffrey Anderson, radio producer
 * Ashleigh Banfield, TV host and ABC news reporter
 * Rosemary Barton, broadcaster for The National
 * Paul Boyd, reporter for Inside Edition
 * Barry Broadfoot
 * Bertram Brooker
 * Cecily Brownstone
 * Tyler Brûlé
 * George Fisher Chipman
 * Lisa R. Cohen, producer for the Oprah Winfrey Show
 * John Wesley Dafoe
 * Dawna Friesen, NBC correspondent
 * Suzanne Goldenberg
 * Kaj Hasselriis
 * Ella Cora Hind
 * Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
 * Ben Metcalfe, former chairman of Greenpeace
 * Don Newman, CBC broadcaster
 * Scott Oake, sports broadcaster; father of Britain's Got Talent contestant Darcy Oake
 * Catherine Seipp
 * Linden Soles, CNN broadcaster
 * Diana Swain, CBC broadcaster
 * Brian Williams, sports broadcaster
 * Larry Zolf

Scientists, medical professionals, and teachers

 * Reg Alcock, former President of the Treasury Board of Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet
 * Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist, Governor General's Award winner
 * Arthur Henry Reginald Buller F.R.S.C., FRS, mycologist
 * Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland, former professors of philosophy, known for the school of eliminative materialism
 * Jean Friesen, former Deputy Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of NDP Premier Gary Doer's cabinet
 * Aniruddha M. Gole, IEEE Fellow
 * Frank Hawthorne F.R.S.C., mineral sciences professor
 * Guy Maddin, film director and former professor
 * Teresa McDonell, nun, nurse and teacher
 * Nathan Mendelsohn, professor of mathematics
 * Jim Peebles, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
 * Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, major founder of the Jewish Renewal movement
 * Arthur Schafer, prominent ethicist, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
 * Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
 * Vaclav Smil, energy systems scientist and policy analyst
 * Robert Thirsk, astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
 * H. C. Wolfart, professor of linguistics

Criminals

 * Scott Bairstow, rapist
 * Gerald Blanchard, robber
 * John Martin Crawford, serial killer
 * Larry Fisher, murderer and rapist
 * Del Fontaine, boxer and murderer
 * Ken Leishman, robber
 * Benjamin Levin, sex offender
 * Karl McKay, murderer
 * Earle Nelson, serial killer
 * Nicole Redhead, murderer

Murder victims

 * Tina Fontaine
 * John Joseph Harper
 * Helen Betty Osborne
 * Jaylene Redhead
 * Phoenix Sinclair

Wrongfully convicted of murder

 * James Driskell
 * David Milgaard
 * Thomas Sophonow

Politicians
This list mainly includes those people from Manitoba who had political careers outside of Manitoba, but also includes especially-notable people who had political careers within Manitoba (as presumably most Manitoba politicians are from Manitoba).


 * Douglas R. Archer, former mayor of Regina
 * Niki Ashton
 * Candice Bergen
 * Rana Bokhari
 * Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Premier of Manitoba, longest-serving Manitoba MLA
 * Maria Chaput
 * Marlene Cowling
 * Thomas Crerar, Member of Parliament, Senator, leader of the Progressive Party, first politician appointed Companion of the Order of Canada
 * Shari Decter Hirst
 * Bev Desjarlais
 * Ruby Dhalla, Member of Parliament in Ontario
 * Dorothy Dobbie
 * Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
 * Ronald Duhamel, Veterans Affairs minister in the Jean Chrétien government
 * Elijah Harper, Native leader, Manitoba MLA
 * John Harvard, Member of Parliament, CBC broadcaster, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * S. I. Hayakawa, United States senator
 * Francis Lawrence Jobin, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * Stanley Knowles, Member of Parliament, Order of Canada recipient
 * Peter Liba, journalist, businessman, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * Sterling Lyon, Premier of Manitoba
 * Hugh John Macdonald, Premier of Manitoba and son of Canada's first prime minister (John A. Macdonald)
 * Grant MacEwan, former mayor of Calgary
 * John Stewart McDiarmid, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * Gerry McGeer, former mayor of Vancouver
 * Pearl McGonigal, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * William John McKeag, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * Daniel Hunter McMillan, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * Roland Fairbairn McWilliams, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister of Canada
 * Darrell Pasloski, Premier of Yukon
 * Jack Pickersgill, former MP representing Newfoundland
 * Louis Riel, Metis leader, Member of Parliament
 * Dufferin Roblin, Premier of Manitoba
 * Denise Savoie, British Columbia Member of Parliament, Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
 * Edward Schreyer, Premier of Manitoba, Governor General of Canada
 * John Christian Schultz, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * Alfred Henry Scott, Louis Riel delegate
 * Mitchell Sharp, Liberal federal cabinet minister
 * William Johnston Tupper, Manitoba lieutenant governor
 * Daniel Vandal
 * Larissa Waters, Australian senator
 * J. S. Woodsworth, Member of Parliament, first leader of CCF

Notable families

 * Asper family – Izzy Asper, founder of Global Television Network
 * David Asper
 * Gail Asper
 * Leonard Asper
 * Black family – George Montegu Black Sr., businessman
 * Conrad Black, newspaper publisher
 * George Montegu Black II, 1950s president of Canadian Breweries
 * David Culver, former CEO of Alcan (father's sister was the maternal grandmother of Conrad Black)
 * Richardson family – James Richardson, businessman and founder of James Richardson & Sons
 * James Armstrong Richardson Sr., businessman, grandson of James Richardson
 * James Armstrong Richardson II, businessman and politician, for whom the Winnipeg airport was named
 * Agnes Benidickson (raised in Winnipeg), first female chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario
 * William Moore Benidickson, Dauphin-born Member of Parliament for Kenora—Rainy River, husband of Agnes Benidickson
 * Kathleen M. Richardson, philanthropist

Other notable people

 * David Reimer, man raised as a girl who became a famous case in sexology