List of people from Winnipeg

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



Artists

 * K. C. Adams, contemporary artist
 * Joyce Anderson, painter and art teacher
 * Eleanor Bond, painter
 * Bertram Brooker, abstract painter
 * Sheila Butler, contemporary artist
 * Charles Comfort, painter
 * Roewan Crowe, multi-media artist
 * Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, performance artists, authors, video & filmmakers
 * Aganetha Dyck, contemporary artist
 * Marcel Dzama, contemporary artist
 * Neil Farber, contemporary artist
 * LeMoine Fitzgerald, painter
 * Lita Fontaine, interdisciplinary artist
 * Étienne Gaboury, architect
 * Barb Hunt, contemporary artist
 * Sarah Anne Johnson, contemporary artist
 * Francis Hans Johnston, painter
 * Wanda Koop, interdisciplinary artist
 * Gweneth Lloyd, choreographer and co-founder of Royal Winnipeg Ballet
 * Leo Mol, stained glass artist
 * Kent Monkman, contemporary artist
 * Freya Olafson, contemporary artist
 * Bev Pike, contemporary artist
 * Dominique Rey, contemporary artist
 * The Royal Art Lodge, contemporary artists
 * Lindsay Shearer-Nelko, choreographer
 * Sheila Spence, photographer
 * Arnold Spohr, choreographer
 * The Steiner Brothers, tap-dancing trio and Mouseketeer Ron Steiner
 * Reva Stone, artist
 * Diana Thorneycroft, photographer
 * Rhayne Vermette, filmmaker
 * Diane Whitehouse, painter

Ice hockey



 * 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
 * Max Domi
 * Jordy Douglas
 * Jimmy Dunn
 * Mary Dunn
 * Red Dutton
 * Cody Eakin
 * Joel Edmundson
 * Gary Emmons
 * Brian Engblom
 * Dean Evason
 * Bill Ezinicki
 * Frank Fredrickson
 * Byron Froese
 * Owen Fussey
 * Herb Gardiner
 * Chay Genoway
 * Hammy Gillespie
 * Butch Goring
 * Cody Glass
 * Haldor Halderson
 * 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
 * Seth Jarvis
 * 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
 * Fred Marples
 * Bill Masterton
 * Fred Maxwell
 * Dunc McCallum
 * Kevin McCarthy
 * Ab McDonald
 * Dylan McIlrath
 * Doug McMurdy
 * Jacob Micflikier
 * Nick Mickoski
 * Perry Miller
 * Bill Mosienko
 * Colton Orr
 * Nolan Patrick
 * James Patrick
 * Steve Patrick
 * Johnny Peirson
 * Alf Pike
 * Ken Reardon
 * Terry Reardon
 * Billy Reay
 * Ryan Reaves
 * James Reimer
 * Mike Ridley
 * Claude C. Robinson, ice hockey executive, inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame
 * Dunc Rousseau
 * Terry Sawchuk
 * Dave Semenko
 * Damon Severson
 * Patrick Sharp
 * 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
 * Lindsay Vallis
 * Dale Weise
 * Duvie Westcott
 * Ian White
 * Neil Wilkinson
 * Carey Wilson
 * Allan Woodman
 * Bob Woytowich
 * Ken Wregget
 * Mike Yaschuk
 * Travis Zajac
 * Chick Zamick

Basketball

 * Emmanuel Akot, college basketball player
 * Eric Bridgeland, college basketball coach
 * Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson, professional basketball player
 * Joey Johnson, wheelchair basketball player
 * Todd MacCulloch, NBA center for the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Nets
 * Rick McNair, basketball coach and founder of Winnipeg Fringe Festival
 * Erfan Nasajpour, professional basketball player
 * Chad Posthumus, professional basketball player
 * Carl Ridd, professional basketball player
 * Martin Riley, Olympic basketball player
 * Daniel Sackey, college basketball player
 * BT Toews, professional basketball coach and father of Kai Toews
 * Bob Town, Olympic basketball player
 * Joey Vickery, professional basketball player
 * Roy Williams, Olympic basketball player
 * Malcolm Wiseman, Olympic basketball player

Football

 * Al Ackland, professional football player
 * Donovan Alexander, professional football player
 * Bill Baker, professional football player
 * Keith Bennett, professional football player
 * Lorne Benson, professional football player
 * Mike Benson, professional football player
 * Andy Bieber, professional football player
 * Simon Blaszczak, professional football player
 * Ken Bochen, professional football player
 * Bill Boivin, professional football player
 * James Bond, professional football player
 * Doug Brown, professional football defensive tackle
 * Brady Browne, professional football player
 * Jack Bruzell, professional football player
 * Zac Carlson, professional football player
 * Jim Carphin, professional football player
 * Bill Ceretti, professional football player
 * Walter Chikowski, professional football player
 * Scott Coe, professional football player
 * Anthony Coombs, professional football player
 * Billy Cooper, professional football player
 * Bruce Covernton, professional football player
 * Nic Demski, professional football player
 * Brian Dobie, coach for the University of Manitoba Bisons
 * George Druxman, professional football player
 * Leo Ezerins, professional football player
 * Scott Flagel, professional football player
 * Jim Furlong, professional football player
 * Evan Gill, professional football player
 * Geoff Gray, professional football offensive lineman
 * Roger Hamelin, professional football player
 * John Hammond, professional football player
 * Andrew Harris, professional football player
 * Ben Hatskin, professional football player
 * Rod Hill, professional football cornerback
 * Israel Idonije, professional football defensive end who led the NFL in blocked punts in 2005, 2006, and 2007
 * T. J. Jones, professional football player
 * Les Lear, professional football player
 * Cal Murphy, coach, scout, and player
 * David Onyemata, first NFL player ever drafted from the University of Manitoba
 * Don Oramasionwu, professional football player
 * T-Dre Player, professional football player
 * Joe Poplawski, professional football player
 * Chad Rempel, professional football player
 * Mike Richardson, professional football player
 * Bobby Singh, professional football player
 * John Urschel, professional football player and mathematician
 * Fred Vant Hull, professional football player
 * Chris Walby, professional football player

Wrestling

 * Bob Brown, professional wrestler
 * Kerry Brown, professional wrestler
 * Don Callis, professional wrestling manager and executive vice president of Impact Wrestling
 * Tony Condello, professional wrestler and promoter
 * Cathy Corino, professional wrestler
 * Steve Corino, professional wrestler
 * Chi Chi Cruz, professional wrestler
 * Allison Danger, professional wrestler
 * Johnny Devine, professional wrestler
 * Paul Diamond, professional wrestler
 * Danny Duggan, professional wrestler
 * Robert Evans, professional wrestler
 * George Gordienko, professional wrestler inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
 * David Hohl, professional wrestler
 * Ricky Hunter, professional wrestler
 * Chris Jericho, WWE legend and lead singer for Fozzy currently signed to All Elite Wrestling
 * Tom Magee, professional wrestler and bodybuilder
 * Kenny Omega, professional wrestler and executive vice president of All Elite Wrestling
 * Fred Peloquin, professional wrestler
 * Roddy Piper, professional wrestler inducted into WWE Hall of Fame
 * Courtney Rush, professional wrestler
 * Sarah Stock, professional wrestler
 * Al Tomko, professional wrestler
 * The Von Steigers, professional wrestling tag team

Martial arts

 * Mark Berger, professional judoka
 * Robin Black, mixed martial artist
 * Roland Delorme, UFC bantamweight
 * Joe Doerksen, mixed martial artist
 * Baxter Humby, kickboxer
 * Brad Katona, UFC bantamweight
 * Donny Lalonde, boxer
 * Krzysztof Soszynski, UFC heavyweight

Curling

 * Dawn Askin
 * Kerry Burtnyk
 * Cathy Gauthier
 * Steve Gould
 * Don Duguid
 * 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

Speed skating

 * Susan Auch
 * Clara Hughes
 * Cindy Klassen
 * Doreen McCannell-Botterill

Golf

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

Volleyball

 * Garth Pischke
 * Taylor Pischke
 * Wanda Guenette
 * Scott Koskie

Soccer

 * Marco Bustos
 * Paul Fenwick
 * Kianz Froese
 * Doug McMahon
 * Sophie Schmidt
 * Desiree Scott
 * Héctor Vergara, FIFA referee

Others

 * Amber Balcaen, racecar driver, first Canadian female to win a NASCAR race in the United States
 * J. Howard Crocker, educator and sports executive with the YMCA and Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
 * Jamie Cudmore, rugby union player
 * Terry Fox, cancer activist and long-distance runner
 * Evelyn Goshawk, long jumper, first Manitoban woman to represent Canada in an international sports event
 * Norm Hadley, rugby union player
 * Gordon Orlikow (b. 1960), decathlon, heptathlon, and hurdles competitor, Athletics Canada Chairman, Canadian Olympic Committee member, Korn/Ferry International partner
 * Rachel Riddell, water polo player
 * Michael Schmidt, ten-pin bowler
 * Bill Werbeniuk, snooker player
 * Teri York, diver

Business

 * Ida Albo, owner of the Fort Garry Hotel
 * Izzy Asper, founder of CanWest
 * David Asper, lawyer and co-founder of Amenity Healthcare Limited
 * Leonard Asper, CEO of Anthem Sports & Entertainment
 * Gail Asper, President of The Asper Foundation
 * David Baszucki, co-founder and CEO of Roblox
 * George Montegu Black II, businessman, president of Canadian Breweries
 * Mark Chipman, owner of the Winnipeg Jets
 * Bill Comrie, founder of The Brick
 * Matthew Corrin, founder of Freshii
 * David Culver, chairman and CEO of Alcan
 * David Dreman, founder of Dreman Value Management
 * Sydney Halter, the first CFL Commissioner, Officer of the Order of Canada
 * F. Ross Johnson, former CEO of RJR Nabisco, featured in the book and film Barbarians at the Gate
 * Philip Kives, founder of K-tel
 * Jack Levit, real estate developer, CEO of Lakeview Management Inc.
 * John Draper Perrin, President of The Winnipeg Warriors Hockey Club
 * Peter Nygård, founder of Nygård International
 * James Armstrong Richardson, served as CEO of Richardson International
 * Irv Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
 * Gerry Schwartz, founder and CEO of Onex Corporation
 * Andrew Strempler, served as president and CEO of Mediplan Health Consulting Inc
 * Bryan Turner, founder of Priority Records which signed artists like Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z and Ice Cube
 * Lyle Wright, President of the Minneapolis Arena, United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductee

Journalists

 * Ashleigh Banfield
 * Rosemary Barton
 * Rod Black
 * Tyler Brûlé
 * Jim Coleman
 * John Wesley Dafoe
 * Charles Edwards
 * Dawna Friesen
 * Bob Hunter
 * Vince Leah
 * Ken McKenzie
 * Stewart MacPherson
 * Ben Metcalfe
 * Bob Moir
 * Enid Nemy
 * Don Newman
 * Scott Oake
 * Catherine Seipp
 * Hal Sigurdson
 * Andrea Slobodian
 * Maurice Smith
 * Jeremy St. Louis
 * Brian Williams
 * Scott Young
 * Larry Zolf

Musicians




Actors

 * Thom Allison
 * Ted Atherton
 * Cameron Bancroft
 * Robert Bockstael
 * Peter Boretski
 * Steve Braun
 * Jay Brazeau
 * Greg Bryk
 * Len Cariou
 * Doug Chapman
 * Jonas Chernick
 * Ari Cohen
 * Michael D. Cohen
 * Mychael Danna
 * Wallace Douglas
 * Brian Drader
 * Ed Evanko
 * Tibor Feheregyhazi
 * Brendan Fehr
 * Ken Finkleman
 * Daniel Gillies
 * Monty Hall
 * Joshua Henry
 * Tom Jackson
 * Robert Jeffrey
 * Gerald MacIntosh Johnston
 * Richard Kahan
 * Ryan Kennedy
 * Jack Kruschen
 * Jeremy Kushnier
 * Daniel Lavoie
 * Fletcher Markle
 * Paul Maxwell
 * Tom McCamus
 * Glen Meadmore
 * Lee Montgomery
 * Peter Mooney
 * Bob Nolan
 * John Paizs
 * Aleks Paunovic
 * Ross Petty
 * Douglas Rain
 * Donnelly Rhodes
 * Kenny Robinson
 * Ron Rubin
 * Ted Rusoff
 * Jason Ruta
 * Kerry Shale
 * David Steinberg
 * Robert Tinkler
 * Adam Tsekhman
 * Kristopher Turner
 * Ryan Ward
 * Marshall Williams
 * Ty Wood

Actresses

 * Claire Adams
 * Julia Benson
 * Bif Naked
 * Martha Burns
 * Nancy Castiglione
 * Lisa Codrington
 * Heather Doerksen
 * Deanna Durbin
 * Melissa Elias
 * Ida Engel
 * Tamara Gorski
 * Dianne Heatherington
 * Tina Keeper
 * Chantal Kreviazuk
 * Mimi Kuzyk
 * Susan Leblanc
 * Carla Lehmann
 * Nadia Litz
 * Andrea Macasaet
 * Gisele MacKenzie
 * Mara Marini
 * Belinda Montgomery
 * Libby Morris
 * Brooke Palsson
 * Anna Paquin
 * Dorothy Patrick
 * Shirley Patterson
 * Jess Salgueiro
 * Pamela Mala Sinha
 * Tracy Spiridakos
 * Johanna Stein
 * Louriza Tronco
 * Charie Van Dyke
 * Nia Vardalos
 * Gwynyth Walsh
 * Marjorie White
 * 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
 * Daniel Spry
 * William Stephenson (known as "Intrepid")

Writers



 * Frank Albo
 * George Amabile
 * David Arnason
 * Joanne Arnott
 * Nahlah Ayed
 * Constance Backhouse
 * Marie Annharte Baker
 * Herbert Belyea
 * Margret Benedictsson
 * Sandra Birdsell
 * Salem Bland
 * Laurie Block
 * Patricia Blondal
 * Carol Bolt
 * Paulette Bourgeois
 * Marilyn Bowering
 * Ken Brand
 * Barbara Branden
 * Barry Broadfoot
 * Margaret Buffie
 * Tyler Clark Burke
 * Bonnie Burstow
 * Aaron Bushkowsky
 * Kristin Butcher
 * Alison Calder
 * Norman Cantor
 * Fern G. Z. Carr
 * Rick Chafe
 * Barry Chamish
 * Myriam J. A. Chancy
 * Catherine Chatterley
 * Jonas Chernick
 * Solomon Cleaver
 * Lisa Codrington
 * Jennifer Cohen
 * Lisa R. Cohen
 * Ruth Collie
 * Ralph Connor
 * Geoffrey Cornish
 * Andrew Coyne
 * Lorilee Craker
 * Anita Daher
 * William Arthur Deacon
 * Vicki Delany
 * David Demchuk
 * Muriel Denison
 * Kady MacDonald Denton
 * Michelle Desbarats
 * Grant Dexter
 * Olive Dickason
 * Nathan Divinsky
 * Kevin Doherty
 * Brian Drader
 * David Dreman
 * Dora Dueck
 * Jo-Ann Episkenew
 * Ernie Epp
 * Ian C. Esslemont
 * Danishka Esterhazy
 * Christine Fellows
 * Jon Paul Fiorentino
 * Valerie Fortney
 * Sean Garrity
 * Zsuzsi Gartner
 * Dave Godfrey
 * Suzanne Goldenberg
 * Noam Gonick
 * Allan Gotlieb
 * Sondra Gotlieb
 * George R. D. Goulet
 * Neile Graham
 * David Gratzer
 * Daniel Greaves
 * Archie Green
 * Eric Gurney
 * Marilyn Hall
 * Rovin Hardy
 * Anne Hart
 * Kaj Hasselriis
 * Ruth Heller
 * Tom Hendry
 * Joanne Hershfield
 * Pablo Hidalgo
 * John C. Higgins
 * Ella Cora Hind
 * Gerda Hnatyshyn
 * Linda Holeman
 * Chris Huebner
 * Jack Humphrey
 * Catherine Hunter
 * Stanley Jackson
 * Michael Kaan
 * Adeena Karasick
 * Guy Gavriel Kay
 * Diane Keating
 * John Keeble
 * Sandra Kirby
 * Jon Klassen
 * Sarah Klassen
 * Ken Kostick
 * Allan Kroeker
 * Robert Kroetsch
 * Margaret Laurence
 * Howard Leeds
 * Sylvia Legris
 * Cyril Edel Leonoff
 * Greg Leskiw
 * J. R. Léveillé
 * Benjamin Levin
 * Allan Levine
 * Diana Lindsay
 * Robert Linsley
 * Dorothy Livesay
 * Jack Ludwig
 * Jake MacDonald
 * Mary MacLane
 * Guy Maddin
 * Kuzhali Manickavel
 * Gilles Marchildon
 * Don Marks
 * John Marlyn
 * Bill Mason
 * Shirlee Matheson
 * Chandra Mayor
 * Kyle McCulloch
 * Robert McDonald
 * Brock McElheran
 * A. B. McKillop
 * Marshall McLuhan
 * Bobby McMahon
 * Mike McPhaden
 * Maurice Mierau
 * Roy Miki
 * Earl Mindell
 * Susie Moloney
 * Pat Roy Mooney
 * Beatrice Mosionier
 * Michael Nathanson
 * Allan Novak
 * Sheldon Oberman
 * Patrick O’Connell
 * Carol Off
 * Jill Officer
 * Margo Oliver
 * Walt Patterson
 * Leonard Peikoff
 * Carol Philipps
 * Casey Plett
 * Laurent Poliquin
 * Jackie Rae
 * Lara Rae
 * Harry Rintoul
 * Thomas Beattie Roberton
 * David Robertson
 * Heather Robertson
 * Malcolm Ross
 * Gabrielle Roy
 * Jaroslav Rudnyckyj
 * Ted Rusoff
 * Alexei Maxim Russell
 * Frances Russell
 * Ed Russenholt
 * Laura Salverson
 * John K. Samson
 * David Secter
 * Patricia Alice Shaw
 * Carol Shields
 * Merilyn Simonds
 * Pamela Mala Sinha
 * Gwen Smid
 * Adam Smoluk
 * Don Starkell
 * Johanna Stein
 * Noreen Stevens
 * Margaret Sweatman
 * Astra Taylor
 * Wayne Tefs
 * J. Grant Thiessen
 * Vern Thiessen
 * Joan Thomas
 * Lillian Beynon Thomas
 * Clayton Thomas-Müller
 * Gwen Thompson
 * Robert Tinkler
 * Georgia Toews
 * Miriam Toews
 * Rhea Tregebov
 * Andrew Unger
 * W. D. Valgardson
 * Katherena Vermette
 * Armin Wiebe
 * Daniel Woolf

Scientists

 * G. Michael Bancroft, chemist and synchrotron scientist, first director of the Canadian Light Source
 * Velvl Greene
 * Jennifer Gunter
 * Doreen Kimura
 * Frances Gertrude McGill
 * Chris McKinstry
 * Alfred Needler
 * Jim Peebles
 * Louis Slotin
 * W. G. Unruh

Crime

 * Danny Wolfe, gangster.
 * Richard Wolfe gangster.