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
- Bertram Brooker, abstract painter[1]
- Charles Comfort, painter
- Marcel Dzama, contemporary artist[2]
- Neil Farber, contemporary artist
- LeMoine Fitzgerald, painter
- Lita Fontaine, interdisciplinary artist
- Étienne Gaboury, architect
- Clive Holden, visual 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
- The Royal Art Lodge, contemporary artists
- Lindsay Shearer-Nelko, choreographer
- Arnold Spohr, choreographer
- The Steiner Brothers, tap-dancing trio and Mouseketeer Ron Steiner[3]
Sports persons
Ice hockey
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[4]
- 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
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[5]
- 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
Volleyball
Soccer
Others
- Amber Balcaen, racecar driver, first Canadian female to win a NASCAR race in the United States
- Jamie Cudmore, rugby union player
- Terry Fox, cancer activist and long-distance runner
- Norm Hadley, rugby union player
- Joe Mazzucco, racecar driver
- 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
- 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[6]
- 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
- Dawna Friesen
- Bob Hunter
- Vince Leah[7]
- Ken McKenzie
- Stewart MacPherson
- Ben Metcalfe
- Enid Nemy
- Don Newman
- Scott Oake
- Catherine Seipp
- Hal Sigurdson[8]
- Andrea Slobodian[9]
- Maurice Smith[10]
- Jeremy St. Louis
- Brian Williams
- Scott Young
- Larry Zolf
Musicians
Politicians
Film and television
Actors
- Thom Allison
- Ted Atherton
- Cameron Bancroft
- Robert Bockstael
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- Miriam Toews
- Rhea Tregebov
- Andrew Unger
- W. D. Valgardson
- 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
References
- J. Russell Harper. Painting in Canada: A History. University of Toronto Press; 1977. ISBN 978-0-8020-6307-6. p. 323–.
- "Life After Winnipeg's The Royal Art Lodge". ballastmag.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- John Einarson (December 4, 2016). Winnipeg’s Steiner Brothers didn't seek celebrity but made it big In addition to dancing; Brothers danced alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin. Winnipeg Free Press.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "List of people from Winnipeg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020.
- "Growing up as Roddy Piper's son". Winnipeg Sun. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- "Winnipegger's role in origins of gangsta rap more prominent than movie suggests". Winnipeg Free Press. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- "Honoured Members: Leah, Vince". Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. 1985. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- Prest, Ashley; Campbell, Tim (January 18, 2012). "A bit of an icon as a sports editor". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 22.
- "Andrea Slobodian: Weather Anchor". GlobalWinnipeg.com. Shaw Media Inc. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- "Former FP Sports Editor, Maurice Smith, dead at 75". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 21, 1985. p. 51.
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