List of people from Winnipeg

Born in Winnipeg

*Randy Bachman, musician, (The Guess Who) & Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
*Tyler Brûlé, journalist and publisher
*Burton Cummings, musician, (The Guess Who)
*Len Cariou, actor
*Deanna Durbin, actress
*Brent Fitz, musician (Theory Of A Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Union (band))
*Terry Fox, cancer activist and national hero
*Jeremy Gillespie, guitarist/composer, (Projektor)
*Dean Gunnarson, escapologist
*Monty Hall, television host of Let's Make a Deal
*F. Ross Johnson, business leader
*Mike Keane, current hockey player for the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. Also played in the NHL, winning the Stanley Cup three times with three different teams: Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche, and the Dallas Stars.
*Geills Turner, wife of John Turner, sister of David Kilgour
*Cindy Klassen, athlete
*Guy Maddin, director
*John Paizs, filmmaker
*Anna Paquin, actress
*Leonard Peikoff, philosopher
*Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician
*David Wilfrid Peters, finance professor and consultant
*Raymond A. Price, geologist
*Irvine Robbins, founder of Baskin-Robbins
*Louis Riel, politician
*Gabrielle Roy, author
*John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, founding member and front man of The Weakerthans, former member of Winnipeg punk band Propagandhi
*Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor
*Sir William Stephenson (aka Intrepid), spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based
*Fred Turner, musician, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
*Nia Vardalos, actress and writer
*Alexander Steen, professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
*Aaron Funk, musician, (Venetian Snares)
*Belinda Montgomery, actress
*Natalie Reid, actress/model
*David Steinberg, comedian
*Oscar Brand, folk singer
*Juliette, singer and TV personality
*Doug Henning, magician and entertainer
*James Patrick, NHL hockey player
*Mike Ridley, NHL hockey player, and a notable player for the University of Manitoba Bisons hockey team
*Marshall Rothstein, judge, Supreme Court of Canada
*Duvie Westcott, NHL hockey player for the Columbus Blue Jackets
*Ted Irvine, former NHL hockey player, father of Chris Jericho

Raised but not born in Winnipeg

*Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
*Wendy Crewson, actor
*Steven Erikson, fantasy writer
*Gerard Kennedy, politician
*Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
*Donny Lalonde, former boxer champion
*Marshall McLuhan, media guru
*A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer
*Dr. Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk, Canadian astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
*Neil Young, musician
*Lenny Breau, jazz guitarist
*Chris Jericho, professional wrestler.
*Tyler Arnason, professional hockey player.
*Roddy Piper, professional wrestler.
*Brett Hull, professional hockey player.
*Bif Naked, musician.

Achieved fame while living in Winnipeg

*Charles Adler, national radio broadcaster
*Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist
*David Bergen, novelist
*Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist
*Miriam Toews, Best-selling novelist
*Ella Cora Hind, Winnipeg Free Press writer
*Evelyn Hart, ballerina
*Fanny (Fraser Runciman), Electronic Musician
*Dale Hawerchuk, NHL player (first Winnipeg Jets superstar at the NHL level)
*Teemu Selanne, NHL player
*Benjamin Zimmerman, Businessman and community leader
*James Wickes Taylor, US Consul 1870-1893
*Andrew McDermot, member of the Council of Assiniboia and along with A. G. B. Bannatyne donated land for Winnipeg General Hospital in 1875.

Artists

*Charles Comfort
*Marcel Dzama, [http://www.richardhellergallery.com/dynamic/artist_bio.asp?ArtistID=3 artist]
*LeMoine Fitzgerald, painter, Group of Seven member
*Etienne Gaboury, architect
*Clive Holden, multimedia artist
*Francis Hans Johnston, painter, Group of Seven member. 1888–1949, moved to Winnipeg in 1921 to accept the position of principal of the School of Art
*Wanda Koop, painter
*Carol Matas Author
*Joan Mitchell, painter, first wife of Alan Greenspan, part of the The Ayn Rand CollectiveFact|date=September 2008
*Leo Mol, sculptor
*Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor
*Arnold Spohr, former artistic director of the RWB

Athletes

*Dawn Askin, curler
*Susan Auch, Olympic medal winner, speedskating
*Andy Bathgate, hockey player
*Dominique Bosshart, Olympic medal winner, taekwondo
*Cyril Coaffee, track and field, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
*Cathy Corino, professional wrestler
*Steve Corino, professional wrestler
*Jamie Cudmore, rugby player
*Randy Dutiaume, curler
*Ed Bruneteau, NHL hockey player
*Mud Bruneteau, NHL hockey player
*Kerry Burtnyk, curler
*Don Callis, professional wrestler
*Bob Chrystal, professional hockey player
*Johnny Devine, professional wrestler
*Don Duguid, curler, sportscaster
*Brian Engblom, former professional hockey player
*Terry Fox, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1745181/ cancer activist]
*Herb Gardiner, former professional hockey player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
*Cathy Gauthier, curler
*Steve Gould, curler
*Norm Hadley, former rugby player
*Haldor Halderson, 1920 Olympic Gold Medal hockey player (Winnipeg Falcons)
*Janet Harvey, curler
*Clara Hughes, Olympic cyclist, speedskater
*Chris Jericho, professional wrestler
*Jennifer Jones (curler), curler
*Mike Keane, professional hockey player
*Cindy Klassen, Olympic speedskater
*George Knudson, former PGA golf champion
*Connie Laliberte, curler
*Donny Lalonde, professional boxer
*Fred Maxwell, NHL Hall of FamerFact|date=September 2008
*Todd MacCulloch, basketball player
*Doug McMahon, former soccer star
*Jon Mead, curler
*Orest Meleschuk, curler
*John Morris, curler
*Bill Mosienko, former NHL hockey player, member Hockey Hall of Fame
*Jill Officer, curler
*Cathy Overton-Clapham, curler
*James Patrick, former NHL player
*Corinne Peters, curler
*Kenny Reardon, NHL Hall of Famer
*Rowdy Roddy Piper, professional wrestler
*Rachel Riddell, water polo
*Terry Sawchuk, NHL goalie, member Hockey Hall of Fame
*Michael Schmidt, bowler
*Kelly Scott, curler
*Alexander Steen, current Toronto Maple Leaf, and son of Winnipeg Jet, Thomas Steen
*Dave Semenko, Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers and Toronto Maple Leafs
*Jeff Stoughton, curler
*Bob Ursel, curler
*Garry Van Den Berghe, curler
*Ken Watson former curler
*Ted Irvine, former NHL hockey player, father of Chris Jericho

Business professionals

*Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist
*Montegu Black, business man, older brother of Conrad Black
*George Montegu Black II, business man, father of Conrad Black
*James Burns, former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada
*David Culver, business man, former CEO of Alcan
*Sol Kanee, lawyer
*Brett Meade, actuary, hugonot
*Gerald T. McCaughey, president and CEO of CIBC
*Signy Hildur Stefansson Eaton wife of business man John David Eaton
*Sydney Halter, lawyer, former Commissioner of the Canadian Football League, Order of Canada recipient

Journalists

*Ashleigh Banfield, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1044752/ TV actress] , TV host
*Tyler Brûlé, journalist and publisher
*John Wesley Dafoe, former Winnipeg Free Press editor
*Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
*Ben Metcalfe, former chairman of Greenpeace
*Don Newman, CBC journalist
*Catherine Seipp, journalist National Review Online
*Brian Williams, CBC broadcaster
*Larry Zolf, journalist and commentator

Musicians

*Randy Bachman, musician, (The Guess Who) & Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
*Steve Bell, musician
*Burton Cummings, musician, (The Guess Who)
*Lenny Breau, jazz guitarist
*Tom Jackson, actor and musician
*Brent Fitz, musician, (Econoline Crush,Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Union (band))
*Bif Naked, musician
*Bob Nolan, musician
*Fred Penner, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672094/ children's entertainer] , musician
*Brad Roberts, musician, [http://www.crashtestdummies.com/ Crash Test Dummies]
*Christine Fellows, folk singer
*Aaron Funk, musician
*Ray St. Germain, musician
*Terry Jacks, singer
*Chantal Kreviazuk, musician & [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471092/ actress]
*Gisele MacKenzie, singer
*Fraser MacPherson, jazz musician
*Zara Nelsova, cellist
*John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, and former member of Winnipeg punk band Propagandhi (The Weakerthans)
*Bob Rock, musician, record producer
*Remy Shand, musician
*Lucille Starr, singer
*Fred Turner, musician Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
*Maiko Watson, musician, founding member of girl-group Sugar Jones, wife of Remy Shand
*Neil Young, musician

Politicians

*Lloyd Axworthy, MP and Liberal Foreign Minister, current president of U. of Winnipeg
*Ruby Dhalla, MP for the Ontario riding of Brampton—Springdale
*Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
*Ronald Duhamel, former Veterans Affairs minister in Jean Chrétien government
*Douglas Campbell, Premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958
*John Harvard, former MP, former CBC broadcaster, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*Francis Lawrence Jobin, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*Gerard Kennedy, politician
*David Kilgour, former Liberal Party of Canada federal cabinet minister
*Stanley Knowles, former MP, Order of Canada recipient
*Peter M. Liba, journalist, business man, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*Hugh John Macdonald, former Premier of Manitoba
*John Stewart McDiarmid, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*Pearl McGonigal, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*William John McKeag, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*Daniel Hunter McMillan, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*Roland Fairbairn McWilliams, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*Louis Riel, former MP and revolutionary
*Dufferin Roblin, former Premier of Manitoba
*John Christian Schultz, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*Alfred Henry Scott, Louis Riel delegate
*Mitchell Sharp, former Liberal Party of Canada federal cabinet minister
*William Johnston Tupper, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
*S. I. Hayakawa, former United States senator

Public servants

*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
*Ray Henault, General and former Chief of Defence Staff of Canadian Forces
*Sylvia Ostry, economist

Religious leaders

*Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba

cientists

*Dr. Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk, Canadian astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
*Jim Peebles, famous cosmologist
*Louis_Slotin, Physicist and Chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project

TV, radio and film stars

*Claire Adams (I), [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010845/ actress]
*Cordell Barker, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054855/ actor, director, writer, producer] , Oscar nominated animator The Cat Came Back
*Reginald Barker, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054977/ Hollywood director]
*Kevin Blatch, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087799/ actor]
*Allan Blye, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089982/ actor, director, writer, producer]
*Steve Braun (II), [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105853/ actor]
*Greg Bryk, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117374/ actor]
*Len Cariou, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137230/ actor]
*Bill Cody, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168565/ actor]
*Richard Condie, Oscar nominated animator The Big Snit
*Ted Corday, soap opera producer ("Days of our Lives")
*Wendy Crewson, movie and TV star ("Santa Clause")
*Ma-Anne Dionisio, lead role of Kim in Miss Saigon in Toronto and in Sydney, Australia
*Deanna Durbin, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002052/ actress]
*Brendan Fehr, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270451/ actor] , star of the television series "Roswell"
*Danny Finkleman, former CBC radio host
*Ken Finkleman, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277946/ director, writer and actor]
*Daniel Gillies, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319171/ actor]
*Joanna Gleason, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322306/ actress]
*Monty Hall, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355937/ TV celebrity] , television game show host
*Doug Henning, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377392/ magician]
*Tom Jackson, singer, actor
*Simon James, actor
*Richard Kahan, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434673/ actor]
*Mimi Kuzyk, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476906/ tv actress]
*Tina Keeper, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444796/ actress] , politician
*Nadia Litz, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514879/ actress]
*Paul Maxwell, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561792/ actor]
*Tom McCamus, actor
*Kyle McCulloch, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567143/ actor] , writer for South Park
*Gisele MacKenzie, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533306/ actress]
*Guy Maddin, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534665/ director]
*Belinda Montgomery, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599727/ actress]
*Doug Morrow (I), [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607486/ makeup and special effects artist]
*John Paizs, filmmaker
*Anna Paquin, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001593/ actress]
*Douglas Rain, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/ actor] , [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ voice of HAL in]
*Mike Realba, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146822/ actor]
*Natalie Reid, actress/model and celebrity impersonator, best known as the lookalike of Paris Hilton
*Donnelly Rhodes, actor
*Bill Richardson, writer, radio host
*Percy Saltzman, former CBC weatherman
* Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor
*David Steinberg, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825731/ actor, comedian]
*Juliette Sysak, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1282074/ our pet Juliette]
*Kerry Talmage, actor, comedian
*Nia Vardalos, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889522/ actress and writer]
*Gwynyth Walsh, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909657/ actress]
*Catherine Wreford, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1671908/ stage actress] , former wife of Jeff Goldblum

War heroes

*Leo Clarke, Victoria Cross winner in World War I
*Robert Cruickshank, Victoria Cross winner in World War I
*Frederick William Hall Victoria Cross winner in 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
*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, [http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex/b_profiles/bergen_d.html novelist]
*Barbara Branden, author and associate of Ayn Rand
*Norman Cantor, writer, historian
*Solomon Cleaver, writer
*Steven Erikson, fantasy writer
*Jon Paul Fiorentino, poet
*Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
*Mary MacLane, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533695/ writer]
*Jake MacDonald, novelist
*Marshall McLuhan, writer, cultural theorist
*Bill Mason, author, filmmaker, environmentalist
*David Reimer, writer, sex reassignment
*Gabrielle Roy, author
*Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist
*Daria Salamon, author
*Miriam Toews, author
*A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer
*Doug Whiteway, [http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex/w_profiles/whiteway_d.html writer]
*Adele Wiseman, author
*George Woodcock, writer