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, Hollywood film actress in the 1920s and 1930s who lived most of her life in Melbourne, Australia Randy Bachman, musician, The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO) Dustin Boyd, NHL hockey player for the Calgary Flames Cam Barker, professional ice hockey player for the Minnesota Wild Oscar Brand, folk singer Tyler Brûlé, journalist and publisher Len Cariou, actor Burton Cummings, musician, The Guess Who Nigel Dawes, professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames Meaghan DeWarrenne-Waller, model, winner of Canada's Next Top Model, cycle 3 Deanna Durbin, actress Brent Fitz, musician (Slash, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Econoline Crush, Union) Terry Fox, cancer activist and national hero Andy Frost, radio DJ, currently working for Q107 in Toronto Aaron Funk, musician, Venetian Snares Evan Gill, CFL 1st round draft pick of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jeremy Gillespie, designer, guitarist/composer, filmmaker (Projektor) (Astron-6) Dean Gunnarson, escapologist Monty Hall, television host of Let's Make a Deal Doug Henning, magician and entertainer Ted Irvine, former NHL player, father of Chris Jericho F. Ross Johnson, business leader Juliette, singer and TV personality Mike Keane, hockey player for the Manitoba Moose of the AHL; played in the NHL, winning the Stanley Cup three times with three different teams: Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche, and the Dallas Stars Duncan Keith, professional ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks Cindy Klassen, athlete Chantal Kreviazuk, singer-songwriter Guy Maddin, director Derek Meech, professional ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings Belinda Montgomery, actress John Paizs, filmmaker Anna Paquin, actress James Patrick, NHL player Leonard Peikoff, philosopher Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician Raymond A. Price, geologist Mike Ridley, NHL player; player for the University of Manitoba Bisons hockey team Louis Riel, politician Irvine Robbins, founder of Baskin-Robbins Marshall Rothstein, judge, Supreme Court of Canada Gabrielle Roy, author John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, founding member and front man of The Weakerthans, former member of Winnipeg punk band Propagandhi Terry Sawchuk, NHL player Lee Scrivner, writer and artist Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor Alexander Steen, professional ice hockey player for the St. Louis Blues David Steinberg, comedian Sir William Stephenson (aka Intrepid), spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based Jonathan Toews, professional ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks Fred Turner, musician, Bachman–Turner Overdrive Geills Turner, wife of John Turner, sister of David Kilgour Nia Vardalos, actress and writer Katherena Vermette, poet Duvie Westcott, NHL hockey player for the Columbus Blue Jackets Gavin Williamson, pianist and harpsichordist Young Kidd, rapper Raised but not born in Winnipeg Tyler Arnason, professional hockey player Bif Naked, musician Lenny Breau, jazz guitarist Wendy Crewson, actress Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada Steven Erikson, fantasy writer Ellie Harvie, actress Brett Hull, professional hockey player Chris Jericho, professional wrestler and singer Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet Gerard Kennedy, politician Donny Lalonde, former boxer champion Marshall McLuhan, media guru Harry Medovy, pediatrician and academic Sierra Noble, singer, songwriter, fiddler Roddy Piper, professional wrestler Dr. Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk, astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer Héctor Vergara, FIFA international referee Neil Young, musician Achieved fame while living in Winnipeg Charles Adler, national radio broadcaster Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist David Bergen, novelist Evelyn Hart, ballerina Dale Hawerchuk, NHL player (first Winnipeg Jets superstar at the NHL level) Ella Cora Hind, Winnipeg Free Press writer Andrew McDermot, member of the Council of Assiniboia and along with A.G.B. Bannatyne donated land for Winnipeg General Hospital in 1875. Teemu Selanne, NHL player Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist James Wickes Taylor, US Consul 1870–1893 Miriam Toews, best-selling novelist Daniel Yanofsky, first chess supergrandmaster in the commonwealth Benjamin Zimmerman, businessman and community leader Artists Bertram Brooker, painter, writer, businessman Charles Comfort Marcel Dzama, artist[1] LeMoine Fitzgerald, painter, Group of Seven member Lita Fontaine, interdisciplinary artist Étienne 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 Gweneth Lloyd, dancer with Royal Winnipeg Ballet Carol Matas, author Nicky Mehta, musician and founding member of The Wailin' Jennys Joan Mitchell, art historian; first wife of Alan Greenspan; part of The Ayn Rand Collective[2] Leo Mol, sculptor Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor Arnold Spohr, former artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Athletes Dawn Askin, curler Susan Auch, Olympic medal winner, speedskating Andy Bathgate, hockey player Paul Baxter, hockey player Mike Benson, gridiron football player Andy Blair, hockey player Larry Bolonchuk, hockey player Dominique Bosshart, Olympic medal winner, taekwondo Ralph Bowman, NHL player Dustin Boyd, hockey player Ed Bruneteau, NHL player Reg Abbott Hockey Player Jim Agnew Hockey Player Clint Albright Hockey Players Cindy Klassen 6 time gold Medallist Clara Hughes 6 time gold Medallist Joe Keeper Olympic Runner Mud Bruneteau, NHL player Kerry Burtnyk, curler Don Callis, professional wrestler Bob Chrystal, professional hockey player 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 Johnny Devine, professional wrestler Joe Doerksen, professional MMA fighter Terry Fox Don Duguid, curler, sportscaster Randy Dutiaume, curler Brian Engblom, former professional hockey player Terry Fox, 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 Cecil Hoekstra, former NHL player Clara Hughes, Olympic cyclist, speedskater Ted Irvine, former NHL player; father of Chris Jericho Chris Jericho, professional wrestler Robin Johnstone, professional figure skater Jennifer Jones, curler Mike Keane, professional hockey player Cindy Klassen, Olympic speedskater George Knudson, former PGA golf champion Max Labovitch, professional hockey player Connie Laliberte, curler Donny Lalonde, professional boxer Todd MacCulloch, NBA player Fred Maxwell, NHL Hall of Famer Doug McMahon, former soccer star Jon Mead, curler Orest Meleschuk, curler Jacob Micflikier, ice hockey player Nick Mickoski, former NHL hockey player, member Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Jon Montgomery, Skeleton Racing Olympic gold medalist, host of The Amazing Race Canada John Morris, curler Bill Mosienko, former NHL hockey player, member Hockey Hall of Fame Jill Officer, curler Colton Orr, hockey player Cathy Overton-Clapham, curler James Patrick, former NHL player Jon Montgomery The Amazing Race Canada Host Corinne Peters, curler Taylor Pischke, Canadian beach volleyball player Rowdy Roddy Piper, professional wrestler T-Dre Player, CFL player Joe Poplawski, CFL Hall of Famer Kenny Reardon, NHL Hall of Famer Rachel Riddell, water polo Dunc Rousseau, WHA Winnipeg Jets player in the 1970s Terry Sawchuk, NHL goalie, member Hockey Hall of Fame Michael Schmidt, bowler Kelly Scott, curler Dave Semenko, Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers and Toronto Maple Leafs Patrick Sharp, Chicago Blackhawks, 2010, 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup Winner, 2014 Olympic gold medal hockey player Alexander Steen, current St. Louis Blues, and son of Winnipeg Jet, Thomas Steen Sarah Stock, professional wrestler currently with TNA, wrestling under the ring name "Sarita" Jeff Stoughton, curler Jonathan Toews, Captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, 2010 and 2014 Olympic gold medal hockey player, 2010, 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup Winner Bob Ursel, curler Garry Van Den Berghe, curler Ken Watson, former curler Travis Zajac, hockey player Andy Bathgate, ice hockey player Patrick Sharp, ice hockey player Mike Ridley, ice hockey player James Patrick, ice hockey player Pete Stemkowski, ice hockey player Bill Mosienko, ice hockey player Alexander Steen, ice hockey player Mike Keane, ice hockey player Duncan Keith, ice hockey player Ab McDonald, ice hockey player Carey Wilson, ice hockey player Andy Hebenton, ice hockey player Travis Zajac, ice hockey player Grant Ledyard, ice hockey player Nick Mickoski, ice hockey player Ted Irvine (Father of Chris Jericho), ice hockey player Johnny Peirson, ice hockey player Chuck Lefley, ice hockey player Billy Reay, ice hockey player Billy Taylor, ice hockey player Bryan Hextall, ice hockey player Kevin McCarthy, ice hockey player Art Chapman (Ice Hockey Player) Jimmy Thomson, ice hockey player Bob Leiter, ice hockey player Brian Engblom, ice hockey player Kevin Todd, ice hockey player Alex Shibicky, ice hockey player Wally Hergesheimer, ice hockey player Ted Harris, ice hockey player Jim Johnson, ice hockey player Bill Ezinicki, ice hockey player Paul Baxter, ice hockey player Darren Helm, ice hockey player Andy Blair, ice hockey player Bob Woytowich, ice hockey player Mike Leclerc, ice hockey player Dave Semenko, ice hockey player Cody Eakin, ice hockey player Jordy Douglas, ice hockey player Eddie Slowinski, ice hockey player Mark Stone, ice hockey player Ed Kullman, ice hockey player Ken Reardon, ice hockey player Alf Pike, ice hockey player Arthur Coulter, ice hockey player Wally Stanowski, ice hockey player Steve Patrick, ice hockey player Terry Reardon, ice hockey player Paul Maurice, ice hockey player Cody Eakin Ice Hockey Player Madison Bowey Ice Hockey Player James Reimer NHL Player David Onyemata NFL Player Israel Idonije NFL Player Todd MacCulloch NBA Basketball Player Business professionals Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist Walter Reginald Baker George Montegu Black II, businessman, father of Conrad Black Montegu Black, businessman, older brother of Conrad Black James Burns, former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada David Culver, businessman, former CEO of Alcan Sydney Halter, lawyer, former Commissioner of the Canadian Football League, Order of Canada recipient Sol Kanee, lawyer Gerald T. McCaughey, president and CEO of CIBC John Draper Perrin, mining entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist Journalists Ashleigh Banfield, TV actress, TV host[3] 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 Jim Peebles Scientist Louis Slotin Scientist Musicians Maria Aragon, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011 Performed Born This Way with Lady Gaga Randy Bachman, musician, The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive Steve Bell, musician Bif Naked, musician Oscar Brand, folk singer, television personality, editor Lenny Breau, jazz guitarist Burton Cummings, musician, The Guess Who Tracy Dahl, opera singer (Metropolitan, La Scala, San Francisco) Christine Fellows, folk singer Brent Fitz, musician, Slash, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Econoline Crush, Union Aaron Funk, musician Daniel Greaves, musician, The Watchmen, Audio Playground High + Wide, Doctor Terry Jacks, singer Tom Jackson, actor and musician Chantal Kreviazuk, musician and actress[4] Gisele MacKenzie, singer Big Dave McLean, blues singer, musician[5] Fraser MacPherson, jazz musician Zara Nelsova, cellist Sierra Noble, singer, songwriter, fiddler Bob Nolan, musician Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician[6] Brad Roberts, musician, Crash Test Dummies Bob Rock, record producer Ray St. Germain John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, former member of Winnipeg punk band Propagandhi (The Weakerthans) Joey Serlin, The Watchmen Remy Shand Lucille Starr, singer Fred Turner, musician, Bachman–Turner Overdrive Maiko Watson, musician, founding member of girl-group Sugar Jones; wife of Remy Shand Winnipeg's Most, hip-hop trio Young Kidd, rapper Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash and Young Chantal Kreviazuk Active since 1996 Politicians Reginald Alcock, MP, President of the Treasury Board Lloyd Axworthy, MP and Liberal Foreign Minister, current president of University of Winnipeg Douglas Campbell, Premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958 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 John Harvard, former MP, former CBC broadcaster, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor S. I. Hayakawa, former United States senator Francis Lawrence Jobin, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor Gerard Kennedy, politician Huntly Ketchen, politician and soldier David Kilgour, former Liberal Party of Canada federal cabinet minister Stanley Knowles, former MP, Order of Canada recipient Peter Liba, journalist, businessman, 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 Larissa Waters, Australian Greens Senator for Queensland J. S. Woodsworth, first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba Colleen Mayer Politician Nancy Allan Politician Gary Doer, 20th premier of Manitoba Francis Evans Cornish 1st Mayor William Nassau Kennedy 2nd Mayor Thomas Scott 3rd Mayor Alexander Logan 4th Mayor Elias George Conklin 5th Mayor Alexander McMicken 6th Mayor Charles Edward Hamilton 7th Mayor Henry Shaver Wesbrook 8th Mayor Lyman Melvin Jones 9th Mayor Thomas Ryan 10th Mayor Alfred Pearson 11th Mayor Alexander Macdonald 12th Mayor Thomas William Taylor 13th Mayor Thomas Gilroy 14th Mayor Richard Willis Jameson 15th Mayor William F. McCreary 16th Mayor Alfred Joseph Andrews 17th Mayor Horace Wilson 18th Mayor John Arbuthnot 19th Mayor Thomas Sharpe 20th Mayor James Henry Ashdown 21st Mayor William Sanford Evans 22nd Mayor Richard Deans Waugh 23rd Mayor Thomas Russ Deacon 24th Mayor Richard Deans Waugh 25th Mayor David J. Dyson 26th Mayor Frederick Harvey Davidson 26th Mayor Charles Gray 27th Mayor Edward Parnell 28th Mayor (Died in office) Frank Oliver Fowler 29th Mayor Seymour James Farmer 30th Mayor Ralph Humphreys Webb, 31st Mayor Daniel McLean 32nd Mayor John Queen 33rd Mayor Garnet Coulter 34th and 35th Mayor George Edward Sharpe 36th Mayor Stephen Juba 37th Mayor Robert Steen 38th Mayor Bill Norrie 39th Mayor Susan Thompson 40th Mayor First Female Mayor of Winnipeg Glen Murray 41st Mayor Sam Katz 43rd Mayor Brian Bowman (politician) 44th Mayor Arthur Meighen 9th Prime Minister of Canada 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 Sam Katz OM, 42nd mayor of Winnipeg Sylvia Ostry, economist Henry Norlande Ruttan, civil engineer for Winnipeg (1885-1914) TV, radio and film stars Claire Adams, Hollywood film actress in the 1920s and 30s; spent most of her life in Melbourne, Australia Cordell Barker, actor, director, writer, producer; Oscar-nominated animator of The Cat Came Back[7] Reginald Barker, Hollywood director[8] Adam Beach, Native Canadian actor (Squanto: A Warrior's Tale) Greg Bryk, actor[9] Len Cariou, actor[10] Bill Cody, actor[11] Johnny Colatruglio, houseguest on Big Brother Canada (season 3) Richard Condie, Oscar-nominated animator, The Big Snit Ted Corday, soap opera producer (Days of Our Lives) Wendy Crewson, movie and TV star (The Santa Clause) Ma-Anne Dionisio, lead role of Kim in Miss Saigon in Toronto and in Sydney, Australia Deanna Durbin, actress[12] Brendan Fehr, acto, star of the television series Roswell[13] Danny Finkleman, former CBC radio host Ken Finkleman, director, writer and actor[14] Daniel Gillies, actor[15] Joanna Gleason, actress[16] Monty Hall, TV celebrity, television game show host[17] Doug Henning, magician[18] Tom Jackson, Metis singer and actor Simon James, actor Richard Kahan, actor[19] Tina Keeper, actress, politician[20] Mimi Kuzyk, TV actress[21] Nadia Litz, actress[22] Gisele MacKenzie, actress[23] Guy Maddin, director[24] Paul Maxwell, actor[25] Tom McCamus, actor Kyle McCulloch, actor, writer for South Park[26] Belinda Montgomery, actress[27] Scott Oake, Gemini Award-winning sportscaster for CBC Sports John Paizs, filmmaker Anna Paquin, actress[28] Douglas Rain, actor,[29] voice of HAL in 2001 Space Odyssey[30] Donnelly Rhodes, actor Bill Richardson, writer, radio host Percy Saltzman, former CBC weatherman Eric Schweig, Native Canadian actor (The Last of the Mohicans) Britney Smith, actress, model; known for Silent Night, Todd & the Book of Pure Evil, Less Than Kind[31] Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor Tracy Spiridakos, actor David Steinberg, actor, comedian[32] Kerry Talmage, actor, comedian Nia Vardalos, actress and writer[33] Gwynyth Walsh, actress[34] Catherine Wreford, stage actress; former wife of Jeff Goldblum[35] Sarah Carter Singer Actress Military 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 Coulson Norman Mitchell, Victoria Cross winner in World War I Andrew Charles Mynarski, Victoria Cross winner in World War II Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff Christopher O'Kelly, Victoria Cross winner in World War I Frank Pickersgill, SOE agent in World War II executed by the Nazis H. L. N. Salmon, commander of the 1st Canadian Division in World War II Robert Shankland, Victoria Cross winner in World War I Sir William Stephenson (aka Intrepid), spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based Writers David Bergen, novelist[36] Barbara Branden, author and associate of Ayn Rand Norman Cantor, writer, historian Solomon Cleaver, writer Steven Erikson, fantasy writer Jon Paul Fiorentino, poet George R. D. Goulet, Metis writer, historian Terry Goulet, writer, historian Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet Joanne Hershfield, author and filmmaker Jake MacDonald, novelist Mary MacLane, writer[37] Bill Mason, author, filmmaker, environmentalist Marshall McLuhan, writer, cultural theorist David Reimer, writer, sex reassignment Gabrielle Roy, author Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Miriam Toews, author A. 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