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
- Ian Bawa, filmmaker
- 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
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
- 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
- Randy Ambrosie, professional football player, CFL Commissioner
- 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
- Wade Miller, professional football player, Winnipeg Blue Bombers President and CEO
- Cal Murphy, coach, scout, and player
- Brady Oliveira, professional football 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
- Eddie Steele, professional football player
- John Urschel, professional football player and mathematician
- Fred Vant Hull, professional football player
- Chris Walby, professional football player
- Zack Williams, 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 (born 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
Politicians
Film and television
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
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
Judiciary
- Kimberly Prost, judge of the International Criminal Court
References
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