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
• 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

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