List of people from Manitoba

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Map and location of Manitoba in Canada

This is a list of notable people who are from Manitoba, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in the province.

Business professionals

• Ida Albo, managing partner of the Fort Garry Hotel
• Gerald Smedley Andrews, land surveyor, Order of Canada recipient
• Izzy Asper, founder of Global Television Network
• Lloyd Axworthy, politician and former UW President, Nobel prize nominee
• Tom Axworthy, Canadian civil servant and younger brother of Lloyd Axworthy
• G. Michael Bancroft, chemist and synchrotron scientist, first director of the Canadian Light Source
• Kathy Bardswick, President and CEO, The Co-operators
• Earl Barish, basketball coach and founder of Dickie Dee and Salisbury House
• George Montegu Black II, businessman, father of Conrad Black
• Bill Blaikie, NDP politician
• Margaret Bloodworth, National Security Advisor (BA 1970)
• Saidye Rosner Bronfman, wife of businessman Samuel Bronfman
• Samuel Bronfman, distillery magnate
• Chip and Pepper, founders of Chip and Pepper California
• Mark Chipman, founder of True North Sports & Entertainment
• David Culver, businessman, former CEO of Alcan
• Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Waldron Fox-Decent, mediator, professor, Crown Corporation chairman
• Sydney Halter, lawyer, former CFL Commissioner, Officer of the Order of Canada
• Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
• F. Ross Johnson, former head of RJR Nabisco, featured in the book and film Barbarians at the Gate
• Jim Ludlow, president & CEO of True North Sports & Entertainment
• Guy Maddin, film director
• Frances Gertrude McGill, criminologist
• Peter Nygård, founder of Nygård International
• Sylvia Ostry, economist
• John Paskievich, film director and photographer
• Howard Pawley, former Premier of Manitoba
• John Draper Perrin, business professional
• Bill Richardson, CBC radio host
• James Armstrong Richardson, businessman, politician, airport in Winnipeg was named for him
• James Armstrong Richardson Sr., father of James Armstrong Richardson
• Irv Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
• Andrea Slobodian, reporter ^[1]
• Susan Thompson, former mayor of Winnipeg
• Jim Treliving, founder of Boston Pizza
• Lila Bell Acheson Wallace, co-founder of the Reader's Digest
• Omar Zakhilwal, Afghan Finance Minister, Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan

Athletes

Hockey

• Reg Abbott
• Jim Agnew
• Clint Albright
• Gary Aldcorn
• Bill Allum
• Arron Asham
• Carter Ashton
• Doug Baldwin
• Cam Barker
• Andy Bathgate
• Ken Baumgartner
• Paul Baxter
• Gordie Bell
• Joe Bell
• Gary Bergman
• Garry Blaine
• Andy Blair
• Rick Blight
• Lonny Bohonos
• Larry Bolonchuk
• Ryan Bonni
• Buddy Boone
• Jennifer Botterill, Olympic gold medal winner
• Dick Bouchard
• Dan Bourbonnais
• Madison Bowey
• Ralph Bowman
• Jack Bownass
• Dustin Boyd
• Wally Boyer
• Darren Boyko
• Bailey Bram
• Rube Brandow
• Andy Branigan
• Duane Bray
• Billy Breen
• Delayne Brian
• Gerry Brisson
• Turk Broda
• George Brown
• Harold Brown
• Larry Brown
• Cecil Browne
• Ray Brunel
• Ed Bruneteau
• Mud Bruneteau
• Barry Brust
• Al Buchanan
• Fred Burchell
• Bill Burega
• Shawn Byram
• Walter Byron
• Ryan Caldwell
• Don Caley
• Matt Calvert
• Jim Cardiff
• Bruce Carmichael
• Al Carr
• Greg Carroll
• Ed Chadwick
• Art Chapman
• Christian Chartier
• Dave Chartier
• Brad Chartrand
• Wayne Chernecki
• Stefan Cherneski
• Rich Chernomaz
• Real Chevrefils
• Ron Chipperfield
• Elliot Chorley
• Bob Chrystal
• Brad Church
• Andrew Clark
• Kevin Clark
• Bobby Clarke
• Brian Coates
• Delaney Collins
• Jim Collins
• Red Conn
• Jack Connolly
• Cam Connor
• Joe Cooper
• Riley Cote
• Art Coulter
• Thomas Coulter
• Adam Courchaine
• Rosario Couture
• Jimmy Creighton
• Clifford Crowley
• Joe Crozier
• Wilf Cude
• Barry Cullen
• Brian Cullen
• Cory Cyrenne
• Joe Daley
• Kimbi Daniels
• Lorne Davis
• Jordy Douglas
• Kent Douglas
• Red Dutton, Former NHL commissioner
• Cody Eakin
• Garry Edmundson
• Joel Edmundson
• Gary Emmons
• Brian Engblom
• Dean Evason
• Bill Ezinicki
• Theoren Fleury
• Bill Folk
• Frank Fredrickson
• Byron Froese
• Owen Fussey
• Herb Gardiner
• Chay Genoway
• Butch Goring
• Haldor Halderson, 1920 Olympic gold medalist (Winnipeg Falcons)
• Al Hamilton
• Travis Hamonic
• Ted Harris
• Andy Hebenton
• Darren Helm
• Phil Hergesheimer
• Wally Hergesheimer
• Bryan Hextall
• Ron Hextall
• Ike Hildebrand
• Cecil Hoekstra
• Quinton Howden
• Dave Hrechkosy
• Ted Irvine, father of wrestler Chris Jericho
• Paul Jerrard
• Ching Johnson
• Jim Johnson
• Eddie Johnstone
• Jason Kasdorf
• Mike Keane
• Duncan Keith, Olympic gold medal winner
• Julian Klymkiw
• Aggie Kukulowicz
• Ed Kullman
• Gord Labossiere
• Max Labovitch
• Gord Lane
• Pete Langelle
• Derek Laxdal
• Jamie Leach
• Mike Leclerc
• Grant Ledyard
• Bryan Lefley
• Chuck Lefley
• Brendan Leipsic
• Art Somers
• Bob Leiter
• Curtis Leschyshyn
• Junior Lessard
• Odie Lowe
• Bill MacKenzie
• Bill Masterton
• Fred Maxwell
• Dunc McCallum
• Kevin McCarthy
• Ab McDonald
• Dave McDonald
• Jacob Micflikier
• Nick Mickoski, member of Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame
• Bill Mosienko, member of Hockey Hall of Fame
• Colton Orr
• James Patrick
• Steve Patrick
• Johnny Peirson
• Alf Pike
• Ken Reardon, member of NHL Hall of Fame
• Terry Reardon
• Billy Reay
• James Reimer
• Mike Ridley
• Dunc Rousseau, WHA Winnipeg Jets player in the 1970s
• Terry Sawchuk, member of Hockey Hall of Fame
• Dave Semenko
• Damon Severson
• Patrick Sharp, 2010, 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup winner, 2014 Olympic gold medalist
• Alex Shibicky
• Ron Shudra
• Warren Skorodenski
• Art Somers
• Emory Sparrow
• Lorne Stamler
• Wally Stanowski
• Alexander Steen
• Pete Stemkowski
• Blair Stewart
• Black Jack Stewart
• Mark Stone, 2023 Stanley Cup Champion
• Billy Taylor
• Jimmy Thomson
• Kevin Todd
• Jonathan Toews, Stanley cup winner 2010, 2013 & 2015
• Lindsay Vallis
• J.P. Vigier
• Dale Weise
• Duvie Westcott
• Ian White
• Neil Wilkinson
• Carey Wilson
• Bob Woytowich
• Ken Wregget
• Travis Zajac
• Chick Zamick (1926–2007)

Basketball

• Eric Bridgeland, coach
• Edward Dawson, 1936 Olympic team member
• Joey Johnson, wheelchair basketball player, member of Manitoba's Basketball Hall of Fame
• Bennie Lands, 1948 Olympic team member
• Todd MacCulloch, NBA player
• Rick McNair, basketball player and coach
• Erfan Nasajpour, in the Iranian Basketball Super League
• Chad Posthumus
• Carl Ridd, turned down an NBA contract
• Martin Riley, Olympian
• BT Toews, coach and father of Kai Toews
• Bob Town, 1976 Summer Olympics
• Joey Vickery, pro player in Europe
• Roy Williams, 1952 Summer Olympics
• Malcolm Wiseman, 1936 Olympic team member

Football

CFL players

• Al Ackland
• Donovan Alexander
• Bill Baker
• Keith Bennett
• Lorne Benson
• Mike Benson
• Andy Bieber
• Simon Blaszczak
• Ken Bochen
• Bill Boivin
• James Bond
• Brady Browne
• Jack Bruzell
• Zac Carlson
• Jim Carphin
• Bill Ceretti
• Walter Chikowski
• Scott Coe
• Anthony Coombs
• Billy Cooper
• Bruce Covernton
• Nic Demski
• Brian Dobie
• George Druxman
• Leo Ezerins
• Scott Flagel
• Jim Furlong
• Evan Gill
• Roger Hamelin
• John Hammond
• Andrew Harris
• Ben Hatskin
• Cal Murphy, CFL coach
• Don Oramasionwu
• T-Dre Player
• Joe Poplawski

NFL players

• Doug Brown
• Geoff Gray
• Rod Hill
• Israel Idonije
• T. J. Jones
• Les Lear
• David Onyemata
• Chad Rempel
• Mike Richardson
• Bobby Singh
• John Urschel
• Fred Vant Hull

Wrestling

• Bob Brown, wrestler and former WWE referee
• Kerry Brown, wrestler for Stampede Wrestling
• Don Callis, WWE and ECW wrestler
• Tony Condello, promoter
• Cathy Corino, TNA and Ring of Honor
• Steve Corino, WWE, TNA, and ECW wrestler
• Chi Chi Cruz, former WWE wrestler
• Allison Danger, TNA, and Ring of Honor star
• Johnny Devine, former WWE and ECW wrestler
• Paul Diamond, former WWE wrestler
• Danny Duggan, WWE wrestler
• Anthony Durante, former WWE wrestler
• Robert Evans, TNA and Ring of Honor star
• George Gordienko, wrestled for Stampede Wrestling
• David Hohl, former Olympic wrestler
• Ricky Hunter, WWE and NWA wrestler
• Chris Jericho, WWE wrestler
• Candice LeRae, NWA wrestler
• Tom Magee, WWE wrestler and power lifter
• Vance Nevada, former NWA wrestler
• Kenny Omega, WWE wrestler
• Fred Peloquin, AWA wrestler
• Rowdy Roddy Piper, WWE Hall of Famer
• Rosemary, TNA wrestler
• Courtney Rush, TNA wrestler
• Sarah Stock, TNA and Ring of Honor star
• Al Tomko, AWA wrestler
• The Von Steigers, former WWE tag team

Curling

• Dawn Askin
• Kerry Burtnyk
• Don Duguid, sportscaster
• Randy Dutiaume
• Janet Harvey
• Cathy Gauthier
• Steve Gould
• Jennifer Jones
• Connie Laliberte
• Carolyn McRorie, Olympic silver medal winner
• Jon Mead
• John Morris, Olympic gold medal winner
• 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

Rugby

• James Campbell, former rugby player
• Jamie Cudmore, rugby player
• Brian Erichsen, rugby player
• Norm Hadley, former rugby player
• Amanda Thornborough, current Canada women's 15's rugby player
• Kevin Tkachuk, former rugby player

Golf

• Isabelle Beisiegel
• Harold Eidsvig
• Bill Ezinicki
• Dan Halldorson
• George Knudson
• Nick Taylor
• Margaret Todd

Volleyball

• Steven Brinkman
• Wanda Guenette
• Scott Koskie
• Taylor Pischke
• Michelle Sawatzky-Koop
• Adam Simac

Track and field

Terry Fox

• Angela Chalmers, Olympic bronze medalist (track and field)
• Cyril Coaffee, Olympic track and field athlete, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Joe Keeper, Olympic long-distance runner, grandfather of Tina Keeper
• Betty Fox, mother of Terry Fox, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation
• Terry Fox, runner, cancer research activist, named "The Greatest Canadian"

Soccer (football)

• George Anderson
• Marco Bustos
• Bob Harley
• Robin Hart
• Doug McMahon
• Tony Nocita
• Sophie Schmidt
• Desiree Scott
• Frederick Stambrook
• Chelsea Stewart
• Héctor Vergara, FIFA referee
• Troy Westwood

Martial arts

• Mark Berger, fighter
• Robin Black, MMA fighter
• Dominique Bosshart, Olympic medalist (taekwondo)
• Roland Delorme, UFC fighter
• Joe Doerksen, UFC fighter
• Baxter Humby, kick boxer, winner of an ESPY Award in the music video of "Renegades" in Spider-Man 3
• Brad Katona, UFC fighter
• Donny Lalonde, MMA fighter and boxer
• Krzysztof Soszynski, UFC fighter on BuzzFeed in the movie Logan

Baseball

• Doris Barr, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Eleanor Callow, former baseball player
• Gene Ford, former MLB player
• Russ Ford, former MLB player
• Audrey Haine, baseball player
• Dottie Hunter, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Mel Kerr, MLB player
• Corey Koskie, MLB player
• Olive Little, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Martha Rommelaere, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Bud Sketchley, former MLB player
• Evelyn Wawryshyn, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

Others

• David Chapman, cricketer
• Sadie Grimm, motorcyclist, 1914 Manitoba Motorcycle Club's gold medal winner, first woman to win in a Canadian motorcycling event also open to men
• David Hart, water polo
• Bon MacDougall, NASCAR racing driver
• Damian Mills, cricketer
• Rachel Riddell, water polo
• Nic Youngblud, water polo

Winter sports

• Susan Auch, Olympic medalist (speed skating)
• Clara Hughes, 6-time Olympic gold medalist (cycling and speed skating)
• Cindy Klassen, 6-time Olympic medalist (speed skating)
• Doreen McCannell-Botterill, speed skater
• Jon Montgomery, Olympic gold medalist (skeleton racing), host of The Amazing Race Canada

Religious leaders

• Abishabis, Aboriginal leader
• John Bruce, Aboriginal leader
• Rod Bushie, Aboriginal leader
• David Chartrand, Aboriginal leader
• Ken Courchene, Aboriginal leader
• Ron Evans, Aboriginal leader
• Jerry Fontaine, Aboriginal leader
• John Joseph Harper, Aboriginal leader
• Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba
• Tepastenam, Aboriginal leader
• Marie-Louise Valade, established the Sisters of Charity at the Red River Mission
• Frank Whitehead, Aboriginal leader

Singers, songwriters, musicians

• Chad Allan, Juno Award-winning artist
• Don Amero
• Jeffrey Anderson, radio producer
• W. H. Anderson
• Maria Aragon, performed with Lady Gaga and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• Randy Bachman
• Tal Bachman
• Tim Bachman
• Del Barber
• Ishq Bector
• Steve Bell
• Herbert Belyea
• Lloyd Blackman
• Heather Blush
• Oscar Brand
• Lenny Breau
• Jon Buller
• Stephen Carroll
• Marco Castillo
• Jason Churko
• Tom Cochrane, Grammy-nominated artist
• Amanda Cook
• Burton Cummings
• Mychael Danna
• Victor Davies
• Andy de Jarlis
• Diz Disley
• Mitch Dorge
• Matt Epp
• Ed Evanko
• Christine Fellows
• Brent Fitz
• Ken Fleming
• Fresh I.E.
• Bryan Fustukian
• Ian Gardiner
• Heidi Gluck
• Daniel Greaves
• Frederick Grinke
• David Guillas
• Tim Harwill
• Dianne Heatherington
• Filmer Hubble
• Terry Jacks
• David James
• Rob James
• Gordie Johnson
• Juliette
• Jim Kale
• James Keelaghan
• Wab Kinew, now leader of the Manitoba NDP
• Allan Kingdom, Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist
• Ash Koley
• Mark Korven
• Chantal Kreviazuk
• Joel Kroeker
• Daniel Lavoie
• Ashley Leitão
• Greg Leskiw
• Alana Levandoski
• Cara Luft
• Earl MacDonald
• Gisele MacKenzie
• Fraser MacPherson
• Greg MacPherson
• Keith Macpherson
• Damian Marshall
• Julie Masi
• Romi Mayes
• Donnie McDougall
• Loreena McKennitt, Grammy-nominated artist
• Holly McNarland
• Glen Meadmore
• Neil Merryweather
• Jenn Mierau
• Ruth Moody
• Lorne Munroe
• Bif Naked
• Zara Nelsova
• Jon Neufeld
• Tim Neufeld
• Bob Nolan
• Tiny Parham
• Brandon Paris
• Fred Penner
• Julie Penner
• Johnny Perrin
• Randolph Peters
• Garry Peterson
• William Prince
• Eric Radford
• Jackie Rae
• Donn Reynolds
• Brad Roberts
• Dan Roberts, bassist
• Ashley Robertson
• Bob Rock
• John K. Samson
• Bernie Senensky
• Joey Serlin
• Remy Shand, nominated for 4 Grammy awards
• Shingoose
• Al Simmons
• Son of Dave
• Fred Turner
• Venetian Snares
• Lindy Vopnfjörð
• Bill Wallace
• Neil Young

Groups

• Brother
• Live on Arrival
• LuLu and the TomCat
• Sagkeeng's Finest, winners of Canada's Got Talent

Actors

• Ted Atherton, on Traders
• Cameron Bancroft, on Supernatural
• Adam Beach, in Suicide Squad
• Robert Bockstael, on X-Men (series)
• Steve Braun, in The Skulls III
• Jay Brazeau, voice actor on Mega Man (1994 series)
• Greg Bryk, in Immortals (2011) and The Incredible Hulk
• Len Cariou, in Prisoners (2013)
• Jonas Chernick, on The Best Laid Plans
• Ari Cohen, on A Little Thing Called Murder
• Michael D. Cohen, on Henry's World
• Wallace Douglas, on Spies of the Air
• Brian Drader, in Shall We Dance? (2004)
• Ed Evanko, in Double Jeopardy (1999)
• Tibor Feheregyhazi, actor
• Brendan Fehr, in Guardians of the Galaxy
• Darcy Fehr, in Desire (2000)
• Ken Finkleman, in Grease 2
• Daniel Gillies, in Spider-Man 2
• Monty Hall, host of Let's Make a Deal
• Joshua Henry, in The Scottsboro Boys
• Tom Jackson, on Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Gerald MacIntosh Johnston, in Little Friend
• Richard Kahan, on Supernatural
• Ryan Kennedy, in Scream (1996)
• Terry Klassen, in Barbie
• Ken Kostick, on The Food Network
• Jack Kruschen, on Batman
• Jeremy Kushnier, actor
• Fletcher Markle, on Thriller
• Paul Maxwell, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Tom McCamus, on The Newsroom
• Glen Meadmore, friends with John Wayne Gacy
• Lee Montgomery, on The Million Dollar Duck
• Peter Mooney, on Camelot
• Bob Nolan, on Night Time in Nevada
• John Paizs, on The Kids in the Hall
• Ross Petty, in the X-Men film series
• Douglas Rain, in The Man Who Skied Down Everest
• Donnelly Rhodes, on The Golden Girls
• Kenny Robinson, friends with Russell Peters and Vince Carter
• Ron Rubin, Morph in X-Men
• Ted Rusoff, on After Death
• Aaron Schwartz, on The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
• Kerry Shale, on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 series)
• David Steinberg, actor, 5-time Emmy Award winner
• Robert Tinkler, on Cyberchase , Beyblade , and Sailor Moon
• Kristopher Turner, on Saving Hope
• Ryan Ward, on Son of the Sunshine
• Marshall Williams, on How to Build a Better Boy
• Ty Wood, in Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story

Actresses

• Claire Adams, in The Big Valley
• Martha Burns, on Mad Ship
• Sarah Carter, on Smallville
• Ma-Anne Dionisio, in Les Misérables
• Heather Doerksen, in Pacific Rim
• Deanna Durbin, in For the Love of Mary
• Melissa Elias, in Tamara (2005)
• Ida Engel, on The Gong Show
• Dianne Heatherington, in Zero Patience
• Tina Keeper, in For Angela
• Mimi Kuzyk, in A Christmas Wedding
• Carla Lehmann, in Fame Is the Spur
• Nadia Litz, in The Mighty
• Mara Marini, on Black-ish
• Belinda Montgomery, in Tron: Legacy
• Libby Morris, on Not Quite Paradise
• Brooke Palsson, on Between
• Anna Paquin, in the X-Men film series and Phineas and Ferb
• Dorothy Patrick, was married to Lynn Patrick
• Shirley Patterson, on Batman serial
• Tracy Spiridakos, on Revolution
• Sonia Sui, in Toy Story 3
• Sara Thompson, in The 100
• Nia Vardalos, in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Gwynyth Walsh, in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Supernatural, season 1
• Catherine Wreford, on Wrestlemaniac

Performers

• Shawn Farquhar, magician on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• Amber Fleury, recording artist
• Deven Green, comedian
• Dean Gunnarson, magician
• Doug Henning, magician
• Ashley Leitão
• Keith Macpherson
• Luke McMaster
• David Steinberg, comedian
• Meaghan Waller, winner of Canada's Next Top Model
• Zack Werner, judge
• Brian Zembic, magician

War heroes

• Leo Clarke, Victoria Cross winner
• Frederick William Hall, Victoria Cross winner in World War I
• Coulson Norman Mitchell, Victoria Cross winner 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
• Tommy Prince, highly decorated Aboriginal soldier with the Devil's Brigade in World War II
• 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, novelist ^[2]
• Di Brandt, poet
• Martha Brooks, writer
• Norman Cantor, writer, historian
• Solomon Cleaver, writer
• Patrick Friesen, poet
• Betty Gibson, author
• Erving Goffman, writer, sociologist
• Paul Hiebert, author
• Edna Mayne Hull, science fiction writer
• Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
• Margaret Laurence, novelist
• Jake MacDonald, novelist
• Mary MacLane, writer ^[3]
• Bill Mason, author, filmmaker, environmentalist
• Marshall McLuhan, writer, media theorist
• Duncan Mercredi, poet
• Casey Plett, author
• David Robertson, author
• Gabrielle Roy, author
• Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist
• Joan Thomas, author
• Miriam Toews, author
• Andrew Unger, author
• A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer
• Katherena Vermette, writer
• Joshua Whitehead, author
• Armin Wiebe, writer
• Adele Wiseman, author
• George Woodcock, writer

Cartoonists/characters

• George Freeman, artist for several comic books including Captain Canuck
• Eric Gurney, cartoonist for Disney
• Roy Peterson, editorial cartoonist
• Jon St. Ables, cartoonist
• James Simpkins, creator of Jasper the Bear
• Charles Thorson, creator of Bugs Bunny
• Colin Upton, cartoonist
• Winnie-the-Pooh, one of Disney's best-known characters, named for Winnipeg

Journalists

• Ralph Allen
• Jeffrey Anderson, radio producer
• Ashleigh Banfield, TV host and ABC news reporter
• Rosemary Barton, broadcaster for The National
• Paul Boyd, reporter for Inside Edition
• Barry Broadfoot
• Bertram Brooker
• Cecily Brownstone
• Tyler Brûlé
• George Fisher Chipman
• Lisa R. Cohen, producer for the Oprah Winfrey Show
• John Wesley Dafoe
• Dawna Friesen, NBC correspondent
• Suzanne Goldenberg
• Kaj Hasselriis
• Ella Cora Hind
• Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
• Ben Metcalfe, former chairman of Greenpeace
• Don Newman, CBC broadcaster
• Scott Oake, sports broadcaster; father of Britain's Got Talent contestant Darcy Oake
• Catherine Seipp
• Linden Soles, CNN broadcaster
• Diana Swain, CBC broadcaster
• Brian Williams, sports broadcaster
• Larry Zolf

Scientists, medical professionals, and teachers

• Reg Alcock, former President of the Treasury Board of Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet
• Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist, Governor General's Award winner
• Arthur Henry Reginald Buller F.R.S.C., FRS, mycologist
• Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland, former professors of philosophy, known for the school of eliminative materialism
• Jean Friesen, former Deputy Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of NDP Premier Gary Doer's cabinet
• Aniruddha M. Gole, IEEE Fellow
• Frank Hawthorne F.R.S.C., mineral sciences professor
• Guy Maddin, film director and former professor
• Teresa McDonell, nun, nurse and teacher
• Nathan Mendelsohn, professor of mathematics
• Jim Peebles, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, major founder of the Jewish Renewal movement
• Arthur Schafer, prominent ethicist, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
• Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Vaclav Smil, energy systems scientist and policy analyst
• Robert Thirsk, astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
• H. C. Wolfart, professor of linguistics

Criminals

• Scott Bairstow, rapist
• Gerald Blanchard, robber
• John Martin Crawford, serial killer
• Larry Fisher, murderer and rapist
• Del Fontaine, boxer and murderer
• Ken Leishman, robber
• Benjamin Levin, sex offender
• Karl McKay, murderer
• Earle Nelson, serial killer
• Nicole Redhead, murderer

Murder victims

• Tina Fontaine
• John Joseph Harper
• Helen Betty Osborne
• Jaylene Redhead
• Phoenix Sinclair

Wrongfully convicted of murder

• James Driskell
• David Milgaard
• Thomas Sophonow

Politicians

This list mainly includes those people from Manitoba who had political careers outside of Manitoba, but also includes especially-notable people who had political careers within Manitoba (as presumably most Manitoba politicians are from Manitoba).

• Douglas R. Archer, former mayor of Regina
• Niki Ashton
• Candice Bergen
• Rana Bokhari
• Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Premier of Manitoba, longest-serving Manitoba MLA
• Maria Chaput
• Marlene Cowling
• Thomas Crerar, Member of Parliament, Senator, leader of the Progressive Party, first politician appointed Companion of the Order of Canada
• Shari Decter Hirst
• Bev Desjarlais
• Ruby Dhalla, Member of Parliament in Ontario
• Dorothy Dobbie
• Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
• Ronald Duhamel, Veterans Affairs minister in the Jean Chrétien government
• Elijah Harper, Native leader, Manitoba MLA
• John Harvard, Member of Parliament, CBC broadcaster, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• S. I. Hayakawa, United States senator
• Francis Lawrence Jobin, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• Stanley Knowles, Member of Parliament, Order of Canada recipient
• Peter Liba, journalist, businessman, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• Sterling Lyon, Premier of Manitoba
• Hugh John Macdonald, Premier of Manitoba and son of Canada's first prime minister (John A. Macdonald)
• Grant MacEwan, former mayor of Calgary
• John Stewart McDiarmid, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• Gerry McGeer, former mayor of Vancouver
• Pearl McGonigal, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• William John McKeag, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• Daniel Hunter McMillan, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• Roland Fairbairn McWilliams, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister of Canada
• Darrell Pasloski, Premier of Yukon
• Jack Pickersgill, former MP representing Newfoundland
• Louis Riel, Metis leader, Member of Parliament
• Dufferin Roblin, Premier of Manitoba
• Denise Savoie, British Columbia Member of Parliament, Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
• Edward Schreyer, Premier of Manitoba, Governor General of Canada
• John Christian Schultz, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• Alfred Henry Scott, Louis Riel delegate
• Mitchell Sharp, Liberal federal cabinet minister
• William Johnston Tupper, Manitoba lieutenant governor
• Daniel Vandal
• Larissa Waters, Australian senator
• J. S. Woodsworth, Member of Parliament, first leader of CCF

Notable families

• Asper family – Izzy Asper, founder of Global Television Network
  • David Asper
  • Gail Asper
  • Leonard Asper
• Black family – George Montegu Black Sr., businessman
  • Conrad Black, newspaper publisher
  • George Montegu Black II, 1950s president of Canadian Breweries
  • David Culver, former CEO of Alcan (father's sister was the maternal grandmother of Conrad Black) ^[4]
• Richardson family – James Richardson, businessman and founder of James Richardson & Sons
  • James Armstrong Richardson Sr., businessman, grandson of James Richardson
    • James Armstrong Richardson II, businessman and politician, for whom the Winnipeg airport was named
    • Agnes Benidickson (raised in Winnipeg), first female chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario
    • William Moore Benidickson, Dauphin-born Member of Parliament for Kenora—Rainy River, husband of Agnes Benidickson
    • Kathleen M. Richardson, philanthropist

Other notable people

• David Reimer, man raised as a girl who became a famous case in sexology

References

1. "Andrea Slobodian: Weather Anchor". GlobalWinnipeg.com. Shaw Media Inc. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
2. "Author: Bergen, David". Manitoba Author Publication Index. Archived from the original on November 4, 2005.
3. "Mary MacLane". IMDB.com.
4. Expect Miracles: Recollections of a Lucky Life