List of people from Winnipeg

Last updated February 24, 2025

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^[1]
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^[2]
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,^[3] contemporary artist
Bev Pike, contemporary artist
Dominique Rey, contemporary artist
The Royal Art Lodge, contemporary artists
Lindsay Shearer-Nelko, choreographer
Sheila Spence, photographer^[4]
Arnold Spohr, choreographer
The Steiner Brothers, tap-dancing trio and Mouseketeer Ron Steiner^[5]
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 ^[7]
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

Israel Idonije IsraelIdonije2008.jpg — Israel Idonije

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

Chris Jericho Jerichomeetngreet.jpg — Chris Jericho

Kenny Omega KennyOmegaJAPW.jpg — Kenny Omega

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 ^[8]
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

Speed skating

Golf

Volleyball

Soccer

Others

Terry Fox TerryFoxToronto19800712.JPG — Terry Fox

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 ^[9]
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 ^[10]
Lyle Wright, President of the Minneapolis Arena, United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductee

Musicians

Politicians

Film and television

Military

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^[17]
Richard Wolfe, gangster^[18]

Judiciary

Kimberly Prost, judge of the International Criminal Court ^[19]

References

↑ J. Russell Harper. Painting in Canada: A History . University of Toronto Press; 1977. ISBN 978-0-8020-6307-6. p. 323–.
↑ "Life After Winnipeg's The Royal Art Lodge". ballastmag.com. October 18, 2012. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.
↑ "Freya Olafson". freya. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
↑ "Sheila Spence". Sheila Spence. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
↑ John Einarson (December 4, 2016). "Winnipeg's Steiner Brothers didn't seek celebrity but made it big In addition to dancing; Brothers danced alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin". Winnipeg Free Press .
↑ Goldsborough, Gordon (March 22, 2020). "Memorable Manitobans: Claude Copeland Robinson (1881–1976)". Manitoba Historical Society . Retrieved February 1, 2022.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "List of people from Winnipeg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
↑ "Growing up as Roddy Piper's son". Winnipeg Sun. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
↑ Keyes, Mary Eleanor (October 1964). John Howard Crocker LL. D., 1870–1959 (Thesis). London, Ontario: University of Western Ontario. pp. 61–65. OCLC 61578234.
↑ "Winnipegger's role in origins of gangsta rap more prominent than movie suggests". Winnipeg Free Press. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
↑ written at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Registration number 1906-006005, Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency: Government of Manitoba, 2022
↑ "Honoured Members: Leah, Vince". Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . 1985. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
↑ Blum, Benjamin (December 20, 2016). "Former CBC Sports exec producer Bob Moir dies at 87". CBC Sports . Retrieved May 1, 2022.
↑ Prest, Ashley; Campbell, Tim (January 18, 2012). "A bit of an icon as a sports editor". Winnipeg Free Press . Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 22.
↑ "Andrea Slobodian: Weather Anchor". GlobalWinnipeg.com. Shaw Media Inc. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
↑ "Former FP Sports Editor, Maurice Smith, dead at 75". Winnipeg Free Press . Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 21, 1985. p. 51.
↑ Friesen, Joe (2016). The Ballad of Danny Wolfe. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. pp. 6–7.
↑ Friesen, Joe (2016). The Ballad of Danny Wolfe. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. pp. 6–7.
↑ Mary Jane Maclennan (2020). "Kimberly Prost – Professional Achievement: Answering a call for justice". UM Today: The Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-22. "In my head, I'm just a kid from Winnipeg," she says.

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[Harper1977-1] J. Russell Harper. Painting in Canada: A History . University of Toronto Press; 1977. ISBN 978-0-8020-6307-6. p. 323–.

[2] "Life After Winnipeg's The Royal Art Lodge". ballastmag.com. October 18, 2012. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.

[3] "Freya Olafson". freya. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[4] "Sheila Spence". Sheila Spence. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[Steiner-5] John Einarson (December 4, 2016). "Winnipeg's Steiner Brothers didn't seek celebrity but made it big In addition to dancing; Brothers danced alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin". Winnipeg Free Press .

[6] Goldsborough, Gordon (March 22, 2020). "Memorable Manitobans: Claude Copeland Robinson (1881–1976)". Manitoba Historical Society . Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[sref-7] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "List of people from Winnipeg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.

[8] "Growing up as Roddy Piper's son". Winnipeg Sun. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[9] Keyes, Mary Eleanor (October 1964). John Howard Crocker LL. D., 1870–1959 (Thesis). London, Ontario: University of Western Ontario. pp. 61–65. OCLC 61578234.

[10] "Winnipegger's role in origins of gangsta rap more prominent than movie suggests". Winnipeg Free Press. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

[11] written at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Registration number 1906-006005, Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency: Government of Manitoba, 2022

[12] "Honoured Members: Leah, Vince". Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . 1985. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[13] Blum, Benjamin (December 20, 2016). "Former CBC Sports exec producer Bob Moir dies at 87". CBC Sports . Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[14] Prest, Ashley; Campbell, Tim (January 18, 2012). "A bit of an icon as a sports editor". Winnipeg Free Press . Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 22.

[globalwinnipeg1-15] "Andrea Slobodian: Weather Anchor". GlobalWinnipeg.com. Shaw Media Inc. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[16] "Former FP Sports Editor, Maurice Smith, dead at 75". Winnipeg Free Press . Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 21, 1985. p. 51.

[17] Friesen, Joe (2016). The Ballad of Danny Wolfe. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. pp. 6–7.

[18] Friesen, Joe (2016). The Ballad of Danny Wolfe. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. pp. 6–7.

[19] Mary Jane Maclennan (2020). "Kimberly Prost – Professional Achievement: Answering a call for justice". UM Today: The Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-22. "In my head, I'm just a kid from Winnipeg," she says.

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