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[]

  • Lila Bell Acheson Wallace, co-founder of the Reader's Digest
  • Chip and Pepper, founders of Chip and Pepper California
  • 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
  • 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
  • Omar Zakhilwal, Afghan Finance Minister as well as the Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan

Athletes[]

Hockey[]

  • Arron Asham
  • Reg Abbott
  • Jim Agnew
  • Clint Albright
  • Gary Aldcorn
  • Bill Allum
  • 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
  • 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 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame
  • Bill Mosienko, member Hockey Hall of Fame
  • Colton Orr
  • James Patrick
  • Steve Patrick
  • Johnny Peirson
  • Alf Pike
  • Ken Reardon, member NHL Hall of Fame
  • Terry Reardon
  • Billy Reay
  • James Reimer
  • Mike Ridley
  • Dunc Rousseau, WHA Winnipeg Jets player in the 1970s
  • Terry Sawchuk, member 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
  • 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[]

  • Todd MacCulloch, NBA player
  • Chad Posthumus NBA player
  • 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
  • Martin Riley (basketball) Olympion
  • Bob Town 1976 Summer Olympics
  • Joey Vickery, pro player in Europe
  • Roy Williams, 1952 Olympic team member
  • Malcolm Wiseman, 1936 Olympic team member
  • Eric Bridgeland, coach
  • Carl Ridd Turned down an NBA contract
  • Roy Williams (Canadian basketball) 1952 Summer Olympics
  • Erfan Nasajpour in the Iranian Basketball Super League
  • Rick McNair basketball player and coach
  • BT Toews, coach and father of Kai Toews

Football[]

CFL players[]

NFL players[]

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

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[]

Rugby[]

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

Golf[]

Volleyball[]

Track and field[]

  • 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
  • Terry Fox, runner, cancer research activist, named "The Greatest Canadian"
  • Betty Fox, mother of Terry Fox, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation
Terry Fox

Soccer (football)[]

Martial arts[]

  • Mark Berger, fighter
  • Robin Black, MMA fighter
  • Dominique Bosshart, Olympic medalist (taekwondo)
  • Joe Doerksen, UFC fighter
  • Roland Delorme, 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[]

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

Others[]

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[]

  • Maria Aragon, performed with Lady Gaga also on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  • Chad Allan, Juno Award-winning artist
  • Allan Kingdom, Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist
  • Don Amero
  • Tom Cochrane, Grammy-nominated artist
  • Jeffrey Anderson, radio producer
  • W. H. Anderson
  • Randy Bachman
  • Tal Bachman
  • Tim Bachman
  • Del Barber
  • Remy Shand, nominated for 4 Grammy awards
  • Ishq Bector
  • Steve Bell
  • Herbert Belyea
  • Bif Naked
  • Lloyd Blackman
  • Heather Blush
  • Oscar Brand
  • Lenny Breau
  • Jon Buller
  • Stephen Carroll
  • Marco Castillo
  • Jason Churko
  • Amanda Cook
  • Chantal Kreviazuk
  • 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
  • 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
  • Amy Metcalfe
  • Jenn Mierau
  • Ruth Moody
  • Lorne Munroe
  • Zara Nelsova
  • Jon Neufeld
  • Tim Neufeld
  • Bob Nolan
  • Tiny Parham
  • Brandon Paris
  • Fred Penner
  • Julie Penner
  • Johnny Perrin
  • Randolph Peters
  • Garry Peterson
  • Eric Radford
  • Jackie Rae
  • Donn Reynolds
  • Brad Roberts
  • Dan Roberts, bassist
  • Ashley Robertson
  • Bob Rock
  • John K. Samson
  • Bernie Senensky
  • Joey Serlin
  • Shingoose
  • Al Simmons
  • Son of Dave
  • Fred Turner
  • Venetian Snares
  • Lindy Vopnfjörð
  • Bill Wallace

Groups[]

Actors/actresses[]

  • 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 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
  • 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 (Canadian actor), 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 (actor), 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
  • Ken Kostick, on The Food Network

Actresses[]

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

Performers[]

  • Paula Abdul, judge on American Idol
  • 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]
  • Martha Brooks, writer
  • Norman Cantor, writer, historian
  • Solomon Cleaver, writer
  • Betty Gibson, author
  • 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
  • David Reimer, writer, sex reassignment
  • Gabrielle Roy, author
  • Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist
  • Miriam Toews, author
  • A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer
  • 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
  • Suzanne Goldenberg
  • Dawna Friesen, NBC correspondent
  • 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[]

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

Criminals[]

  • Gerald Blanchard, robber
  • Scott Bairstow, rapist
  • 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[]

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
  • Grant MacEwan, former mayor of Calgary
  • Candice Bergen
  • Rana Bokhari
  • Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Premier of Manitoba, longest-serving Manitoba MLA
  • Maria Chaput
  • Thomas Crerar, Member of Parliament, Senator, leader of the Progressive Party, first politician appointed Companion of the Order of Canada
  • Marlene Cowling
  • Shari Decter Hirst
  • Bev Desjarlais
  • Dorothy Dobbie
  • Ruby Dhalla, Member of Parliament in Ontario
  • 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)
  • John Stewart McDiarmid, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
  • Pearl McGonigal, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
  • William John McKeag, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
  • Gerry McGeer, former mayor of Vancouver
  • 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
  • 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

References[]

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  3. ^ "Mary MacLane". IMDB.com.
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