List of personalities of the city of Winnipeg

This list enumerates those in the Canadian city of Winnipeg ( Manitoba were born) as well as those who have worked in Regina, but were doing elsewhere born. The list does not claim to be complete.

sons and daughters of the town

To 1900

Eric Hamber
(1879-1960)

Allan Woodman
(1899-1963)

• Charles Nolin (1837–1907), politician
• Eric Hamber (1879–1960), manager and lieutenant governor
• John Howard (1888-1937), track and field athlete
• Herb Gardiner (1891–1972), ice hockey player
• Walter Byron (1894–1971), ice hockey goalkeeper
• G. Allan MacNamara (1894–1976), Railroad Manager , President of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and Chairman of the Board of Soo Line Railroad
• Frank Fredrickson (1895–1979), ice hockey player
• Hamilton Jukes (1895–1951), British ice hockey player
• Edward Pitblado (1896–1978), British ice hockey player
• Ching Johnson (1897 / 1898–1979), ice hockey player
• Osmond Borradaile (1898–1999), cameraman
• Magnus Goodman (1898-1991), ice hockey player
• Allan Woodman (1899–1963), ice hockey player
• Haldor Halderson (1900-1965), ice hockey player
• Tiny Parham (1900-1943), American jazz pianist

1901-1910

Gabrielle Roy
(1909-1983)

Louis Slotin
(1910-1946)

• Anna Moncrieff (1902–1995), pianist and music teacher
• George Garbutt (1903-1967), ice hockey player
• James Trifunov (1903-1993), wrestler
• Alston Wise (1904-1984), ice hockey player
• Cliff Crowley (1906-1948), ice hockey player
• Phyllis Holtby (1906–1993), pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher
• Hugh Sutherland (1907-1990), ice hockey player
• Arthur Earl Walker (1907–1995), American neurosurgeon and neurologist
• John F. Allen (1908-2001), Canadian-British physicist
• Wally Monson (1908–1988), ice hockey player and coach
• Bob Nolan (1908-1980), country singer
• Art Coulter (1909–2000), ice hockey player
• Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), poet
• Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983), writer
• Hack Simpson (1909–1978), ice hockey player
• Louis Slotin (1910–1946), physicist and chemist

1911-1920

• Bert Duncanson (1911-2000), ice hockey player
• Frederick Grinke (1911–1987), violinist and music teacher
• Mitchell Sharp (1911-2004), politician
• Richard Spink Bowles (1912–1988), Lieutenant Governor
• Ralph Brazelton Peck (1912–2008), Canadian-American civil engineer
• Barbara Pentland (1912–2000), composer
• Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912-2000), science fiction author
• George Woodcock (1912-1995), writer
• Francis Lawrence Jobin (1914–1995), politician and lieutenant governor
• Frank Thorolfson (1914–1977), pianist, conductor, music teacher and composer
• Betty Chandler (1915–2006), nutritionist and lecturer
• John Loaring (1915-1969), track and field athlete
• Pearl Palmason (1915-2006), violinist
• Doug McMahon (1917-1997), football player
• Irvine Robbins (1917–2008), Canadian-American entrepreneur
• Dufferin Roblin (1917-2010), politician
• Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), cellist
• Frances Bay (1919-2011), character actress
• Terry Reardon (1919–1993), ice hockey player and coach
• Wally Stanowski (1919-2015), ice hockey player
• Jim Henry (1920–2004), ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
• George Johnson (1920–1995), politician
• Stanley Waters (1920–1991), Canada's only elected Senator

1921-1930

Deanna Durbin
(1921-2013)

Monty Hall
(1921-2017)

Terry Sawchuk
(1929-1970)

• Deanna Durbin (1921-2013), actress
• Monty Hall (1921–2017), show host and television producer
• Paul Maxwell (1921–1991), actor
• Bill Mosienko (1921–1994), ice hockey player
• Ken Reardon (1921-2008), ice hockey player and official
• Jack Kruschen (1922–2002), actor
• Douglas Bodle (* 1923), organist, pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher
• Yvonne Brill (1924–2013), rocket engineer
• Alastair Cameron (1925–2005), astrophysicist and space scientist
• Johnny Peirson (born 1925), ice hockey player
• Fred Shero (1925–1990), ice hockey player
• Mary Morrison (* 1926), singer and vocal teacher
• John Arundel (1927–2002), ice hockey player
• Cornelius John Pasichny (1927–2014), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop
• Harry Wasylyk (1927–2013), inventor of the polyethylene garbage bag
• Gordon Audley (1928–2012), speed skater
• William John McKeag (1928–2007), entrepreneur and lieutenant governor
• Douglas Rain (1928-2018), actor
• Ron Simmonds (1928–2005), jazz musician
• Norman Cantor (1929-2004), historian
• Mike Daski (born 1929), ice hockey player
• Andy Hebenton (1929-2019), ice hockey player
• Dorothy Howard (1929–2013), singer and music teacher
• Fleming Mackell (1929-2015), ice hockey player
• Bill Mason (1929–1988), naturalist, writer, filmmaker, canoeist
• Terry Sawchuk (1929–1970), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Joan Maxwell (1930–2000), singer and music teacher
• Hugh McLean (1930–2017), organist, pianist, harpsichordist, music teacher and scholar
• Winnifred Sim (* 1930), organist, pianist and music teacher
• Ben Steinberg (* 1930), composer, conductor, organist and music teacher

1931-1940

Leonard Peikoff
(* 1933)

• Diz Disley (1931-2010), swing guitarist and cartoonist
• Bob Erlendson (* 1931), jazz musician
• Donald Hadfield (1931–2005), organist, choirmaster and church musician
• Andy Bathgate (1932-2016), ice hockey player
• Leonard Peikoff (* 1933), philosopher
• Raymond A. Price (* 1933), geologist
• Sheila Henig (1934–1979), pianist and singer
• Judy Devlin (* 1935), badminton player
• James Peebles (* 1935), Canadian-American cosmologist
• Ted Harris (born 1936), ice hockey player and coach
• From McDonald (1936–2018), ice hockey player
• Donnelly Rhodes (1937-2018), actor
• Ann Southam (1937-2010), composer
• Bill Masterton (1938–1968), ice hockey player and namesake of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
• Lucille Starr (born 1938), country singer
• Len Cariou (* 1939), actor and composer
• Cynthia Scott (* 1939), director, producer and screenwriter
• WD Valgardson (born 1939), writer
• Peter Liba (1940–2007), journalist, manager and lieutenant governor
• Dave Young (* 1940), double bass player (jazz, classical)

1941-1950

Bryan Hextall junior
(* 1941)

Ted Irvine
(born 1944)

Gary Doer
(* 1948)

• Carol Bolt (1941-2000), playwright
• Bryan Hextall junior (born 1941), ice hockey player
• Robert Hunter (1941–2005), politician and co-founder of Greenpeace
• David Kilgour (* 1941), human rights activist and politician
• Gary Filmon (born 1942), politician
• Chad Allan (born 1943), rock musician
• Randy Bachman (born 1943), rock musician
• Pete Stemkowski (born 1943), ice hockey player
• Ted Irvine (born 1944), ice hockey player
• Terry Jacks (* 1944), singer and record producer
• Bernie Senensky (* 1944), jazz musician
• D. John Roberts (* 1945), economist
• Ronald Sanders (* 1945), film editor
• William Unruh (* 1945), theoretical physicist
• Guðmundur Eiríksson (* 1947), Icelandic lawyer and diplomat
• Murray G. Hall (* 1947), Austro-Canadian Germanist
• Doug Henning (1947–2000), magician and great illusionist
• Bill Werbeniuk (1947-2003), snooker player
• Gary Doer (* 1948), politician and diplomat
• Raymond Henault (born 1948), General of the Canadian Forces Air Command
• Liz Magor (* 1948), sculptor, installation artist and photographer
• Marilyn Bowering (* 1949), writer, poet and playwright
• Butch Goring (born 1949), ice hockey player
• Joanna Gleason (born 1950), actress
• Glen Hall (* 1950), jazz musician and literary scholar
• Belinda Montgomery (born 1950), television actress

1951-1960

Walter Natynczyk
(* 1957)

Dave Semenko
(1957-2017)

Karl Friesen
(* 1958)

• Allan Kroeker (* 1951), television director
• Stephen Soroka (* 1951), emeritus Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop and Metropolitan of Philadelphia
• Dave Henderson (* 1952), French-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Mimi Kuzyk (* 1952), actress
• Glenn Buhr (* 1954), composer and pianist
• Sylvia Burka (* 1954), cyclist and speed skater
• Joel Rosenberg (1954-2011), writer
• Brian Engblom (born 1955), ice hockey player
• Tom McCamus (born 1955), actor
• Lorne De Pape (* 1955), New Zealand curler
• Gwynyth Walsh (born 1955), actress
• Cordell Barker (born 1956), animator
• Gordon Blumenschein (* 1956), ice hockey player and coach
• Richmond Gosselin (born 1956), ice hockey player
• Guy Maddin (* 1956), film director
• Deborah Froese (* 1957), writer for children and young people
• Kevin McCarthy (born 1957), ice hockey player and coach
• Walter Natynczyk (* 1957), Chief of the Canadian General Staff from 2008 to 2012
• Dave Semenko (1957-2017), ice hockey player
• T. Patrick Carrabré (* 1958), composer and music teacher
• Mychael Danna (* 1958), composer of film music
• Terry Fox (1958–1981), athlete and activist
• Karl Friesen (* 1958), ice hockey player
• Patti Vande (* 1958), curler
• George Fritz (* 1959), German-Canadian ice hockey player
• Cathy King (* 1959), curler
• Harold Kreis (* 1959), ice hockey player
• Ralph Krueger (* 1959), ice hockey coach
• Ray Neufeld (* 1959), ice hockey player
• Zsuzsi Gartner (* 1960), writer and journalist
• David McKay (born 1960), wrestler
• Warren Skorodenski (* 1960), ice hockey goalkeeper

1961-1970

Nia Vardalos
(* 1962)

• Grant Ledyard (* 1961), ice hockey player, coach and official
• Steve Mason (* 1961), British DJ
• Steve Patrick (born 1961), ice hockey player
• Bruce Eakin (born 1962), ice hockey player
• Barry Despite (* 1962), ice hockey player and coach
• Nia Vardalos (* 1962), Greek-Canadian actress
• Gary Emmons (born 1963), ice hockey player
• James Patrick (born 1963), ice hockey player
• Mike Ridley (born 1963), ice hockey player
• Joe West (born 1963), Canadian-British ice hockey player
• David Reimer (1965-2004), citizen
• Susan Auch (* 1966), speed skater
• Bruno Zarrillo (* 1966), Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
• Todd Gillman (* 1967), ski jumper
• Mike Keane (born 1967), ice hockey player
• Chris McKinstry (1967–2006), artificial intelligence researcher
• Chris Wilson (born 1967), wrestler
• Tal Bachman (* 1968), musician
• Tyler Brûlé (* 1968), media entrepreneur, journalist and designer
• Robert Cummings (* 1968), musician and producer
• Duane Derksen (* 1968), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Tamara Gorski (* 1968), actress
• Kevin Todd (born 1968), ice hockey player
• Tanya Dubnicoff (* 1969), cyclist
• Cathy Overton-Clapham (* 1969), world curling champion
• Dean Fedorchuk (* 1970), ice hockey player
• Brent Fitz (* 1970), musician
• Gerhard Kramer (* 1970), German communications engineer and university professor
• Jeff Tomlinson (* 1970), German-Canadian ice hockey player

1971-1980

Brad Burym
(* 1975)

1971–1975:

• Gerald Blanchard (* 1972), thief
• Greg Bryk (born 1972), actor
• Kevin Hodson (* 1972), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Clara Hughes (* 1972), cyclist and speed skater
• Lonny Bohonos (* 1973), ice hockey player
• Steve Corino (born 1973), wrestler
• Mike Harder (* 1973), ice hockey player
• Chantal Kreviazuk (* 1973), musician
• Mike Maneluk (* 1973), ice hockey player
• Bryan Muir (born 1973), ice hockey player
• David Nedohin (* 1973), curler
• Jennifer Ryz (* 1973), wrestler
• John K. Samson (* 1973), singer in the band The Weakerthans
• Ruby Dhalla (* 1974), politician
• Marcel Dzama (* 1974), draftsman and object artist
• Mike Ireland (* 1974), speed skater
• Jennifer Jones (* 1974), world curling champion
• Craig Reichert (* 1974), ice hockey player
• Kara Solmundson (* 1974), badminton player
• Marnie Baizley (* 1975), squash player
• Brad Burym (* 1975), German-Canadian ice hockey player
• Jennifer Clark-Rouire (* 1975), curler
• Jill Officer (* 1975), world curling champion
• Bryan Phillips (born 1975), ice hockey player
• Graham Ryding (* 1975), squash player
• Venetian Snares (* 1975), musician
• Haralabos Voulgaris (* 1975), Canadian-Greek poker player

1976–1980:

Daniel Gillies
(* 1976)

Sami Jo Small
(born 1976)

Heather Doerksen
(* 1980)

• Steve Braun (born 1976), actor
• Daniel Gillies (born 1976), actor
• Mike Leclerc (born 1976), ice hockey player
• Sami Jo Small (* 1976), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Lee Goren (born 1977), ice hockey player
• Justin Kurtz (* 1977), ice hockey player
• Larissa Waters (* 1977), Australian politician
• Duvie Westcott (born 1977), ice hockey player
• Ryan Fry (born 1978), curler
• John Morris (* 1978), world curling champion
• Jennifer Botterill (* 1979), ice hockey player
• Cindy Klassen (* 1979), speed skater
• Michael Rubenfeld (* 1979), actor
• Heather Doerksen (born 1980), actress
• Alana Miller (* 1980), squash player
• Kevin Saurette (born 1980), ice hockey player
• Kristopher Turner (born 1980), actor
• Sidney Wolinsky (* before 1980), film editor

1981-1990

Sophia Santi
(* 1981)

1981–1985:

• Sophia Santi (* 1981), photo model and porn actress
• Riley Cote (born 1982), ice hockey player
• Brent Krahn (* 1982), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Colton Orr (born 1982), ice hockey player
• Anna Paquin (* 1982), Canadian-New Zealand actress
• Neville Rautert (* 1982), German-Canadian ice hockey player
• Alec Holowka (1983–2019), game developer and video game music composer
• Duncan Keith (born 1983), ice hockey player
• Geoff Waugh (born 1983), ice hockey player
• Chelsea Carey (* 1984), curler
• Adam Courchaine (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Derek Meech (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Jacob Micflikier (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Lance Monych (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Shannon Rempel (* 1984), speed skater
• Alexander Steen (* 1984), Swedish-Canadian ice hockey player
• Carl Baxter (* 1985), badminton player
• Nigel Dawes (born 1985), ice hockey player
• Ryan Garbutt (born 1985), ice hockey player
• Brittany Schussler (* 1985), speed skater
• Travis Zajac (* 1985), ice hockey player

1986–1990:

Nicole Sifuentes
(* 1986)

• Cam Barker (born 1986), ice hockey player
• Dustin Boyd (born 1986), ice hockey player
• Tyler Dueck (* 1986), racing driver
• Eric Hunter (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Danielle Poleschuk (* 1986), freestyle skier
• Nicole Sifuentes (* 1986), middle distance runner
• Kevin Clark (* 1987), ice hockey player
• Frazer McLaren (born 1987), ice hockey player
• Darcy Oake (born 1987), illusionist
• Ryan Reaves (born 1987), ice hockey player
• Desiree Scott (* 1987), soccer player
• Kaitlyn Lawes (* 1988), curler
• Jenna Loder (* 1988), curler
• James Reimer (* 1988), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Tracy Spiridakos (* 1988), Greek-Canadian actress
• Jonathan Toews (* 1988), ice hockey striker
• Dale Weise (born 1988), ice hockey player
• Joel Pacas (* 1989), biathlete
• Megan Cyr (* 1990), volleyball player
• Leah Kirchmann (* 1990), racing cyclist
• Michael Stone (* 1990), ice hockey player

1991-2000

Brooke Palsson
(* 1993)

• Cody Eakin (born 1991), ice hockey player
• Scott Glennie (born 1991), ice hockey player
• John Urschel (* 1991), American football player, mathematician
• Brooks Macek (* 1992), German ice hockey player
• Dylan McIlrath (born 1992), ice hockey player
• Mark Stone (born 1992), ice hockey player
• Heather McLean (* 1993), speed skater
• Brooke Palsson (* 1993), actress and singer
• Taylor Pischke (* 1993), beach volleyball player
• Shannon Birchard (* 1994), curler
• Chantal Van Landeghem (* 1994), swimmer
• Brendan Leipsic (* 1994), ice hockey player
• Madison Bowey (born 1995), ice hockey player
• Max Domi (* 1995), ice hockey player
• Brett Lernout (* 1995), ice hockey player
• Adam Schriemer (* 1995), volleyball player
• Adam Brooks (* 1996), ice hockey player
• Nolan Patrick (* 1998), ice hockey player
• Cody Glass (* 1999), ice hockey player

Personalities related to the city

• Romeo Rivers (1907–1986), ice hockey player
• David Matas (* 1943), human rights attorney
• Neil Young (born 1945), musician
• Wendy Crewson (born 1956), actress
• David Bergen (* 1957), writer
• Glen Murray (born 1957), politician
• Steven Erikson (born 1959), writer
• Chris Jericho (* 1970), wrestler, musician
• Bif Naked (* 1971), punk rock singer
• Kenny Omega (born 1983), wrestler

Web links

Commons : People of Winnipeg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cathy King , curlingzone.com
2. ↑ David Nedohin , curlingzone.com
3. ↑ Ruby Dhalla , lop.parl.ca
4. ↑ Heather Doerksen , imdb.com
5. ↑ Chelsea Carey , curlingzone.com
6. ↑ Jenna Loder , curlingzone.com
7. ↑ Shannon Birchard , curlingzone.com
8. ↑ Chantal Van Landeghem in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
9. ↑ Chantal Van Landeghem , olympic.ca