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- See also: List of Winnipeggers
[edit] Born in Winnipeg
- Randy Bachman, musician, (The Guess Who) & Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
- Brenda Barrie, novelist and poet
- Tyler Brûlé, journalist and publisher
- Burton Cummings, musician, (The Guess Who)
- Len Cariou, actor
- Deanna Durbin, actress
- Terry Fox, cancer activist and national hero
- Monty Hall, television host of Let's Make a Deal
- Cindy Klassen, athlete
- Guy Maddin, director
- Anna Paquin, actress
- Leonard Peikoff, philosopher
- Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician
- Louis Riel, politician
- Gabrielle Roy, author
- John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, founding member and front man of The Weakerthans, former member of Winnipeg punk band Propagandhi
- Sir William Stephenson (aka Intrepid), spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based
- Nia Vardalos, actress and writer
- Alexander Steen, professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Aaron Funk, musician, (Venetian Snares)
- Belinda Montgomery, actress
- David Steinberg, comedian
- Oscar Brand, folk singer
- Juliette, singer and TV personality
- Doug Henning, magician and entertainer [born in Ft. Garry, then a suburb of Winnipeg]
- James Patrick, NHL hockey player
- Marshall Rothstein, judge, Supreme Court of Canada
[edit] Raised but not born in Winnipeg
- Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
- Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
- Marshall McLuhan, media guru
- Scott Fitzpatrick, musician and author
- A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer
- Dr. Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk, Canadian astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
- Neil Young, musician
- Lenny Breau, jazz guitarist
- Chris Jericho, Professional Wrestler, WWE Champion, WCW Champion, etc.
- Tyler Arnason, NHL player who plays for the Ottawa Senators
[edit] Achieved fame while living in Winnipeg
[edit] Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, Children's record narrated by James Stewart, c. 1940.
- Winnipeg Bear, the inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh, was not actually born in Winnipeg. Instead, Winnipeg Bear was purchased in White River, Ontario, by an officer (Lieutenant Harry Colebourn) of the Fort Garry Horse cavalry regiment en route to his embarkation point for the front lines of World War I. He named the bear after the regiment's home town of Winnipeg. In 1924, on an excursion to the London Zoo with neighbour children, Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A. A. Milne, was introduced to Winnie for the first time.
- An E.H. Shepard painting of "Winnie the Pooh" is the only known oil painting of Winnipeg’s famous bear cub. It was purchased at an auction for $285,000 in London, England late in 2000. The painting is displayed in the Pavilion Gallery in Assiniboine Park. The painting is a focal point a $6-million Poohseum in Assiniboine Park that will include a Hundred Acre Wood playground.
