List of Manitobans
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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 that province.
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[edit] Artists
- Marcel Dzama, artist
- LeMoine Fitzgerald, painter, Group of Seven member
- Francis Hans Johnston, painter, Group of Seven member. 1888–1949, moved to Winnipeg in 1921 to accept the position of principal of the School of Art
- Carol Matas, Author
- Joan Mitchell, painter, first wife of Alan Greenspan
[edit] Athletes
- Susan Auch, Olympic medal winner, speedskating
- Cam Barker, hockey player, first round draft pick of the Chicago Blackhawks
- Andy Bathgate, hockey player
- Ed Belfour, NHL goalie
- Dominique Bosshart, Olympic medal winner, taekwondo
- Cyril Coaffee, track and field, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
- Cathy Corino, professional wrestler
- Steve Corino, professional wrestler
- Jamie Cudmore, rugby player
- Randy Dutiaume, curler
- Mud Bruneteau, NHL hockey player
- Don Callis, professional wrestler
- Bob Chrystal, professional hockey player
- Nigel Dawes, hockey player, New York Rangers draft pick
- Johnny Devine, professional wrestler
- Brian Engblom, former professional hockey player
- Terry Fox, cancer activist and national hero
- Herb Gardiner, former professional hockey player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
- Cathy Gauthier, curler
- Norm Hadley, former rugby player
- Ron Hextall, hockey player
- Clara Hughes, Olympic cyclist, speedskater
- Chris Jericho, professional wrestler
- Jennifer Jones (curler), curler
- Mike Keane, professional hockey player
- Cindy Klassen, Olympic speedskater
- George Knudson, former PGA golf champion
- Corey Koskie, MLB player, current Milwaukee Brewer
- Todd MacCulloch, basketball player
- Doug McMahon, former soccer star
- Adam Norget, curler
- James Patrick, former NHL player
- Rowdy Roddy Piper, professional wrestler
- Rachel Riddell, water polo
- Terry Sawchuk, NHL goalie
- Alexander Steen, current Toronto Maple Leaf, and son of Winnipeg Jet, Thomas Steen
- Jeff Stoughton, curler
- Ken Watson former curler
- Billy Mosienko, Former NHL hockey player; record holder for fastest 3 goals in an NHL hockey game(21 seconds)
- Jonathan Toews, hockey player, Top pick in 2006 NHL Entry Draft
- Arron Asham, NHL hockey player, New York Islanders
- Nathan Utioh, semi-pro volleyball, basketball, soccer player and curler from Portage la Prairie
[edit] Business professionals
- Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist
- Montegu Black, business man, older brother of Conrad Black
- George Montegu Black II, business man, father of Conrad Black
- David Culver, business man, former CEO of Alcan
- Signy Hildur Stefansson Eaton wife of business man John David Eaton
- Sydney Halter, lawyer, former Commissioner of the Canadian Football League, Order of Canada recipient
[edit] Journalists
- Ashleigh Banfield, TV actress, TV host
- Dawna Friesen, NBC correspondent
- Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
- Ben Metcalfe, former chairman of Greenpeace
- Diana Swain, CBC broadcaster
- Brian Williams, CBC broadcaster
[edit] Politicians
- Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958
- Ruby Dhalla, MP for the Ontario riding of Brampton—Springdale
- Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
- Ronald Duhamel, former Veterans Affairs minister in Jean Chrétien government
- John Harvard, former MP, former CBC broadcaster, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Francis Lawrence Jobin, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Stanley Knowles, former MP, Order of Canada recipient
- Peter M. Liba, journalist, businessman, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Hugh John Macdonald, former Premier of Manitoba
- John Stewart McDiarmid, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Pearl McGonigal, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- William John McKeag, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Daniel Hunter McMillan, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Roland Fairbairn McWilliams, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Arthur Meighen, former Prime Minister of Canada
- Dufferin Roblin, former Premier of Manitoba
- Edward Schreyer, former Premier of Manitoba, former Governor General of Canada
- John Christian Schultz, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Alfred Henry Scott, Louis Riel delegate
- Mitchell Sharp, former Liberal federal cabinet minister
- William Johnston Tupper, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- S. I. Hayakawa, former United States senator
- J.S. Woodsworth, politician
[edit] Public servants
- Gerald Smedley Andrews, land surveyor, Order of Canada recipient
- Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Waldron Fox-Decent, mediator, professor, Crown Corporation chairman
- Betty Gibson, teacher, professor, children's author
- Sylvia Ostry, economist
[edit] Religious leaders
[edit] Scientists
- Dr. Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk, Canadian astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
[edit] Singer, songwriter, musicians
- Randy Bachman, musician, The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
- Endre Johannes Cleven, composer/conductor/violinist (d.1916)
- Tom Cochrane, musician
- Burton Cummings, musician, The Guess Who
- Lenny Breau, jazz guitarist
- Tom Jackson, actor and musician
- Bif Naked, musician
- Bob Nolan, musician
- Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician
- Brad Roberts, musician, Crash Test Dummies
- Christine Fellows, folk singer
- Aaron Funk, musician
- Ray St. Germain, musician
- Terry Jacks, singer
- Chantal Kreviazuk, musician & actress
- Gisele MacKenzie, singer
- John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, and former member of Winnipeg punk band Propagandhi (The Weakerthans)
- Remy Shand, musician
- Al Simmons, musician, children's entertainer
- Lucille Starr, singer
- Maiko Watson, musician, founding member of girl-group Sugar Jones, wife of Remy Shand
- Neil Young, musician
[edit] TV, radio and film stars
- Cordell Barker, Oscar nominated animator The Cat Came Back
- Reginald Barker, Hollywood director
- Adam Beach, actor
- Steve Braun, actor
- Len Cariou, actor
- Jack Carson, film actor
- Bill Cody, actor
- Richard Condie, Oscar nominated animator The Big Snit
- Ma-Anne Dionisio, lead role of Kim in Miss Saigon in Toronto and in Sydney, Australia
- Deanna Durbin, actress
- Brendan Fehr, actor, star of the television series Roswell (TV series)|Roswell
- Danny Finkleman, former CBC radio host
- Ken Finkleman, director, writer and actor
- Daniel Gillies, actor
- Joanna Gleason, actress
- Dean Haglund, actor
- Tom Hnatiw, television host
- Monty Hall, TV celebrity, television game show host
- Doug Henning, magician
- Tom Jackson, singer, actor
- Simon James, actor
- Mimi Kuzyk, tv actress
- Tina Keeper, actress, politician
- Tom McCamus, actor
- Kyle McCulloch, actor, writer for South Park
- Guy Maddin, director
- Anna Paquin, actress
- Douglas Rain, actor
- Donnelly Rhodes, actor
- Bill Richardson, writer, radio host
- David Steinberg, actor, comedian
- Kerry Talmage, actor, comedian
- Nia Vardalos, actress and writer
- Catherine Wreford, stage actress, wife of Jeff Goldblum
[edit] War heroes
- Leo Clarke, Victoria Cross winner in World War I
- 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
[edit] Writers
- Brenda Barrie, novelist and poet
- David Bergen, novelist
- Norman Cantor, writer, historian
- Solomon Cleaver, writer
- Betty Gibson, author
- Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
- Margaret Laurence, novelist
- Mary MacLane, writer
- Jake MacDonald, novelist
- 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
- Adele Wiseman, author
- George Woodcock, writer
- Beatrice Watson, writer
- Armin Wiebe, writer