List of people from Windsor, Ontario

This is a list of people from Windsor, Ontario.

A

• Oshiomogho Atogwe, National Football League (NFL) player W.F Herman Green Griffins

B

• Iain Baxter&, OC, Governor General Award winning visual artist, forerunner of Canadian conceptual art.
• Reno Bertoia, Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball player
• Hank Biasatti, former MLB baseball player and National Basketball Association basketball player
• James Bondy, entertainer, star of the children's show Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld
• Bob Boughner, former NHL hockey player, now head coach and part-owner of Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires
• Sean Burke, NHL hockey player
• Seth Bullock, Sheriff, hardware store owner and U.S. Marshal famous for his tenure in Deadwood, SD.
• Jeff Burrows, drummer of The Tea Party

C

• Stuart Chatwood, bass player of The Tea Party/composer Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• Kenneth Church, jockey, Windsor / Essex County Sports Hall of Fame inductee
• Stubby Clapp, former MLB baseball player
• Dorothy Collins, singer, actress, and recording artist.
• Joe Comartin, politician
• Dave Cooke, politician, former Minister of Education
• Sharon Creelman, field hockey player
• David Croll, former mayor of Windsor, became the first Jewish person appointed to a federal or provincial cabinet in Canada

D

• Scott D'Amore, TNA Talent
• Ken Daneyko, former NHL hockey player
• Andy Delmore, NHL hockey player
• Johnny Devine, TNA Wrestler^[1]
• Jesse Divnich, Industry Personality & Analyst, Video Games (from LaSalle)
• Tie Domi, former NHL hockey player (from Belle River)
• Dwight Duncan, Finance Minister of Ontario

F

• Christine Fellows, musician
• Ron Fellows, race car driver
• Colm Feore, actor
• John Ferguson Sr, former NHL player and executive
• Rayny Forster, founder of Moshpit Tragedy Records

G

• Marty Gervais, poet and publisher
• Barbara Gowdy, novelist
• Herb Gray, former Liberal Member of Parliament and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

H

• Blake Harper, porn actor
• Richie Hawtin, techno musician
• Neil Hope, actor known for his roles in the Degrassi series.
• David H. Hubel, research scientist and Nobel Prize winner^[2]
• Garth Hudson, organist and keyboardist for Canadian rock n roll group The Band.

J

• Dan Jancevski, NHL hockey player
• Spider Jones, former boxer
• Ed Jovanovski, NHL hockey player

K

• Jerry Kauric, former NFL and CFL football player
• Rick Kehoe, former NHL player and coach
• Tim Kerr, former NHL hockey player
• Malcolm Knight, Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank and former General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements
• Killer Kowalski, professional wrestler and trainer
• Tomasz Kucharzewski (1968–2008), martial artist

L

• Mathew Charles Lamb, spree killer acquitted on grounds of insanity, later killed in action while fighting for the Rhodesian Security Forces
• Thomas LaSorda, CEO of Chrysler Group
• Mike Lazaridis, CEO of Research in Motion, inventor of the BlackBerry
• Ken Lewenza, Sr., head of the CAW, Canadian Auto Workers
• Aaron Lowe and Megan Wing, figure skating pair

M

• Howard McCurdy, the New Democratic Party's first African-Canadian Member of Parliament
• Eugene McNamara, poet, novelist, University of Windsor English Professor Emeritus
• Marco Marsan, author
• Jeff Martin, former guitarist and lead vocalist of The Tea Party
• Matt Martin, NHL player for the New York Islanders
• Paul Martin, Liberal former Prime Minister of Canada
• Paul Martin, Sr., longtime federal cabinet minister and father of the former PM
• Sheila Martin, wife of former Prime Minister Paul Martin
• Medo Martinello, former NLL lacrosse player, NLL & MILL lacrosse coach, IHL & NCAA hockey referee
• Brian Masse, politician
• Eddie Mio, former NHL hockey player

P

• Mark Paré, former NHL linesman
• Richard Peddie, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
• Corey Petryschuk, Arena League football player
• Terry Pickford, award-winning TV writer, producer and editor
• Oliver Platt, television and film actor
• Bob Probert, former NHL hockey player
• Sandra Pupatello, politician

Q

• Joel Quenneville, NHL hockey coach and former player

R

• Jody Raffoul, singer
• J. Paul Reddam, academic, businessman, racehorse owner
• Brett Romberg, NFL football player
• Warren Rychel fomer NHL player

S

• Jack Scott, rockabilly singer
• Tyler Scott, (CFL) player Toronto Argonauts, former player Holy Names Knights
• Kim Shaw, actress
• Larry Shreve, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) professional wrestler known as Abdullah the Butcher
• Joe Siddall, former MLB baseball player
• Jimmy Skinner, 1917-2007 former NHL hockey coach and executive
• Alexander 'Skip' Spence, composer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape
• The Reverend J O L Spracklin, Methodist minister who shot dead an illicit trader in alcohol in 1920, later tried and acquitted
• John Swainson, Governor of Michigan 1961-1963
• Brad Smith, former NHL hockey player 1978-1987 aka Motor City Smitty

T

• Tamia, R&B singer
• John Tucker, former NHL hockey player
• Shania Twain, Country singer

V

• Daniel Victor, singer, songwriter, producer of Neverending White Lights
• Christian Vincent, actor, dancer, choreographer

W

• Hiram Walker
• Aaron Ward, NHL hockey player
• Felix Watts, inventor
• Kyle Wellwood, NHL hockey player ^[3]
• Solomon White
• Ryan Wilson (ice hockey), NHL hockey player ^[4]
• Ron Wilson, NHL hockey coach
• Petey Williams, professional wrestler for TNA Wrestling
• Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, actress.

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