By relation to Winnipeg
Born in Winnipeg
- Aaron Funk, musician, (Venetian Snares)
- Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor
- Alexander Steen, professional ice hockey player for the St. Louis Blues
- Anna Paquin, actress
- Belinda Montgomery, actress
- Brent Fitz, musician (Slash, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Econoline Crush, Union)
- Burton Cummings, musician, (The Guess Who)
- Claire Adams, Hollywood film actress in the 1920's and 30's who would later live most of her life in Melbourne, Australia.
- Cindy Klassen, athlete
- Chantal Kreviazuk, Singer-Songwriter
- David Steinberg, comedian
- David Wilfrid Peters, finance professor and consultant
- Dean Gunnarson, escapologist
- Deanna Durbin, actress
- Doug Henning, magician and entertainer
- Duvie Westcott, NHL hockey player for the Columbus Blue Jackets
- Dustin Boyd, NHL hockey player for the Calgary Flames
- F. Ross Johnson, business leader
- Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician
- Fred Turner, musician, Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO)
- Gabrielle Roy, author
- Geills Turner, wife of John Turner, sister of David Kilgour
- Guy Maddin, director
- Irvine Robbins, founder of Baskin-Robbins
- James Patrick, NHL hockey player
- Jeremy Gillespie, designer, guitarist/composer, filmmaker (Projektor) (Astron-6)
- John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, founding member and front man of The Weakerthans, former member of Winnipeg punk band Propagandhi
- John Paizs, filmmaker
- Juliette, singer and TV personality
- Kelly Hughes, owner of Aqua Books, host of Kelly Hughes Live
- Len Cariou, actor
- Leonard Peikoff, philosopher
- Louis Riel, politician
- Marshall Rothstein, judge, Supreme Court of Canada
- Mike Keane, hockey player for the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. Also played in the NHL, winning the Stanley Cup three times with three different teams: Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche, and the Dallas Stars.
- Mike Ridley, NHL hockey player, and a notable player for the University of Manitoba Bisons hockey team
- Monty Hall, television host of Let's Make a Deal
- Natalie Reid, actress/model
- Nia Vardalos, actress and writer
- Oscar Brand, folk singer
- Randy Bachman, musician, The Guess Who & Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO)
- Raymond A. Price, geologist
- Sean Gupton, doctor and business leader in Maui, Hawaii
- Ted Irvine, former NHL hockey player, father of Chris Jericho
- Terry Fox, cancer activist and national hero
- Trudy Hanson McCaffery, Leading California Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
- Tyler Brûlé, journalist and publisher
- Sir William Stephenson (aka Intrepid), spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based
- Jonathan Toews, professional ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Cam Barker, professional ice hockey player for the Minnesota Wild
- Duncan Keith, professional ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Nigel Dawes, professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames
- Meaghan DeWarrenne-Waller, model, Canada's Next Top Model, cycle 3 winner
- Derek Meech, professional ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings
Raised but not born in Winnipeg
- Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
- Wendy Crewson, actress
- Steven Erikson, fantasy writer
- Gerard Kennedy, politician
- Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
- Donny Lalonde, former boxer champion
- Marshall McLuhan, media guru
- 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
- Sierra Noble, singer, songwriter, fiddler.
- Chris Jericho, professional wrestler.
- Tyler Arnason, professional hockey player.
- Roddy Piper, professional wrestler.
- Brett Hull, professional hockey player.
- Bif Naked, musician.
- Harry Medovy,pediatrician and academic
- Héctor Vergara, FIFA international referee
- Ellie Harvie, actress
Achieved fame while living in Winnipeg
- Charles Adler, national radio broadcaster
- Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist
- David Bergen, novelist
- Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist
- Miriam Toews, Best-selling novelist
- Ella Cora Hind, Winnipeg Free Press writer
- Evelyn Hart, ballerina
- Fanny (Fraser Runciman), Electronic Musician
- Dale Hawerchuk, NHL player (first Winnipeg Jets superstar at the NHL level)
- Teemu Selanne, NHL player
- Benjamin Zimmerman, Businessman and community leader
- James Wickes Taylor, US Consul 1870-1893
- Andrew McDermot, member of the Council of Assiniboia and along with A. G. B. Bannatyne donated land for Winnipeg General Hospital in 1875.
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