List of people from Windsor, Ontario
This is a list of people from Windsor, Ontario.
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- Darren Banks, former NHL hockey player
- Iain Baxter&, OC, Governor General Award winning visual artist, forerunner of Canadian conceptual art.
- Reno Bertoia, (1935–2011) Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball player
- Hank Biasatti, (1922–1996) 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, (1849–1919) Sheriff, hardware store owner and U.S. Marshal famous for his tenure in Deadwood, SD.
- Jeff Burrows, drummer of The Tea Party
- Mike Brkovich, former basketball player, now a successful Windsor businessman.
- Brian Bulcke, CFL Football Player for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Former player for Ecole Secondaire L'Essor and the Essex County Ravens of the OVFL.
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- 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, (1926–1994) singer, actress, and recording artist.
- Joe Comartin, politician
- Greg Constantine, artist
- Dave Cooke, politician, former Minister of Education
- Tyrone Crawford, NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys
- Sharon Creelman, field hockey player
- David Croll, (1900–1991) former mayor of Windsor, became the first member of the Jewish faith appointed to a federal or provincial cabinet in Canada
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- Scott D'Amore,professional wrestler, manager and booker
- Ken Daneyko, former NHL hockey player
- Andy Delmore, NHL hockey player
- Johnny Devine, professional wrestler[1]
- Drew Dilkens, mayor of Windsor
- Jesse Divnich, Industry Personality & Analyst, Video Games (from LaSalle)
- Roxi DLite, burlesque performer
- Tie Domi, former NHL hockey player (from Belle River)
- Dwight Duncan, former Finance Minister of Ontario
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- Mathew Charles Lamb, (1948–1976) spree killer acquitted on grounds of insanity, later killed in action while fighting for the Rhodesian Security Forces
- Thomas W. LaSorda, Former CEO of Chrysler Canada 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
- Budd Lynch, (1917–2012) announcer for the Detroit Red Wings
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- 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, 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 Joseph James Martin, (1903–1992) longtime federal cabinet minister and father of the former PM
- Sheila Martin, wife of former Prime Minister Paul Martin
- Medo Martinello, former NLA lacrosse player, NLL Quebec Caribous & MILL Detroit Turbos lacrosse coach, IHL & NCAA hockey referee
- Brian Masse, politician
- Eddie Mio, former NHL hockey player
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- Jack Scott, rockabilly singer
- Tyler Scott, CFL player Toronto Argonauts, former player Holy Names Knights
- Kim Shaw, actress
- Abdullah the Butcher, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) professional wrestler known as Abdullah the Butcher (WWE Hall of Famer)
- Joe Siddall, former MLB baseball player
- Jimmy Skinner, (1917-2007) former NHL hockey coach and executive
- Brad Smith, former NHL hockey player 1978-1987 (nicknamed "Motor City Smitty")
- Skip Spence, (1946–1999) composer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape
- Walter Spencer, CFL player for Toronto Argonauts
- The Reverend J O L Spracklin, Methodist minister who shot dead an illicit trader in alcohol in 1920, later tried and acquitted
- Dave Steen, decathlete, Olympic Bronze medal winner
- John Swainson, (1925–1994) Governor of Michigan 1961-1963
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