List of people from Manitoba
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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.
Contents
Business professionals
- Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist
- George Montegu Black II, businessman, father of Conrad Black
- Montegu Black, businessman, older brother of Conrad Black
- Samuel Bronfman, distillery magnate
- David Culver, businessman, former CEO of Alcan
- Signy Hildur Stefansson Eaton, wife of businessman John David Eaton
- Sydney Halter, lawyer, former CFL Commissioner, Officer of the Order of Canada
- F. Ross Johnson, former head of RJR Nabisco, featured in the book and film Barbarians at the Gate
- John Draper Perrin
- James Armstrong Richardson
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
Medical professionals
- Teresa McDonell nun, nurse and teacher
Politicians
- Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Premier of Manitoba, longest-serving Manitoba MLA
- Thomas Crerar, Member of Parliament, Senator, leader of the Progressive Party, first politician appointed Companion of the Order of Canada
- Ruby Dhalla, Ontario Member of Parliament
- Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
- Ronald Duhamel, Veterans Affairs minister in the Jean Chrétien government
- S. I. Hayakawa, United States senator
- Elijah Harper, Native leader, Manitoba MLA
- John Harvard, Member of Parliament, CBC broadcaster, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Francis Lawrence Jobin, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Stanley Knowles, Member of Parliament, Order of Canada recipient
- Peter Liba, journalist, businessman, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Sterling Lyon, Premier of Manitoba
- Hugh John Macdonald, Premier of Manitoba
- John Stewart McDiarmid, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Pearl McGonigal, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- William John McKeag, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Daniel Hunter McMillan, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Roland Fairbairn McWilliams, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister of Canada
- Louis Riel, Metis leader, Member of Parliament
- Dufferin Roblin, Premier of Manitoba
- Denise Savoie, British Columbia Member of Parliament, Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
- Edward Schreyer, Premier of Manitoba, Governor General of Canada
- John Christian Schultz, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Alfred Henry Scott, Louis Riel delegate
- Mitchell Sharp, Liberal federal cabinet minister
- William Johnston Tupper, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- J. S. Woodsworth, Member of Parliament, first leader of CCF
Professional sports stars
- Ed Belfour, former goalie in the National Hockey League (NHL), Stanley Cup winner (1999), 2002 Olympic gold medalist
- Kerry Burtnyk, curler, two-time Labatt Brier winner
- Roland Delorme, mixed martial artist in the UFC Bantamweight division
- Dan Halldorson, former professional golfer on the PGA Tour and the Canadian Tour
- Clara Hughes, speed skating and cycling Olympic medalist
- Jennifer Jones, curler, 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts winner
- Duncan Keith, NHL defenceman, Stanley Cup winner (2010), 2010 Olympic gold medalist
- Cindy Klassen, speed skating, six-time Olympic medalist
- George Knudson, former PGA Tour golfer; currently, with Mike Weir, holds the record for most PGA wins by a Canadian
- Corey Koskie, Milwaukee Brewers third baseman
- Max Labovitch, NHL right wing
- Todd MacCulloch, former NBA center
- Dustin Penner, left wing player in the NHL, Stanley Cup winner (2007), (2012)
- James Reimer, goalie in the NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Patrick Sharp, centerman in the NHL, Stanley Cup winner (2010)
- Jeff Stoughton, curler, two-time Brier winner, gold and silver medalist in the World Curling Championships
- Jonathan Toews, center and captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL, Stanley Cup winner (2010), 2010 Olympic gold medalist
- Troy Westwood, Winnipeg Blue Bombers place kicker and punter, two-time Grey Cup finalist, three-time Banjo Bowl winner
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
Religious leaders
- Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba
- Marie-Louise Valade, established the Sisters of Charity at the Red River Mission
Scientists
- Dr. Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk, Canadian astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
Singers, songwriters, musicians
- Randy Bachman, musician, The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive
- Bif Naked, musician
- Lenny Breau, jazz guitarist
- Endre Johannes Cleven (d.1916), composer, conductor, violinist
- Tom Cochrane, musician
- Burton Cummings, musician, The Guess Who
- Tracy Dahl, opera singer, Metropolitan, La Scala, San Francisco
- Christine Fellows, folk singer
- Aaron Funk, musician
- Terry Jacks, singer
- Tom Jackson, actor and musician
- Chantal Kreviazuk, musician and actress[1]
- Gisele MacKenzie, singer
- Loreena McKennitt, singer and musician
- Sierra Noble, singer, songwriter, fiddler
- Bob Nolan, musician
- Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician[2]
- Brad Roberts, musician, Crash Test Dummies[3]
- Ray St. Germain, musician
- John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, 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
TV, radio and film stars
- Cordell Barker, Oscar-nominated animator, The Cat Came Back
- Reginald Barker, Hollywood director
- Adam Beach, First Nations actor
- Steve Braun, actor
- Len Cariou, actor[4]
- Jack Carson, film actor
- Bill Cody, actor[5]
- 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[6]
- Brendan Fehr, actor, star of the television series Roswell[7]
- Danny Finkleman, former CBC radio host
- Ken Finkleman, director, writer and actor
- Daniel Gillies, actor
- Joanna Gleason, actress[8]
- Dean Haglund, actor
- Monty Hall, TV celebrity, television game show host[9]
- Doug Henning, magician[10]
- Tom Hnatiw, television host
- Tom Jackson, singer, actor
- Simon James, actor
- Tina Keeper, actress, politician
- Mimi Kuzyk, tv actress[11]
- Guy Maddin, director[12]
- Tom McCamus, actor
- Kyle McCulloch, actor, writer for South Park[13]
- Billy Merasty, First Nations actor
- Anna Paquin, actress[14]
- Douglas Rain, actor[15]
- Donnelly Rhodes, actor
- Bill Richardson, writer, radio host
- David Steinberg, actor, comedian[16]
- Kerry Talmage, actor, comedian
- Nia Vardalos, actress and writer[17]
- Catherine Wreford, stage actress; wife of Jeff Goldblum[18]
War heroes
- Leo Clarke
- 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
Writers
- Brenda Barrie, novelist and poet
- David Bergen, novelist[19]
- Norman Cantor, writer, historian
- Solomon Cleaver, writer
- Betty Gibson, author
- Paul Hiebert, author
- Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
- Madeleine Laroche, novelist and playwright
- Margaret Laurence, novelist
- Jake MacDonald, novelist
- Mary MacLane, writer[20]
- 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
- Armin Wiebe, writer
- Adele Wiseman, author
- George Woodcock, writer
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References
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