# List of people from Manitoba

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 the province.

## Business professionals

* Ida Albo, managing partner of the Fort Garry Hotel
* Gerald Smedley Andrews, land surveyor, Order of Canada recipient
* Izzy Asper, founder of Global Television Network
* Lloyd Axworthy, politician and former UW President, Nobel prize nominee
* Tom Axworthy, Canadian civil servant and younger brother of Lloyd Axworthy
* G. Michael Bancroft, chemist and synchrotron scientist, first director of the Canadian Light Source
* Kathy Bardswick, President and CEO, The Co-operators
* Earl Barish, basketball coach and founder of Dickie Dee and Salisbury House
* George Montegu Black II, businessman, father of Conrad Black
* Bill Blaikie, NDP politician
* Margaret Bloodworth, National Security Advisor (BA 1970)
* Saidye Rosner Bronfman, wife of businessman Samuel Bronfman
* Samuel Bronfman, distillery magnate
* Chip and Pepper, founders of Chip and Pepper California
* Mark Chipman, founder of True North Sports & Entertainment
* David Culver, businessman, former CEO of Alcan
* Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
* Waldron Fox-Decent, mediator, professor, Crown Corporation chairman
* Sydney Halter, lawyer, former CFL Commissioner, Officer of the Order of Canada
* Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
* F. Ross Johnson, former head of RJR Nabisco, featured in the book and film Barbarians at the Gate
* Jim Ludlow, president & CEO of True North Sports & Entertainment
* Guy Maddin, film director
* Frances Gertrude McGill, criminologist
* Peter Nygård, founder of Nygård International
* Sylvia Ostry, economist
* John Paskievich, film director and photographer
* Howard Pawley, former Premier of Manitoba
* John Draper Perrin, business professional
* Bill Richardson, CBC radio host
* James Armstrong Richardson, businessman, politician, airport in Winnipeg was named for him
* James Armstrong Richardson Sr., father of James Armstrong Richardson
* Irv Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
* Andrea Slobodian, reporter
* Susan Thompson, former mayor of Winnipeg
* Jim Treliving, founder of Boston Pizza
* Lila Bell Acheson Wallace, co-founder of the Reader's Digest
* Omar Zakhilwal, Afghan Finance Minister, Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan

## Athletes
### Hockey

* Reg Abbott
* Jim Agnew
* Clint Albright
* Gary Aldcorn
* Bill Allum
* Arron Asham
* Carter Ashton
* Doug Baldwin
* Cam Barker
* Andy Bathgate
* Ken Baumgartner
* Paul Baxter
* Gordie Bell
* Joe Bell
* Gary Bergman
* Garry Blaine
* Andy Blair
* Rick Blight
* Lonny Bohonos
* Larry Bolonchuk
* Ryan Bonni
* Buddy Boone
* Jennifer Botterill, Olympic gold medal winner
* Dick Bouchard
* Dan Bourbonnais
* Madison Bowey
* Ralph Bowman
* Jack Bownass
* Dustin Boyd
* Wally Boyer
* Darren Boyko
* Bailey Bram
* Rube Brandow
* Andy Branigan
* Duane Bray
* Billy Breen
* Delayne Brian
* Gerry Brisson
* Turk Broda
* George Brown
* Harold Brown
* Larry Brown
* Cecil Browne
* Ray Brunel
* Ed Bruneteau
* Mud Bruneteau
* Barry Brust
* Al Buchanan
* Fred Burchell
* Bill Burega
* Shawn Byram
* Walter Byron
* Ryan Caldwell
* Don Caley
* Matt Calvert
* Jim Cardiff
* Bruce Carmichael
* Al Carr
* Greg Carroll
* Ed Chadwick
* Art Chapman
* Christian Chartier
* Dave Chartier
* Brad Chartrand
* Wayne Chernecki
* Stefan Cherneski
* Rich Chernomaz
* Real Chevrefils
* Ron Chipperfield
* Elliot Chorley
* Bob Chrystal
* Brad Church
* Andrew Clark
* Kevin Clark
* Bobby Clarke
* Brian Coates
* Delaney Collins
* Jim Collins
* Red Conn
* Jack Connolly
* Cam Connor
* Joe Cooper
* Riley Cote
* Art Coulter
* Thomas Coulter
* Adam Courchaine
* Rosario Couture
* Jimmy Creighton
* Clifford Crowley
* Joe Crozier
* Wilf Cude
* Barry Cullen
* Brian Cullen
* Cory Cyrenne
* Joe Daley
* Kimbi Daniels
* Lorne Davis
* Jordy Douglas
* Kent Douglas
* Red Dutton, Former NHL commissioner
* Cody Eakin
* Garry Edmundson
* Joel Edmundson
* Gary Emmons
* Brian Engblom
* Dean Evason
* Bill Ezinicki
* Theoren Fleury
* Bill Folk
* Frank Fredrickson
* Byron Froese
* Owen Fussey
* Herb Gardiner
* Chay Genoway
* Butch Goring
* Haldor Halderson, 1920 Olympic gold medalist (Winnipeg Falcons)
* Al Hamilton
* Travis Hamonic
* Ted Harris
* Andy Hebenton
* Darren Helm
* Phil Hergesheimer
* Wally Hergesheimer
* Bryan Hextall
* Ron Hextall
* Ike Hildebrand
* Cecil Hoekstra
* Quinton Howden
* Dave Hrechkosy
* Ted Irvine, father of wrestler Chris Jericho
* Paul Jerrard
* Ching Johnson
* Jim Johnson
* Eddie Johnstone
* Jason Kasdorf
* Mike Keane
* Duncan Keith, Olympic gold medal winner
* Julian Klymkiw
* Aggie Kukulowicz
* Ed Kullman
* Gord Labossiere
* Max Labovitch
* Gord Lane
* Pete Langelle
* Derek Laxdal
* Jamie Leach
* Mike Leclerc
* Grant Ledyard
* Bryan Lefley
* Chuck Lefley
* Brendan Leipsic
* Art Somers
* Bob Leiter
* Curtis Leschyshyn
* Junior Lessard
* Odie Lowe
* Bill MacKenzie
* Bill Masterton
* Fred Maxwell
* Dunc McCallum
* Kevin McCarthy
* Ab McDonald
* Dave McDonald
* Jacob Micflikier
* Nick Mickoski, member of Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame
* Bill Mosienko, member of Hockey Hall of Fame
* Colton Orr
* James Patrick
* Steve Patrick
* Johnny Peirson
* Alf Pike
* Ken Reardon, member of NHL Hall of Fame
* Terry Reardon
* Billy Reay
* James Reimer
* Mike Ridley
* Dunc Rousseau, WHA Winnipeg Jets player in the 1970s
* Terry Sawchuk, member of Hockey Hall of Fame
* Dave Semenko
* Damon Severson
* Patrick Sharp, 2010, 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup winner, 2014 Olympic gold medalist
* Alex Shibicky
* Ron Shudra
* Warren Skorodenski
* Art Somers
* Emory Sparrow
* Lorne Stamler
* Wally Stanowski
* Alexander Steen
* Pete Stemkowski
* Blair Stewart
* Black Jack Stewart
* Mark Stone, 2023 Stanley Cup Champion
* Billy Taylor
* Jimmy Thomson
* Kevin Todd
* Jonathan Toews, Stanley cup winner 2010, 2013 & 2015
* Lindsay Vallis
* J.P. Vigier
* Dale Weise
* Duvie Westcott
* Ian White
* Neil Wilkinson
* Carey Wilson
* Bob Woytowich
* Ken Wregget
* Travis Zajac
* Chick Zamick (1926–2007)

### Basketball

* Eric Bridgeland, coach
* Edward Dawson, 1936 Olympic team member
* Joey Johnson, wheelchair basketball player, member of Manitoba's Basketball Hall of Fame
* Bennie Lands, 1948 Olympic team member
* Todd MacCulloch, NBA player
* Rick McNair, basketball player and coach
* Erfan Nasajpour, in the Iranian Basketball Super League
* Chad Posthumus
* Carl Ridd, turned down an NBA contract
* Martin Riley, Olympian
* BT Toews, coach and father of Kai Toews
* Bob Town, 1976 Summer Olympics
* Joey Vickery, pro player in Europe
* Roy Williams, 1952 Summer Olympics
* Malcolm Wiseman, 1936 Olympic team member

### Football
#### CFL players

* Al Ackland
* Donovan Alexander
* Bill Baker
* Keith Bennett
* Lorne Benson
* Mike Benson
* Andy Bieber
* Simon Blaszczak
* Ken Bochen
* Bill Boivin
* James Bond
* Brady Browne
* Jack Bruzell
* Zac Carlson
* Jim Carphin
* Bill Ceretti
* Walter Chikowski
* Scott Coe
* Anthony Coombs
* Billy Cooper
* Bruce Covernton
* Nic Demski
* Brian Dobie
* George Druxman
* Leo Ezerins
* Scott Flagel
* Jim Furlong
* Evan Gill
* Roger Hamelin
* John Hammond
* Andrew Harris
* Ben Hatskin
* Cal Murphy, CFL coach
* Don Oramasionwu
* T-Dre Player
* Joe Poplawski

#### NFL players

* Doug Brown
* Geoff Gray
* Rod Hill
* Israel Idonije
* T. J. Jones
* Les Lear
* David Onyemata
* Chad Rempel
* Mike Richardson
* Bobby Singh
* John Urschel
* Fred Vant Hull

### Wrestling

* Bob Brown, wrestler and former WWE referee
* Kerry Brown, wrestler for Stampede Wrestling
* Don Callis, WWE and ECW wrestler
* Tony Condello, promoter
* Cathy Corino, TNA and Ring of Honor
* Steve Corino, WWE, TNA, and ECW wrestler
* Chi Chi Cruz, former WWE wrestler
* Allison Danger, TNA, and Ring of Honor star
* Johnny Devine, former WWE and ECW wrestler
* Paul Diamond, former WWE wrestler
* Danny Duggan, WWE wrestler
* Anthony Durante, former WWE wrestler
* Robert Evans, TNA and Ring of Honor star
* George Gordienko, wrestled for Stampede Wrestling
* David Hohl, former Olympic wrestler
* Ricky Hunter, WWE and NWA wrestler
* Chris Jericho, WWE wrestler
* Candice LeRae, NWA wrestler
* Tom Magee, WWE wrestler and power lifter
* Vance Nevada, former NWA wrestler
* Kenny Omega, WWE wrestler
* Fred Peloquin, AWA wrestler
* Rowdy Roddy Piper, WWE Hall of Famer
* Rosemary, TNA wrestler
* Courtney Rush, TNA wrestler
* Sarah Stock, TNA and Ring of Honor star
* Al Tomko, AWA wrestler
* The Von Steigers, former WWE tag team

### Curling

* Dawn Askin
* Kerry Burtnyk
* Don Duguid, sportscaster
* Randy Dutiaume
* Janet Harvey
* Cathy Gauthier
* Steve Gould
* Jennifer Jones
* Connie Laliberte
* Carolyn McRorie, Olympic silver medal winner
* Jon Mead
* John Morris, Olympic gold medal winner
* B. J. Neufeld
* Chris Neufeld
* Denni Neufeld
* Jill Officer
* Cathy Overton-Clapham
* Gord Paterson
* Sam Penwarden
* Corinne Peters
* Daley Peters
* Vic Peters
* Kelly Scott
* Jeff Stoughton
* Bob Ursel
* Garry Van Den Berghe
* Ken Watson

### Rugby

* James Campbell, former rugby player
* Jamie Cudmore, rugby player
* Brian Erichsen, rugby player
* Norm Hadley, former rugby player
* Amanda Thornborough, current Canada women's 15's rugby player
* Kevin Tkachuk, former rugby player

### Golf

* Isabelle Beisiegel
* Harold Eidsvig
* Bill Ezinicki
* Dan Halldorson
* George Knudson
* Nick Taylor
* Margaret Todd

### Volleyball

* Steven Brinkman
* Wanda Guenette
* Scott Koskie
* Taylor Pischke
* Michelle Sawatzky-Koop
* Adam Simac

### Track and field

* Angela Chalmers, Olympic bronze medalist (track and field)
* Cyril Coaffee, Olympic track and field athlete, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
* Joe Keeper, Olympic long-distance runner, grandfather of Tina Keeper
* Betty Fox, mother of Terry Fox, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation
* Terry Fox, runner, cancer research activist, named "The Greatest Canadian"

### Soccer (football)

* George Anderson
* Marco Bustos
* Bob Harley
* Robin Hart
* Doug McMahon
* Tony Nocita
* Sophie Schmidt
* Desiree Scott
* Frederick Stambrook
* Chelsea Stewart
* Héctor Vergara, FIFA referee
* Troy Westwood

### Martial arts

* Mark Berger, fighter
* Robin Black, MMA fighter
* Dominique Bosshart, Olympic medalist (taekwondo)
* Roland Delorme, UFC fighter
* Joe Doerksen, UFC fighter
* Baxter Humby, kick boxer, winner of an ESPY Award in the music video of "Renegades" in Spider-Man 3
* Brad Katona, UFC fighter
* Donny Lalonde, MMA fighter and boxer
* Krzysztof Soszynski, UFC fighter on BuzzFeed in the movie Logan

### Baseball

* Doris Barr, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Eleanor Callow, former baseball player
* Gene Ford, former MLB player
* Russ Ford, former MLB player
* Audrey Haine, baseball player
* Dottie Hunter, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Mel Kerr, MLB player
* Corey Koskie, MLB player
* Olive Little, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Martha Rommelaere, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Bud Sketchley, former MLB player
* Evelyn Wawryshyn, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

### Others

* David Chapman, cricketer
* Sadie Grimm, motorcyclist, 1914 Manitoba Motorcycle Club's gold medal winner, first woman to win in a Canadian motorcycling event also open to men
* David Hart, water polo
* Bon MacDougall, NASCAR racing driver
* Damian Mills, cricketer
* Rachel Riddell, water polo
* Nic Youngblud, water polo
Winter sports
* Susan Auch, Olympic medalist (speed skating)
* Clara Hughes, 6-time Olympic gold medalist (cycling and speed skating)
* Cindy Klassen, 6-time Olympic medalist (speed skating)
* Doreen McCannell-Botterill, speed skater
* Jon Montgomery, Olympic gold medalist (skeleton racing), host of The Amazing Race Canada

## Religious leaders

* Abishabis, Aboriginal leader
* John Bruce, Aboriginal leader
* Rod Bushie, Aboriginal leader
* David Chartrand, Aboriginal leader
* Ken Courchene, Aboriginal leader
* Ron Evans, Aboriginal leader
* Jerry Fontaine, Aboriginal leader
* John Joseph Harper, Aboriginal leader
* Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba
* Tepastenam, Aboriginal leader
* Marie-Louise Valade, established the Sisters of Charity at the Red River Mission
* Frank Whitehead, Aboriginal leader

## Singers, songwriters, musicians

* Chad Allan, Juno Award-winning artist
* Don Amero
* Jeffrey Anderson, radio producer
* W. H. Anderson
* Maria Aragon, performed with Lady Gaga and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
* Randy Bachman
* Tal Bachman
* Tim Bachman
* Del Barber
* Ishq Bector
* Steve Bell
* Herbert Belyea
* Lloyd Blackman
* Heather Blush
* Oscar Brand
* Lenny Breau
* Jon Buller
* Stephen Carroll
* Marco Castillo
* Jason Churko
* Tom Cochrane, Grammy-nominated artist
* Amanda Cook
* Burton Cummings
* Mychael Danna
* Victor Davies
* Andy de Jarlis
* Diz Disley
* Mitch Dorge
* Matt Epp
* Ed Evanko
* Christine Fellows
* Brent Fitz
* Ken Fleming
* Fresh I.E.
* Bryan Fustukian
* Ian Gardiner
* Heidi Gluck
* Daniel Greaves
* Frederick Grinke
* David Guillas
* Tim Harwill
* Dianne Heatherington
* Filmer Hubble
* Terry Jacks
* David James
* Rob James
* Gordie Johnson
* Juliette
* Jim Kale
* James Keelaghan
* Wab Kinew, now leader of the Manitoba NDP
* Allan Kingdom, Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist
* Ash Koley
* Mark Korven
* Chantal Kreviazuk
* Joel Kroeker
* Daniel Lavoie
* Ashley Leitão
* Greg Leskiw
* Alana Levandoski
* Cara Luft
* Earl MacDonald
* Gisele MacKenzie
* Fraser MacPherson
* Greg MacPherson
* Keith Macpherson
* Damian Marshall
* Julie Masi
* Romi Mayes
* Donnie McDougall
* Loreena McKennitt, Grammy-nominated artist
* Holly McNarland
* Glen Meadmore
* Neil Merryweather
* Jenn Mierau
* Ruth Moody
* Lorne Munroe
* Bif Naked
* Zara Nelsova
* Jon Neufeld
* Tim Neufeld
* Bob Nolan
* Tiny Parham
* Brandon Paris
* Fred Penner
* Julie Penner
* Johnny Perrin
* Randolph Peters
* Garry Peterson
* William Prince
* Eric Radford
* Jackie Rae
* Donn Reynolds
* Brad Roberts
* Dan Roberts, bassist
* Ashley Robertson
* Bob Rock
* John K. Samson
* Bernie Senensky
* Joey Serlin
* Remy Shand, nominated for 4 Grammy awards
* Shingoose
* Al Simmons
* Son of Dave
* Fred Turner
* Venetian Snares
* Lindy Vopnfjörð
* Bill Wallace
* Neil Young

### Groups

* Brother
* Live on Arrival
* LuLu and the TomCat
* Sagkeeng's Finest, winners of Canada's Got Talent

## Actors

* Ted Atherton, on Traders
* Cameron Bancroft, on Supernatural
* Adam Beach, in Suicide Squad
* Robert Bockstael, on X-Men (series)
* Steve Braun, in The Skulls III
* Jay Brazeau, voice actor on Mega Man (1994 series)
* Greg Bryk, in Immortals (2011) and The Incredible Hulk
* Len Cariou, in Prisoners (2013)
* Jonas Chernick, on The Best Laid Plans
* Ari Cohen, on A Little Thing Called Murder
* Michael D. Cohen, on Henry's World
* Wallace Douglas, on Spies of the Air
* Brian Drader, in Shall We Dance? (2004)
* Ed Evanko, in Double Jeopardy (1999)
* Tibor Feheregyhazi, actor
* Brendan Fehr, in Guardians of the Galaxy
* Darcy Fehr, in Desire (2000)
* Ken Finkleman, in Grease 2
* Daniel Gillies, in Spider-Man 2
* Monty Hall, host of Let's Make a Deal
* Joshua Henry, in The Scottsboro Boys
* Tom Jackson, on Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Gerald MacIntosh Johnston, in Little Friend
* Richard Kahan, on Supernatural
* Ryan Kennedy, in Scream (1996)
* Terry Klassen, in Barbie
* Ken Kostick, on The Food Network
* Jack Kruschen, on Batman
* Jeremy Kushnier, actor
* Fletcher Markle, on Thriller
* Paul Maxwell, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
* Tom McCamus, on The Newsroom
* Glen Meadmore, friends with John Wayne Gacy
* Lee Montgomery, on The Million Dollar Duck
* Peter Mooney, on Camelot
* Bob Nolan, on Night Time in Nevada
* John Paizs, on The Kids in the Hall
* Ross Petty, in the X-Men film series
* Douglas Rain, in The Man Who Skied Down Everest
* Donnelly Rhodes, on The Golden Girls
* Kenny Robinson, friends with Russell Peters and Vince Carter
* Ron Rubin, Morph in X-Men
* Ted Rusoff, on After Death
* Aaron Schwartz, on The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
* Kerry Shale, on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 series)
* David Steinberg, actor, 5-time Emmy Award winner
* Robert Tinkler, on Cyberchase, Beyblade, and Sailor Moon
* Kristopher Turner, on Saving Hope
* Ryan Ward, on Son of the Sunshine
* Marshall Williams, on How to Build a Better Boy
* Ty Wood, in Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story

## Actresses

* Claire Adams, in The Big Valley
* Martha Burns, on Mad Ship
* Sarah Carter, on Smallville
* Ma-Anne Dionisio, in Les Misérables
* Heather Doerksen, in Pacific Rim
* Deanna Durbin, in For the Love of Mary
* Melissa Elias, in Tamara (2005)
* Ida Engel, on The Gong Show
* Dianne Heatherington, in Zero Patience
* Tina Keeper, in For Angela
* Mimi Kuzyk, in A Christmas Wedding
* Carla Lehmann, in Fame Is the Spur
* Nadia Litz, in The Mighty
* Mara Marini, on Black-ish
* Belinda Montgomery, in Tron: Legacy
* Libby Morris, on Not Quite Paradise
* Brooke Palsson, on Between
* Anna Paquin, in the X-Men film series and Phineas and Ferb
* Dorothy Patrick, was married to Lynn Patrick
* Shirley Patterson, on Batman serial
* Tracy Spiridakos, on Revolution
* Sonia Sui, in Toy Story 3
* Sara Thompson, in The 100
* Nia Vardalos, in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
* Gwynyth Walsh, in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Supernatural, season 1
* Catherine Wreford, on Wrestlemaniac

## Performers

* Shawn Farquhar, magician on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
* Amber Fleury, recording artist
* Deven Green, comedian
* Dean Gunnarson, magician
* Doug Henning, magician
* Ashley Leitão
* Keith Macpherson
* Luke McMaster
* David Steinberg, comedian
* Meaghan Waller, winner of Canada's Next Top Model
* Zack Werner, judge
* Brian Zembic, magician

## War heroes

* Leo Clarke, Victoria Cross winner
* 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

* David Bergen, novelist
* Di Brandt, poet
* Martha Brooks, writer
* Norman Cantor, writer, historian
* Solomon Cleaver, writer
* Patrick Friesen, poet
* Betty Gibson, author
* Erving Goffman, writer, sociologist
* Paul Hiebert, author
* Edna Mayne Hull, science fiction writer
* Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
* Margaret Laurence, novelist
* Jake MacDonald, novelist
* Mary MacLane, writer
* Bill Mason, author, filmmaker, environmentalist
* Marshall McLuhan, writer, media theorist
* Duncan Mercredi, poet
* Casey Plett, author
* David Robertson, author
* Gabrielle Roy, author
* Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist
* Joan Thomas, author
* Miriam Toews, author
* Andrew Unger, author
* A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer
* Katherena Vermette, writer
* Joshua Whitehead, author
* Armin Wiebe, writer
* Adele Wiseman, author
* George Woodcock, writer

### Cartoonists/characters

* George Freeman, artist for several comic books including Captain Canuck
* Eric Gurney, cartoonist for Disney
* Roy Peterson, editorial cartoonist
* Jon St. Ables, cartoonist
* James Simpkins, creator of Jasper the Bear
* Charles Thorson, creator of Bugs Bunny
* Colin Upton, cartoonist
* Winnie-the-Pooh, one of Disney's best-known characters, named for Winnipeg

## Journalists

* Ralph Allen
* Jeffrey Anderson, radio producer
* Ashleigh Banfield, TV host and ABC news reporter
* Rosemary Barton, broadcaster for The National
* Paul Boyd, reporter for Inside Edition
* Barry Broadfoot
* Bertram Brooker
* Cecily Brownstone
* Tyler Brûlé
* George Fisher Chipman
* Lisa R. Cohen, producer for the Oprah Winfrey Show
* John Wesley Dafoe
* Dawna Friesen, NBC correspondent
* Suzanne Goldenberg
* Kaj Hasselriis
* Ella Cora Hind
* Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
* Ben Metcalfe, former chairman of Greenpeace
* Don Newman, CBC broadcaster
* Scott Oake, sports broadcaster; father of Britain's Got Talent contestant Darcy Oake
* Catherine Seipp
* Linden Soles, CNN broadcaster
* Diana Swain, CBC broadcaster
* Brian Williams, sports broadcaster
* Larry Zolf

## Scientists, medical professionals, and teachers

* Reg Alcock, former President of the Treasury Board of Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet
* Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist, Governor General's Award winner
* Arthur Henry Reginald Buller F.R.S.C., FRS, mycologist
* Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland, former professors of philosophy, known for the school of eliminative materialism
* Jean Friesen, former Deputy Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of NDP Premier Gary Doer's cabinet
* Aniruddha M. Gole, IEEE Fellow
* Frank Hawthorne F.R.S.C., mineral sciences professor
* Guy Maddin, film director and former professor
* Teresa McDonell, nun, nurse and teacher
* Nathan Mendelsohn, professor of mathematics
* Jim Peebles, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
* Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, major founder of the Jewish Renewal movement
* Arthur Schafer, prominent ethicist, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
* Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
* Vaclav Smil, energy systems scientist and policy analyst
* Robert Thirsk, astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
* H. C. Wolfart, professor of linguistics

## Criminals

* Scott Bairstow, rapist
* Gerald Blanchard, robber
* John Martin Crawford, serial killer
* Larry Fisher, murderer and rapist
* Del Fontaine, boxer and murderer
* Ken Leishman, robber
* Benjamin Levin, sex offender
* Karl McKay, murderer
* Earle Nelson, serial killer
* Nicole Redhead, murderer

### Murder victims

* Tina Fontaine
* John Joseph Harper
* Helen Betty Osborne
* Jaylene Redhead
* Phoenix Sinclair

### Wrongfully convicted of murder

* James Driskell
* David Milgaard
* Thomas Sophonow

## Politicians

This list mainly includes those people from Manitoba who had political careers outside of Manitoba, but also includes especially-notable people who had political careers within Manitoba (as presumably most Manitoba politicians are from Manitoba).
* Douglas R. Archer, former mayor of Regina
* Niki Ashton
* Candice Bergen
* Rana Bokhari
* Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Premier of Manitoba, longest-serving Manitoba MLA
* Maria Chaput
* Marlene Cowling
* Thomas Crerar, Member of Parliament, Senator, leader of the Progressive Party, first politician appointed Companion of the Order of Canada
* Shari Decter Hirst
* Bev Desjarlais
* Ruby Dhalla, Member of Parliament in Ontario
* Dorothy Dobbie
* Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
* Ronald Duhamel, Veterans Affairs minister in the Jean Chrétien government
* Elijah Harper, Native leader, Manitoba MLA
* John Harvard, Member of Parliament, CBC broadcaster, Manitoba lieutenant governor
* S. I. Hayakawa, United States senator
* 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 and son of Canada's first prime minister (John A. Macdonald)
* Grant MacEwan, former mayor of Calgary
* John Stewart McDiarmid, Manitoba lieutenant governor
* Gerry McGeer, former mayor of Vancouver
* 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
* Darrell Pasloski, Premier of Yukon
* Jack Pickersgill, former MP representing Newfoundland
* 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
* Daniel Vandal
* Larissa Waters, Australian senator
* J. S. Woodsworth, Member of Parliament, first leader of CCF

## Notable families

* Asper family – Izzy Asper, founder of Global Television Network
** David Asper
** Gail Asper
** Leonard Asper
* Black family – George Montegu Black Sr., businessman
** Conrad Black, newspaper publisher
** George Montegu Black II, 1950s president of Canadian Breweries
** David Culver, former CEO of Alcan (father's sister was the maternal grandmother of Conrad Black)
* Richardson family – James Richardson, businessman and founder of James Richardson & Sons
** James Armstrong Richardson Sr., businessman, grandson of James Richardson
*** James Armstrong Richardson II, businessman and politician, for whom the Winnipeg airport was named
*** Agnes Benidickson (raised in Winnipeg), first female chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario
*** William Moore Benidickson, Dauphin-born Member of Parliament for Kenora—Rainy River, husband of Agnes Benidickson
*** Kathleen M. Richardson, philanthropist

## Other notable people

* David Reimer, man raised as a girl who became a famous case in sexology