Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg ({{coor dm |49|53|N|97|09|W|type:city(620000)_scale:300000_region:CA-MB}}, CST) is a Canadian city and the provincial capital of the province of Manitoba. Located in Western Canada, Winnipeg plays a prominent role in transportation, finance, manufacturing, agriculture and education. It is known as the Gateway to the West.

Famous Winnipegers

Born in Winnipeg

• Randy Bachman, musician, (The Guess Who) & Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
• Ashleigh Banfield, TV actress, TV host
• Cordell Barker, Oscar nominated animator The Cat Came Back
• Brenda Barrie, novelist and poet
• Burton Cummings, musician, (The Guess Who)
• Len Cariou, actor
• Bill Cody, actor
• Richard Condie, Oscar nominated animator The Big Snit
• Dionisio, Ma-Anne, lead role of Kim in Miss Saigon in Toronto and in Sydney, Australia
• Deanna Durbin, actress
• Marcel Dzama, artist
• Brendan Fehr, actor, star of the television series Roswell
• Ken Finkleman, director, writer and actor
• Terry Fox, cancer activist and national hero
• Aaron Funk, musician
• Joanna Gleason, actress
• Monty Hall, TV celebrity, television game show host
• Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
• Doug Henning, magician
• Terry Jacks, singer
• Chantal Kreviazuk, musician & actress
• Mimi Kuzyk, tv actress
• Kyle McCulloch, actor, writer for South Park
• Todd MacCulloch, basketball player
• Gisele MacKenzie, singer
• Mary MacLane, writer
• Guy Maddin, director
• Bob Nolan, musician
• Anna Paquin, actress
• Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician
• Frank Pickersgill, SOE agent in World War II executed by the Nazis
• Douglas Rain, actor
• Brad Roberts, musician, Crash Test Dummies
• Gabrielle Roy, author
• Ray St. Germain, musician
• John K. Samson, singer-songwriter (The Weakerthans)
• Terry Sawchuk, NHL goalie
• Remy Shand, musician
• Al Simmons, musician, children's entertainer
• David Steinberg, actor, comedian
• Sir William Stephenson (aka Intrepid), spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based
• Nia Vardalos, actress and writer
• Catherine Wreford, stage actress, wife of Jeff Goldblum

Winnipeg Bear

• Winnipeg Bear, the inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh. Winnipeg wasn't actually born in Winnipeg, but was purchased in White River, Ontario, by an officer of the Fort Garry Horse cavalry regiment en route to his embarkation point for the front lines of World War I. He named the bear after the regiment's home town.

Raised but not born in Winnipeg

• Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
• Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
• Chris Jericho, professional wrestler
• Rowdy Roddy Piper, professional wrestler
• A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer
• Neil Young, musician
• Bif Naked, musician
• Tom Jackson, actor and musician

Achieved fame while living in Winnipeg

• Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist
• Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist
• Francis Hans Johnston, painter, Group of Seven member. 1888?1949, moved to Winnipeg in 1921 to accept the position of principal of the School of Art

Neighbouring communities

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Rosser | West St. Paul | East St. Paul

Related Topics:
Rosser - West St. Paul - East St. Paul

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Headingley

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MacDonald - Ritchot

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