49.8841° N, 97.1475° W
WINNIPEG
Most Famous People Born in Winnipeg, Canada
- Notable people
- 1,440
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- Median birth year
- 1947
- Most distinctive
- Curler 67.0×
A prairie city whose distinctive profession, at more than sixty times the global rate, is curler — no other city in the dataset comes close. Winnipeg's bench after that is hockey players at twenty times the global rate, with figure skaters, wrestlers, and songwriters filling out the shelves. Anna Paquin, Louis Riel, Deanna Durbin, Guy Maddin, and Terry Fox all belong to this bench; the 19th-century tail starts with the Métis leadership of the Red River Settlement.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Winnipeg during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Winnipeg Is Known For
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Hockey is Winnipeg's biggest profession — 25% of all notables (353).
Winnipeg over-indexes on curler — 67.0× the global rate.
Winnipeg under-produces writer — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Winnipeg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Louis Riel
1844 - 1885
Ambroise-Dydime Lépine
1840 - 1923
Sara Riel
1848 - 1883
Alexander Logan
1841 - 1894