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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Bill Fraser (ice hockey)
1916 - 1997
John Mazur (ice hockey)
Born 1954
Chuck Lumsden
1932 - 2014
Joe Thorsteinson
1905 - 1948
Sonny Mignacca
Born 1974
Amby Moran
1896 - 1958
Joe Shack
1915 - 1987
Scott Macaulay
Born 1990
Dave Hrechkosy
1951 - 2012
Lorne Stamler
Born 1951
Billy Saunders
Born 1937
Tom Fowler (ice hockey)
1924 - 1994
Lex Hudson
Born 1955
Delayne Brian
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Elmer Piper
1906 - 1974
Dan Bourbonnais
Born 1962
Blair Stewart (ice hockey)
Born 1953
Anders Strome
Born 1981
Buck Grant (ice hockey)
1894 - 1982
Bruce Carmichael
Born 1934
Rick Newell
Born 1948
Frank Turnbull
Born 1954
Gordon Tumilson
Born 1951
Clarence Rost
1914 - 2008
Pete Kapusta
1924 - 2016
Tom Howard (ice hockey)
1871 - 1945
Elliot Chorley
Born 1931
Bill Benson (ice hockey)
1920 - 2012
Rene Trudell
1919 - 1984
Lee Davidson
Born 1968
Jim Seaborn
1890 - 1964
Hammy Baker
1893 - 1937
Abbie Newell
1897 - 1967
Stan Marples
1891 - 1928
Alex Nicholson (ice hockey)
1923 - 2009
Robin Richards
Born 1985
Jack Mann (ice hockey)
1919 - 1980
Les Strongman
1924 - 2019
Corey Beaulieu (hockey sur glace)
Born 1969
Jared Walker
Born 1986
Ab Collings
Born 1916
Scott Smith (field hockey)
Born 1972
Brennan Turner
Born 1986
Billy Bawlf
1881 - 1972
Ab Rogers
Born 1909
Lorne Nadeau
1925 - 1998
Ken Saunders
Born 1939
Don Bamburak
Born 1939
Billy Breen
1882 - 1927
Don Atamanchuk
Born 1938
Mallie Hughes
1921 - 1995
Bob Ballance
Born 1923
Norm Yellowlees
1912 - 1991