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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1920s with 184 notable births.
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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- Field: Wrestler Clear ×
Kenny Omega
Born 1983
Sarah Stock
Born 1979
Steve Corino
Born 1973
Allison Danger
Born 1977
Robert Evans (wrestler)
Born 1983
Don Callis
Born 1967
Chris Wilson
Born 1967
Tom Magee
Born 1958
Kerry Brown (wrestler)
1958 - 2009
David McKay (wrestler)
Born 1960
George Gordienko
1928 - 2002
Jennifer Ryz
Born 1973
David Hohl
Born 1966
Ricky Hunter
Born 1936
Al Tomko
1931 - 2009
Natasha Cramble
Born 1990
Fred Peloquin
Born 1939