List of Famous people born in Manitoba, Canada
Arlene Sarner
Peter Mooney
Peter Mooney is a Canadian actor, known for his role as Officer Nick Collins on the police drama series Rookie Blue and for playing Sir Kay on the historical fantasy series Camelot.
Judy Devlin
Judy Devlin is a former badminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era.
Dale Weise
Dale Kenton Weise is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 111th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.
Irv Robbins
Irvine Robbins was a Canadian-born American businessman. He co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1945 with his partner and brother-in-law Burt Baskin.
Geills Turner
Geills Turner is a Canadian businesswoman and the widow of John Turner, the 17th Prime Minister of Canada.
James Coyne
James Elliott Coyne, was the second Governor of the Bank of Canada, from 1955 to 1961, succeeding Graham Towers. During his time in office, he had a much-publicized debate with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, a debate often referred to as the "Coyne Affair", which led to his resignation and, eventually, to greater central-bank independence in Canada.
A. E. van Vogt
Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, notably Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentieth century, the genre's so-called Golden Age, and one of the most complex.The Science Fiction Writers of America named him their 14th Grand Master in 1995.
Loreena McKennitt
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, is a Canadian composer, harpist, accordionist, and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined and clear dramatic soprano vocals. She has sold more than 14 million records worldwide.
Ty Wood
Tyson Wood is a Canadian actor. He has had several roles including his role as Tim Cherry in the biographical television drama Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story and in the role of Billy Campbell in the horror film The Haunting in Connecticut.