List of Famous people born in Manitoba, Canada
Osmond Borradaile
Osmond Hudson Borradaile, was a Canadian cameraman, cinematographer, and veteran of World War I and World War II.
Brent Fitz
Brent Fitz is a Canadian-American musician and multi-instrumentalist. In his career, he has worked with Slash, Myles Kennedy, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Union, Gene Simmons, The Guess Who, Brad Whitford from Aerosmith, Derek St. Holmes, Ronnie Montrose, Indigenous, Lamya, Streetheart, Harlequin, and Econoline Crush.
Hack Simpson
Harold Alfred "Hack" Simpson was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. He was born in Winnipeg. In 1932 he was a member of the Canadian ice hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played in five matches and scored six goals.
Tal Bachman
Talmage Charles Robert Bachman is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his late 1998 hit, "She's So High", a pop rock tune from his self-titled 1999 album that led to a BMI award.
Jack Kruschen
Jacob "Jack" Kruschen was a Canadian character actor who worked primarily in American film, television and radio. Kruschen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Dr. Dreyfuss in the 1960 comedy-drama The Apartment.
Ryan Kennedy
Ryan Kennedy is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his role "Travis Hollier" in the 2006 TV series Whistler and "Jake Harrow" in The CW 2010 TV series Hellcats. He also appeared in season 4 episode 5 of The Good Doctor in 2020.
Scott Bairstow
Scott Hamilton Bairstow is a Canadian former actor known for his roles as Newt Call on the syndicated western television drama Lonesome Dove: The Series and as Ned Grayson on the American television drama series Party of Five. He was born in Steinbach, Manitoba, to Douglas and Diane Bairstow, professional classical musicians.
Bahia Watson
Nancy Allan
Nancy Allan is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Greg Selinger.
Bob Nolan
Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the finest Western songwriters of all time. As an actor and singer he appeared in scores of Western films.