List of Famous people born in Manitoba, Canada

Carl Baxter

First Name Carl
Last Name Baxter
Born on November 28, 1985 (age 40)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
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Harry Oliver

First Name Harry
Last Name Oliver
Died on June 16, 1985 (aged 15)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Harold "Pee-Wee" Oliver was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the Boston Bruins and New York Americans of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of the Tigers' 1924 WCHL championship and won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in 1929. Oliver played nearly 600 games in a professional career that spanned 16 seasons and scored 217 goals. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967.

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Gerald Drayson Adams

First Name Gerald
Last Name Adams
Born on June 25, 1900
Died on August 23, 1988 (aged 88)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Gerald Drayson Adams was a former business executive and literary agent when he began writing for films in the 1940s. The Oxford University-educated Adams specialized in action/adventure and western films. His films include Dead Reckoning (1947) starring Humphrey Bogart, The Big Steal (1949), Armored Car Robbery (1950), His Kind of Woman, The Black Sleep (1956), and Kissin' Cousins (1964), starring Elvis Presley, for which he received a WGA award nomination. Adams also wrote for television series, including the pivotal episodes "Hostage" and "Stampede" for Maverick (1957).

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Eric Gurney

First Name Eric
Last Name Gurney
Born on March 16, 1910
Died on January 1, 1992 (aged 81)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Eric Gurney (1910–1992) was a Canadian-American cartoonist and illustrator. He immigrated to the US in 1938 to work with Walt Disney Productions, where he was a story writer and a collaborator on several Disney films. Turning freelance in 1948, he did cartoon illustrations for magazines and advertising campaigns. Gurney is well known for his humorous illustrations in books for children and adults. He received the National Cartoonists Society Advertising and Illustration Award for 1961 and 1971 for his work.

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Claire Adams

First Name Claire
Last Name Adams
Died on September 25, 1978 (aged 8)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Claire Adams was a silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Canada, studied there and in England, and developed a movie career in Hollywood. She spent the second half of her life in Australia.

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Mimi Kuzyk

First Name Mimi
Last Name Kuzyk
Born on February 21, 1952 (age 74)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Mimi Kuzyk is a Canadian actress.

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Remi De Roo

First Name Remi
Last Name Roo
Born on February 24, 1924
Died on February 1, 2022 (aged 97)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Remi De Roo is a Canadian retired Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained a priest on June 8, 1950, and consecrated a bishop on December 14, 1962, he was the Bishop of Victoria until he retired on March 18, 1999. He was born in Swan Lake. This makes him Canada’s longest-serving Catholic bishop. As bishop he was notable for his advocacy of social justice, and the mismanagement of diocesan finances.

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Candice Bergen

First Name Candice
Born on September 28, 1964 (age 61)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Candice Marie Bergen is a Canadian politician who has been Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition since September 2020. Originally elected under the name Candice Hoeppner, Bergen has been Member of Parliament for Portage—Lisgar in Manitoba since 2008, winning reelection in 2011, 2015, and 2019. She was previously Minister of State for Social Development in the Harper Government and Opposition House Leader under Rona Ambrose and Andrew Scheer from 2016 until 2020.

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Ronald Sanders

First Name Ronald
Last Name Sanders
Born on June 20, 1945 (age 80)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Ronald Sanders is a Canadian film editor and television producer.

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Anita Neville

First Name Anita
Last Name Neville
Born on July 22, 1942 (age 83)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Anita Neville is a former Canadian politician. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal in the general election of 2000. She was re-elected in 2004, 2006 and 2008 before finally being defeated in 2011.

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