List of Famous people born in Manitoba, Canada

Michael Cohen

First Name Michael
Last Name Cohen
Born on November 22, 1975 (age 48)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Michael Dwayne Cohen is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Schwoz Schwartz in Henry Danger and its spinoffs, The Adventures of Kid Danger and Danger Force.

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Louis Slotin

First Name Louis
Last Name Slotin
Born on December 1, 1910
Died on May 30, 1946 (aged 35)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Louis Alexander Slotin was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. He was born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba. After earning both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba, Slotin attended King's College London, where he obtained his doctorate in physical chemistry in 1936. Afterwards, he joined the University of Chicago as a research associate to help design a cyclotron. In 1942, he was invited to participate in the Manhattan Project.

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Keri-Lynn Wilson

First Name Keri-Lynn
Born on May 17, 1967 (age 56)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Keri-Lynn Wilson is a Canadian conductor of operatic and symphonic repertoire.

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Kaitlyn Lawes

First Name Kaitlyn
Born on December 16, 1988 (age 35)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes is a Canadian curler. Lawes plays third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to go through the Olympics undefeated and the first Manitoba based curling team to win at the Olympics. Lawes curled with John Morris in the mixed doubles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they won gold. This win made her and Morris the first Canadian curlers to win two Olympic gold medals, and Lawes was the first to win gold in two consecutive Olympics.

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Deanna Durbin

First Name Deanna
Born on December 4, 1921
Died on April 17, 2013 (aged 91)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 161 cm | 5'3

Edna Mae Durbin, known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, who later settled in France. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. With the technical skill and vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano, she performed many styles from popular standards to operatic arias.

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Barry Trotz

First Name Barry
Last Name Trotz
Born on July 15, 1962 (age 61)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Barry Trotz is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is also the former head coach of the Nashville Predators and the Washington Capitals. As an NHL coach, he is fourth all-time in wins, only behind Scotty Bowman, Joel Quenneville, and Ken Hitchcock. He is often referred to by fans and players as "Trotzy" or the "Eggman".

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Jim Peebles

Phillip James Edwin Peebles
First Name Jim
Last Name Peebles
Born on April 25, 1935 (age 89)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Phillip James Edwin Peebles is a Canadian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and theoretical cosmologist who is currently the Albert Einstein Professor of Science, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He is widely regarded as one of the world's leading theoretical cosmologists in the period since 1970, with major theoretical contributions to primordial nucleosynthesis, dark matter, the cosmic microwave background, and structure formation.

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John Urschel

First Name John
Last Name Urschel
Born on June 24, 1991 (age 32)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 191 cm | 6'3

John Cameron Urschel is a Canadian-American mathematician and retired professional American football guard and center. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old.

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Brendan Leipsic

First Name Brendan
Born on May 19, 1994 (age 29)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Brendan Leipsic is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Leipsic was selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

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Dave Semenko

First Name Dave
Last Name Semenko
Born on July 12, 1957
Died on June 29, 2017 (aged 59)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

David John Semenko was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, scout and colour commentator. During his National Hockey League (NHL) career, Semenko played for the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers and Toronto Maple Leafs as an enforcer. During his tenure with Edmonton, he notably protected Wayne Gretzky as an "on-ice bodyguard" during Gretzky's early career. Semenko won two Stanley Cups with the Oilers in 1984 and 1985. He was also the last player to score a goal in the World Hockey Association (WHA) before it folded and merged with the NHL.

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