List of Famous people born in Winnipeg, Canada

Nick Taylor

First Name Nick
Last Name Taylor
Born on April 17, 1988 (age 38)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Nick Taylor is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour where he has won twice.

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Tom Magee

First Name Tom
Last Name Magee
Born on July 1, 1958 (age 67)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Thomas Magee is a Canadian former world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was also a professional wrestler from 1985–1990.

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Ryan Reaves

First Name Ryan
Last Name Reaves
Born on January 20, 1987 (age 39)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Ryan Reaves is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Terry Sawchuk

Terrance Gordon Sawchuk
First Name Terry
Last Name Sawchuk
Born on December 28, 1929
Died on May 31, 1970 (aged 40)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers. He won the Calder Trophy, earned the Vezina Trophy in four different seasons, was a four-time Stanley Cup champion, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame the year after his final season, one of only ten players ever for whom the three year waiting period was waived.

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Daniel Gillies

First Name Daniel
Last Name Gillies
Born on March 14, 1976 (age 50)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Daniel Gillies is a Canadian-born New Zealander actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He played the role of Elijah Mikaelson on the television series The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, as well as Dr. Joel Goran on the Canadian series Saving Hope, a medical-themed show with a mystical, paranormal twist. He wrote and directed the 2012 film, Broken Kingdom.

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Donnelly Rhodes

First Name Donnelly
Last Name Rhodes
Died on January 8, 2018 (aged 48)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Donnelly Rhodes Henry was a Canadian character actor with many American television and film credits, probably best known to American audiences as the hapless escaped convict Dutch Leitner on the ABC soap opera spoof Soap and as Phillip Chancellor II on The Young and the Restless. Rhodes was well known to Canadian audiences as Sgt. Nick Raitt in the CBC TV series Sidestreet (1975–1978) and as Grant "Doc" Roberts in another CBC TV series called Danger Bay (1985–1990). He also starred as Doctor Cottle ("Doc") on the Sci Fi Channel television program Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009).

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Andrew Harris

First Name Andrew
Last Name Harris
Born on April 24, 1987 (age 39)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Andrew Harris is a professional Canadian football running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Harris is a two-time Grey Cup champion and was named the Most Valuable Canadian of the 99th Grey Cup following a BC Lions' win, and won both the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Canadian in his Blue Bombers' 107th Grey Cup win. He is a five-time CFL All-Star and a six-time CFL West All-Star. He played for the Lions for six seasons before joining the Blue Bombers in 2016 as a free agent. As a Bomber, he was named the 2017 Most Outstanding Canadian after leading the league in rushing and setting an all-time record for single-season receptions by a running back, he is the CFL leader in career rushing yards by a Canadian. He played junior football for the Vancouver Island Raiders of the Canadian Junior Football League.

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Patrick Sharp

First Name Patrick
Last Name Sharp
Born on December 27, 1981 (age 44)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Patrick Sharp is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks and Dallas Stars. After his retirement as a player, Sharp joined NBC Sports as an analyst.

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Douglas Rain

First Name Douglas
Last Name Rain
Born on March 13, 1928
Died on November 11, 2018 (aged 90)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Douglas James Rain was a Canadian actor and narrator. Though primarily a stage actor, he provided the voice of the HAL 9000 computer for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984).

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Marilyn Hall

First Name Marilyn
Born on May 17, 1927
Died on June 5, 2017 (aged 90)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Marilyn Hall was a Canadian television and theatre producer, as well as a television writer. She also wrote songs, a cookbook and book reviews. She supported many charities, including Jewish causes in the United States and Israel.

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