This is a list of notable people, who are from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.
Artists
- Marcel Dzama, artist
- Francis Hans Johnston, painter, Group of Seven member. 1888–1949, moved to Winnipeg in 1921 to accept the position of principal of the School of Art
- Joan Mitchell, painter, first wife of Alan Greenspan
Athletes
- Susan Auch, Olympic medal winner, speedskating
- Andy Bathgate, hockey player
- Dominique Bosshart, Olympic medal winner, taekwondo
- Cyril Coaffee, track and field, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
- Cathy Corino, professional wrestler
- Steve Corino, professional wrestler
- Jamie Cudmore, rugby player
- Randy Dutiaume, curler
- Mud Bruneteau, NHL hockey player
- Don Callis, professional wrestler
- Bob Chrystal, professional hockey player
- Johnny Devine, professional wrestler
- Terry Fox, cancer activist and national hero
- Chris Jericho, professional wrestler
- Todd MacCulloch, basketball player
- Rowdy Roddy Piper, professional wrestler
- Terry Sawchuk, NHL goalie
- Alexander Steen, current Toronto Maple Leaf, and son of Winnipeg Jet, Thomas Steen
Business Professionals
- Izzy Asper, media mogul and philanthropist
- Montegu Black, busines man, older brother of Conrad Black
- George Montegu Black II, business man, father of Conrad Black
- David Culver, business man, former CEO of Alcan
Journalists
- Ashleigh Banfield, TV actress, TV host
- Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace
Politicians
- Ruby Dhalla, MP fpr the Ontario riding of Brampton—Springdale
- Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare in Canada
- Ronald Duhamel, former Veterans Affairs minister in Jean Chretien government
Public Servants
- Gerald Smedley Andrews, land surveyor, Order of Canada recipient
- Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Sylvia Ostry, economist
Scientists
- Dr. Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk, Canadian astronaut, STS-78 shuttle mission
Singer, Songwriter, Musicians
- Randy Bachman, musician, (The Guess Who) & Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
- Burton Cummings, musician, (The Guess Who)
- Lenny Breau, jazz guitarist
- Tom Jackson, actor and musician
- Bif Naked, musician
- Bob Nolan, musician
- Fred Penner, children's entertainer, musician
- Brad Roberts, musician, Crash Test Dummies
- Aaron Funk, musician
- Ray St. Germain, musician
- Terry Jacks, singer
- Chantal Kreviazuk, musician & actress
- Gisele MacKenzie, singer
- John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, and former member of Winnipeg punk band Propagandhi (The Weakerthans)
- Remy Shand, musician
- Al Simmons, musician, children's entertainer
- Maiko Watson, musician, founding member of girl-group Sugar Jones, wife of Remy Shand
- Neil Young, musician
TV and Film Stars
- Cordell Barker, Oscar nominated animator The Cat Came Back
- Reginald Barker, Hollywood director
- Steve Braun, actor
- Len Cariou, actor
- Bill Cody, actor
- Richard Condie, Oscar nominated animator The Big Snit
- Dionisio, Ma-Anne, lead role of Kim in Miss Saigon in Toronto and in Sydney, Australia
- Deanna Durbin, actress
- Brendan Fehr, actor, star of the television series Roswell
- Ken Finkleman, director, writer and actor
- Joanna Gleason, actress
- Monty Hall, TV celebrity, television game show host
- Doug Henning, magician
- Mimi Kuzyk, tv actress
- Kyle McCulloch, actor, writer for South Park
- Guy Maddin, director
- Anna Paquin, actress
- Douglas Rain, actor
- David Steinberg, actor, comedian
- Nia Vardalos, actress and writer
- Catherine Wreford, stage actress, wife of Jeff Goldblum
War Heroes
- Leo Clarke, Victoria Cross winner in World War II
- Frank Pickersgill, SOE agent in World War II executed by the Nazis
- Sir William Stephenson (aka Intrepid), spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based
Writers
- Brenda Barrie, novelist and poet
- David Bergen, novelist
- Norman Cantor, writer, historian
- Solomon Cleaver, writer
- Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
- Mary MacLane, writer
- Gabrielle Roy, author
- Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist
- A. E. van Vogt, science fiction writer