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Winnipeg ranks 347th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gunma Prefecture, Wellington, and Dortmund. Memorable people born in Winnipeg include Jim Peebles, Louis Slotin, and Deanna Durbin. Memorable people who died in Winnipeg include Cyril Genik, Thomas Hicks, and David Reimer. Winnipeg has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many athletes, and politicians. Winnipeg is located in Canada.

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. As of 2021, Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it Canada's sixth-largest city and eighth-largest metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, Winnipeg was the birth place of 42 globally memorable people, including Jim Peebles, Louis Slotin, and Deanna Durbin. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Winnipeg including Cyril Genik, Thomas Hicks, and David Reimer.

People Born in Winnipeg

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People Deceased in Winnipeg

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Winnipeg were actors (10), athletes (9), hockey players (5), physicists (2), and composers (2),  while most who died were athletes (3), politicians (1), social activists (1), and soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Winnipeg, including Anna Paquin, Nia Vardalos, and Daniel Gillies. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Winnipeg, including Deanna Durbin, Anna Paquin, and Jack Kruschen.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in Winnipeg since 1700.