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Voting is over for the Greatest Manitoban. Please enjoy the profiles of the nominees.

You might need that information if you want to enter our contest to win a November getaway for two to see Manitoba's famous polar bears. Each day starting Aug. 6, we'll publish a clue to the identity of that day's Greatest Manitoban, working in reverse order beginning with No. 30 down to No. 6. Keep track of the clues and at the end of the month we'll ask you to submit your list of the remaining Top 5 Manitobans, in order. Get that list right, and you could win the Greatest Manitoban Polar Bear Adventure.

It's a trip for two by Calm Air to Churchill for three days and two nights staying at the Lazy Bear Lodge to see the polar bears.

We'll unveil the greatest Manitoban ever in September. Then watch for our book, The Greatest Manitobans, to be published later this fall.

Latest Nominees

  • Tommy Prince

    Uploaded: May 26th

    Nominated by: Rae Csversko

    Why Tommy Prince should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: War hero

    Manitoba dosage: 4.5

    Fast Facts: A descendant of another nominee, Chief ...

  • Elijah Harper

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: Linda

    Why Elijah Harper should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Politician, aboriginal leader, opponent of the Meech Lake ...

  • Harold Buchwald

    Uploaded: May 31st

    Nominated by: Gordon Crook

    Why Harold Buchwald should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Prominent lawyer, activist, volunteer

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Chief Peguis

    Uploaded: May 26th

    Nominated by: Buzz

    Why Chief Peguis should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Aboriginal leader, pioneer

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Steve Juba

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: RON HALAS

    Why Steve Juba should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Populist Winnipeg mayor

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Carol Shields

    Uploaded: May 26th

    Nominated by: john

    Why Carol Shields should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Author, Pulitzer Prize winner

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Gabrielle Roy

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: Real Sabourin

    Why Gabrielle Roy should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Author

    Manitoba dosage: 3

    Fast ...

  • Anne Ross

    Uploaded: June 11th

    Nominated by: Bonnie Carlson

    Why Anne Ross should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Nurse. administrator, social activist

    Manitoba dosage: 4

    Fast Facts: Head nurse and executive ...

  • Harry Lehotsky

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: Jon Phillips

    Why Harry Lehotsky should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Founder New Life Ministries, community activist

    Manitoba ...

  • Frank H. Gunston

    Uploaded: May 30th

    Nominated by: Elizabeth Desroches

    Why Frank H. Gunston should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Developed the first artificial knee

    Manitoba dosage: 5

    Fast Facts: Gunston had an engineering ...

  • Henry Friesen

    Uploaded: June 14th

    Nominated by: Paul Armstrong

    Why Henry Friesen should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Doctor, researcher, administrator

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Tom Jackson

    Uploaded: June 6th

    Nominated by: Paul Armstrong

    Why Tom Jackson should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Musician, actor, activist

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Cindy Klassen

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: Brian Abs

    Why Cindy Klassen should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Canada's most decorated Olympian, speedskater

    Manitoba ...

  • The Guess Who

    Uploaded: June 11th

    Nominated by: Paul Armstrong

    Why The Guess Who should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: First Canadian rock group to have a No. 1 hit in the U.S. (American Woman)

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • J.S. Woodsworth

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: David Churchill

    Why J.S. Woodsworth should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame:Politician, minister, author, community activist, advocate for the poor, immigrants and trade ...

  • Baldur Rosmund Stefansson

    Uploaded: May 17th

    Nominated by: David Jón Fuller

    Why Baldur Rosmund Stefansson should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Scientist, father of canola

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Dr. John Bowman

    Uploaded: May 28th

    Nominated by: Donna Champagne

    Why Dr. John Bowman should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Developed WinRho SD, a vaccine that saves the lives of newborns (See also Dr. Bruce ...

  • Tommy Douglas

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: Darren Zamkotowich

    Why Tommy Douglas should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Considered to be Canada's Father of Medicare

    Manitoba ...

  • Louis Slotin

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: harry

    Why Louis Slotin should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Nuclear physicist on Manhattan project, gave life to save others in nuclear ...

  • Randall Moffat

    Uploaded: May 29th

    Nominated by: Richard Woroniak

    Why Randall Moffat should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Media mogul, philanthropist

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Lord Selkirk

    Uploaded: May 30th

    Nominated by: Charles Thompson

    Why Lord Selkirk should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Colonizer, author

    Manitoba dosage: 2

    Fast Facts: Selkirk is widely credited with helping to ...

  • Louis Riel

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: Matthew

    Why Louis Riel should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Founder of Manitoba, Metis leader, executed by federal government for ...

  • Naranjan Dhalla

    Uploaded: June 6th

    Nominated by: Paul Armstrong

    Why Naranjan Dhalla should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: World-renowned pioneer in cardiovascular research

    Manitoba ...

  • Israel Asper

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: Jan Maydan

    Why Israel Asper should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Media mogul, philanthropist, politician

    Manitoba Dosage*: ...

  • Frank L. Skinner

    Uploaded: June 13th

    Nominated by: Paul Armstrong

    Why Frank L. Skinner should be a Great Manitoban:

    Manitoba dosage: 4.5

    Fast Facts: A self-taught horticulturalist, Skinner is credited with developing hundreds of ...

  • Margaret Laurence

    Uploaded: May 21st

    Nominated by: Alex Paul

    Why Margaret Laurence should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Author, social activist

    Manitoba ...

  • Gail Asper

    Uploaded: May 26th

    Nominated by: Hannah Taylor

    Why Gail Asper should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Philanthropist, driving force behind a Winnipeg location for the Canadian Museum for Human ...

  • James A. Richardson

    Uploaded: June 5th

    Nominated by: Roger Yost

    Why James A. Richardson should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Business leader, aviator, grain baron

    Manitoba dosage: 4

    Fast Facts: James Armstrong Richardson ...

  • Kathleen Richardson

    Uploaded: May 29th

    Nominated by: John A. Myers

    Why Kathleen Richardson should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Philanthropist

    Manitoba dosage: 5

    Fast ...

  • Alan Ronald

    Uploaded: May 28th

    Nominated by: Greg Wood

    Why Alan Ronald should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Doctor, educator, researcher

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Guy Maddin

    Uploaded: June 15th

    Nominated by: Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson

    Why Guy Maddin should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Screenwriter, director

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Nellie McClung

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: Cheryl

    Why Nellie McClung should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Politician, author, feminist, social activist

    Manitoba ...

  • Ed Schreyer

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: Steve Ashton

    Why Ed Schreyer should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Manitoba premier, Governor General

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Dr. Bruce Chown

    Uploaded: June 6th

    Nominated by: Yvonne Cantin

    Why Dr. Bruce Chown should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Developed WinRho SD, a vaccine that saves the lives of newborns (See also Dr. Alan Bowman)

    Manitoba ...

  • John Wesley Dafoe

    Uploaded: June 9th

    Nominated by: Paul Armstrong

    Why John Wesley Dafoe should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Newspaper editor

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • E. Cora Hind

    Uploaded: June 10th

    Nominated by: Paul Armstrong

    Why E. Cora Hind should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Agricultural expert, newspaper pioneer

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Stanley Knowles

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: Dan Doyle

    Why Stanley Knowles should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Politician, social activist

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Etienne Gaboury (Architect)

    Uploaded: June 6th

    Nominated by: Gordon Warren

    Why Etienne Gaboury (Architect) should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Architect

    Manitoba dosage: 4

    Fast ...

  • Leo Mol

    Uploaded: June 1st

    Nominated by: margie

    Why Leo Mol should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Sculptor, artist

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • John Hirsch

    Uploaded: May 29th

    Nominated by: Adam Bronstone

    Why John Hirsch should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Founder, Manitoba Theatre Centre

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Marshall McLuhan

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: David Churchill

    Why Marshall McLuhan should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Educator, philosopher, communications theorist

    Manitoba ...

  • Fred Penner

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: Allison Reid

    Why Fred Penner should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Children's entertainer

    Manitoba dosage: ...

  • Big Bear

    Uploaded: June 6th

    Nominated by: jessica perry

    Why Big Bear should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Aboriginal leader, pioneer, negotiator

    Manitoba dosage: 2

    Fast Facts: Chief of the Plains Cree ...

  • Phil Fontaine

    Uploaded: June 7th

    Nominated by: Richard Little

    Why Phil Fontaine should be a Great Manitoban:

    Manitoba dosage: 4

    Fast Facts: First elected to public office as chief of ...

  • Duff Roblin

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: G. Morriss

    Why Duff Roblin should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Manitoba premier, driving force behind the construction of the Red River ...

  • Lloyd Axworthy

    Uploaded: May 24th

    Nominated by: Richard Little

    Why Lloyd Axworthy should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Politician, foreign affairs minister, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, university ...

  • Terry Fox

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: Emilie Dorge

    Why Terry Fox should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Ran the Marathon of Hope in support of cancer research

    Manitoba ...

  • Tom Lamb

    Uploaded: June 2nd

    Nominated by: Pauline Braun

    Why Tom Lamb should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Aviator, northern pioneer

    Manitoba dosage: 4

    Fast Facts: Patriarch of the Lamb family which ...

  • Sir William Stephenson

    Uploaded: May 25th

    Nominated by: David J. Danyluk

    Why Sir William Stephenson should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: War hero, spymaster, inspiration for James Bond

    Manitoba ...

  • Arnold Spohr

    Uploaded: June 11th

    Nominated by: Ronald Robinson

    Why Arnold Spohr should be a Great Manitoban:

    Claim to fame: Ballet dancer, choreographer and artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg ...

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