List of people from Windsor, Ontario
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- Iain Baxter&, OCOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
, Governor General Award winning visual artist, forerunner of Canadian conceptual art. - Reno BertoiaReno BertoiaReno Peter Bertoia was an Italian-Canadian professional baseball player, playing infield for the Detroit Tigers , Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics ....
, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
(MLB) baseball player - Hank BiasattiHank BiasattiHenry Arcado Biasatti was a Canadian National Basketball Association player and a Major League Baseball first baseman...
, former MLB baseball player and National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball player - James BondyJames BondyJames Bondy is a Canadian entertainer, best known for his work as the human co-host of the children's show Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld, which airs on public television.-Background:...
, entertainer, star of the children's show Ribert and Robert's WonderworldRibert and Robert's WonderworldRibert and Robert's Wonderworld is a children's educational television series that is part animated, part live action. It was created by Mike DeVitto... - Bob BoughnerBob BoughnerRobert Boughner , nicknamed The Boogieman, is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman and was an assistant coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets for the 2010/11 season...
, former NHL hockey player, now head coach and part-owner of Ontario Hockey LeagueOntario Hockey LeagueThe Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
's Windsor Spitfires - Sean BurkeSean BurkeSean Burke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles...
, NHL hockey player - Seth Bullock, Sheriff, hardware store owner and U.S. Marshal famous for his tenure in Deadwood, SD.
- Jeff BurrowsJeff BurrowsJeffrey John Burrows is the drummer and percussionist for Canadian rock band Crash Karma, and formerly for The Tea Party....
, drummer of The Tea PartyThe Tea PartyThe Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
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- Stuart ChatwoodStuart ChatwoodStuart Chatwood, is a Canadian musician, best known as the bass guitar and keyboard player for the rock band The Tea Party. The Tea Party are known for fusing together musical styles of both the Eastern and Western worlds, in what they call "Moroccan roll"...
, bass player of The Tea Party/composer Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimePrince of Persia: The Sands of TimePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action-adventure computer and video game published by Ubisoft. It was released on November 21, 2003 and is a reboot of the landmark video game series Prince of Persia, created by Jordan Mechner in 1989.The Sands of Time, developed internally at... - Kenneth ChurchKenneth ChurchKenneth Church is a retired jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.In his early teens, Church began riding ponies and in 1946 got a job as an exercise rider at Old Woodbine Race Course in Toronto, Ontario. The following year, he was offered a chance to apprentice for future U.S...
, jockey, Windsor / Essex County Sports Hall of Fame inductee - Stubby Clapp, former MLB baseball player
- Dorothy CollinsDorothy CollinsDorothy Collins was a Canadian/American singer, actress, and recording artist. She was born Marjorie Chandler in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and adopted her stage name in her mid-teens.-Radio and TV:...
, singer, actress, and recording artist. - Joe Comartin, politician
- Dave CookeDave CookeDave Cooke is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was an NDP member of the provincial legislature from 1977 to 1997, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.-Early career:...
, politician, former Minister of EducationMinistry of Education (Ontario)The Ministry of Education is the agency of the Ontario government in the Canadian province of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary and secondary schools.This Ministry is responsible for... - Sharon CreelmanSharon CreelmanSharon Creelman is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned a total number of 139 caps during her years at the Women's Senior National Team, from 1982 to 1994....
, field hockey player - David CrollDavid CrollDavid Arnold Croll, PC, QC was a Canadian politician.-Early life:Croll was born in a shtetl in Russia's Pale of Settlement and was brought to Canada with his family as a young boy, at which point his name was anglicized...
, former mayor of Windsor, became the first Jewish person appointed to a federal or provincial cabinet in Canada
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- Scott D'AmoreScott D'AmoreScott Francis D'Amore is a Canadian professional wrestler, manager, promoter, booker and entrepreneur. He formerly managed Team Canada in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He was also the former head of the creative team...
, TNA Talent - Ken DaneykoKen DaneykoKenneth Stephen Daneyko is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman of Ukrainian origin who played his entire career with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, winning three Stanley Cup championships with the team. He has been affectionately nicknamed "Mr...
, former NHL hockey player - Andy DelmoreAndy DelmoreAndrew Delmore is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for Lørenskog IK of the Norwegian GET-ligaen. In his 283 NHL games, Delmore has recorded 43 goals and 58 assists, totalling 101 points...
, NHL hockey player - Johnny DevineJohnny DevineJohn Peter "J.P." Parsonage is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine...
, TNA Wrestler - Jesse DivnichJesse DivnichJesse Divnich is the Vice President of Analyst Services for Electronic Entertainment Design and Research .- Background :Divnich was born in LaSalle, Ontario, but currently resides in Carlsbad, California...
, Industry Personality & Analyst, Video Games (from LaSalle) - Tie DomiTie DomiTahir "Tie" Domi is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. During a sixteen-year NHL career when he was known for his role as an enforcer, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Winnipeg Jets....
, former NHL hockey player (from Belle River) - Dwight DuncanDwight DuncanDwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
, Finance Minister of OntarioMinistry of Finance (Ontario)The Ministry of Finance is a portfolio in the Executive Council of Ontario commonly known as the cabinet. The Finance Minister is responsible for managing the fiscal, financial and related regulatory affairs of the Canadian province of Ontario...
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- Christine FellowsChristine FellowsChristine Fellows is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.-History:Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal before settling in Winnipeg in 1992.In 1993, she formed her first group,...
, musician - Ron FellowsRon FellowsRon Fellows is an accomplished Canadian SCCA Trans-Am, IMSA, and American Le Mans Series driver, and a NASCAR Road course ringer.-Early career:...
, race car driver - Colm FeoreColm FeoreColm Feore is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life. The family subsequently moved to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up.After graduating...
, actor - John Ferguson Sr, former NHL player and executive
- Rayny ForsterRayny Forster-The Posers:Forster was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada where he fronted the thrash-punk outfit The Posers, a band who "single rejuvenated the punk rock scene – making it relevant to a whole new generation – as well as inspiring the city’s young thrash scene and giving birth to Windsor’s hardcore...
, founder of Moshpit Tragedy RecordsMoshpit Tragedy RecordsMoshpit Tragedy Records is an independent record label from Canada which releases punk, metal and some of their subgenres . In 2007, they became the first record label to abandon physical releases in favour of a fully "sliding-scale" or "pay-what-you-want" download model.- Origin :Moshpit Tragedy...
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- Marty GervaisMarty GervaisCharles Henry "Marty" Gervais is a Canadian poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press.Gervais has also published plays, children's books, non-fiction and, a book of photography, A Show of Hands: Boxing on the Border...
, poet and publisher - Barbara GowdyBarbara GowdyBarbara Gowdy, CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Born in Windsor, Ontario, she is the long-time partner of poet Christopher Dewdney and resides in Toronto.-Literary career:...
, novelist - Herb GrayHerb GrayHerbert Eser Gray, is a retired Canadian politician. He was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister, and is one of only a few Canadians ever granted the title The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.-Early life:Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Harry...
, former LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
Member of Parliament and former Deputy Prime Minister of CanadaDeputy Prime Minister of CanadaThe Deputy Prime Minister of Canada is an honorary position in the cabinet, conferred at the discretion of the prime minister. There is currently, , no deputy prime minister....
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- Blake HarperBlake HarperBlake Allen Harper is a current gay porn star. He has shot over 60 films....
, porn actor - Richie HawtinRichie HawtinRichard Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s...
, techno musician - Neil Hope, actor known for his roles in the Degrassi series.
- David H. HubelDavid H. HubelDavid Hunter Hubel is the John Franklin Enders Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was...
, research scientist and Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner - Garth HudsonGarth HudsonEric Garth Hudson is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist. As the organist, keyboardist and saxophonist for Canadian-American rock group The Band, he was a principal architect of the group's unique sound...
, organist and keyboardist for Canadian rock n roll group The Band.
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- Dan JancevskiDan JancevskiDan Jancevski is a Macedonian Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and captain of the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, NHL hockey player - Spider JonesSpider JonesCharles "Spider" Jones is an author, journalist and former boxer. He is a former three-time Golden Glove Champion and was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. Jones was once voted "Boxing Commentator and M.C...
, former boxer - Ed JovanovskiEd JovanovskiEdward Jovanovski is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman of Macedonian descent, an alternate captain for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League ....
, NHL hockey player
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- Jerry KauricJerry KauricJerry Kauric is a former placekicker who played in both the National Football League and Canadian Football League in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He played for the Cleveland Browns in 1990, and before that played for the Edmonton Eskimos and kicked the winning field goal for the Canadian Grey...
, former NFL and CFL football player - Rick KehoeRick KehoeRick Thomas Kehoe is a retired professional ice hockey player and coach, most notably for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.- Playing career :...
, former NHL player and coach - Tim KerrTim KerrTimothy E. Kerr is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers and Hartford Whalers.-Playing career:...
, former NHL hockey player - Malcolm KnightMalcolm KnightMalcolm D. Knight is a Canadian economist, currently serving as vice-chairman of Deutsche Bank.-Career:Malcolm Knight received an Honour BA in political science and economics from the University of Toronto and MSc and Ph.D degrees from the London School of EconomicsFrom 1971 to 75, Malcolm Knight...
, Vice Chairman of Deutsche BankDeutsche BankDeutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...
and former General Manager of the Bank for International SettlementsBank for International SettlementsThe Bank for International Settlements is an intergovernmental organization of central banks which "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks." It is not accountable to any national government... - Killer KowalskiKiller KowalskiWładek "Killer" Kowalski was a Canadian professional wrestler. Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career, including the NWA and WWF, and was a known heel wrestler...
, professional wrestler and trainer - Tomasz KucharzewskiTomasz KucharzewskiTomasz Kucharzewski was a Polish-Canadian martial artist. Kucharzewski initially gained fame while competitively fighting in Kyokushin kaikan and Shidōkan styles of karate...
(1968–2008), martial artist
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- Thomas LaSorda, CEO of Chrysler GroupChryslerChrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925....
- Mike LazaridisMike LazaridisMihalis "Mike" Lazaridis , OC, O.Ont is a Greek Canadian businessman. He is the founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion , which created and manufactures the BlackBerry wireless handheld device. He is also a former chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and an Officer of the Order of Canada...
, CEO of Research in MotionResearch In MotionResearch In Motion Limited or RIM is a Canadian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market...
, inventor of the BlackBerryBlackBerryBlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more... - Ken Lewenza, Sr.Ken Lewenza, Sr.Ken Lewenza, Sr. is the National President of the Canadian Auto Workers union, having been acclaimed at that organization's national convention on September 6, 2008. He was previously the president of the Canadian Auto Workers, Local 444 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada...
, head of the CAW, Canadian Auto Workers - Aaron LoweAaron LoweAaron Lowe is a Canadian ice dancer, competing with Megan Wing from 1986-2006.Lowe began in hockey at the age of seven and switched to figure skating when he was nine. He began skating with Megan Wing in 1986. They won six bronze medals and four silver medals at the Canadian Figure Skating...
and Megan WingMegan WingMegan Wing is a Canadian ice dancer.Wing began skating at the age of five and took up ice dancing at 14. She joined forces with Aaron Lowe in 1986. The duo captured six bronze medals and four silver medals at the Canadian National Championships and competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they...
, figure skating pair
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- Howard McCurdyHoward McCurdyHoward Douglas McCurdy is a retired Canadian politician and university professor.McCurdy studied at the University of Western Ontario, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and later at Assumption University, where he received a Bachelor of Science. He was awarded a Master of Science and a Ph.D...
, the New Democratic PartyNew Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
's first African-Canadian Member of Parliament - Eugene McNamaraEugene McNamaraEugene McNamara is a poet, author and teacher, and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario. He founded and edited the University of Windsor Review from 1965 to 1987....
, poet, novelist, University of Windsor English Professor Emeritus - Marco MarsanMarco MarsanMarco Marsan is an American author and innovation consultant. He wrote the novel The Lion's Way, and the non-fiction works: Who are you when Nobody's Looking and Think Naked: Childlike Brilliance in the Rough Adult World. He was named one of America's Top Out of the Box thinkers by the Mazda...
, author - Jeff MartinJeff Martin (Canadian musician)Jeffrey Scott Martin is a Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for fronting the rock band The Tea Party. Martin began his career as a solo artist in October 2005, when The Tea Party disbanded....
, former guitarist and lead vocalist of The Tea PartyThe Tea PartyThe Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records... - Matt MartinMatt Martin (ice hockey b. 1989)Matthew Martin is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ....
, NHL player for the New York Islanders - Paul MartinPaul MartinPaul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....
, LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
former Prime Minister of CanadaPrime Minister of CanadaThe Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution... - Paul Martin, Sr.Paul Joseph James MartinJoseph James Guillaume Paul Martin, PC, CC, QC , often referred to as Paul Martin, Sr, was a noted Canadian politician. He was the father of Paul Martin , who served as Prime Minister of Canada from 2003 - 2006.-Early life:Martin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lumina and Joseph...
, longtime federal cabinet ministerCabinet of CanadaThe Cabinet of Canada is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada...
and father of the former PM - Sheila MartinSheila MartinSheila Ann Martin née Cowan is the wife of Paul Martin, who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada from December 12, 2003 to February 6, 2006....
, wife of former Prime Minister Paul MartinPaul MartinPaul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.... - Medo MartinelloMedo MartinelloMedo Martinello is a former Professional box lacrosse player, coach, and ice hockey referee, born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada of Italian descent...
, former NLL lacrosse player, NLL & MILL lacrosse coach, IHL & NCAA hockey referee - Brian MasseBrian MasseBrian S. Masse is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2002, representing the riding of Windsor West as a member of the New Democratic Party....
, politician - Eddie MioEddie MioEdward Dario Mio was a professional ice hockey goaltender in the WHA and NHL. During his career, he played for the Indianapolis Racers, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Detroit Red Wings...
, former NHL hockey player
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- Mark ParéMark ParéMark Paré is a retired Canadian National Hockey League linesman, who wore uniform number 79. He retired from the NHL after the April 11, 2010 game between the Detroit Red Wings versus the Chicago Blackhawks....
, former NHL linesman - Richard PeddieRichard PeddieRichard A. Peddie is the President and CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment.Since taking over MLSE, he has tripled its value to over $1.5 billion...
, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment - Corey PetryschukCorey PetryschukCorey Petryschuk is a former American football player who played for the Milwaukee Iron of the Arena Football League. He was signed by the Milwaukee Iron as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at University of Windsor from 2005 and later for Wilfrid Laurier University in 2006...
, Arena League football player - Terry Pickford, award-winning TV writer, producer and editor
- Oliver PlattOliver PlattOliver James Platt is a Canadian-American actor. He is currently starring in the Showtime original series, The Big C with Laura Linney.-Early life:...
, television and film actor - Bob ProbertBob ProbertRobert Alan Probert was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. Probert played for the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks...
, former NHL hockey player - Sandra PupatelloSandra PupatelloSandra Pupatello was a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2011 as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party, serving as a Minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty....
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- Jody RaffoulJody RaffoulJody Raffoul is a Canadian singer/songwriter in the Detroit/Windsor Ontario metro area.From Leamington, Ontario, Raffoul has opened for artists such as Collective Soul, Kid Rock, Nickelback, Joe Cocker, Blues Traveler, Richard Marx, Counting Crows, The Allman Brothers Band, Uncle Kracker, John...
, singer - J. Paul ReddamJ. Paul ReddamJohn Paul Reddam B.A. M.A. Ph.D. is a former professor of philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles and a businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.Known by his middle name, J...
, academic, businessman, racehorse owner - Brett RombergBrett RombergBrett Christopher Romberg is an American football center for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Miami....
, NFL football player - Warren RychelWarren RychelWarren Stanley Rychel is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Left winger who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League. He is currently part-owner of the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League.-Career:...
fomer NHL player
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- Jack Scott, rockabillyRockabillyRockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
singer - Tyler ScottTyler ScottTyler Scott is a wide receiver in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos. He attended the University of Western Ontario as a geography major and intends to pursue teaching...
, (CFL) player Toronto Argonauts, former player Holy Names Knights - Kim ShawKim ShawKim Shaw is a Canadian-born American actress, best known for her role in the 2007 independent film Greetings from the Shore.Shaw was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, but moved to Miami, Florida and became an American citizen in 1998. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New...
, actress - Larry ShreveAbdullah the ButcherLawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time...
, National Wrestling AllianceNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
(NWA) professional wrestler known as Abdullah the ButcherAbdullah the ButcherLawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time... - Joe SiddallJoe SiddallJoseph Todd Siddall is a Major League Baseball catcher.-Career:Siddall was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1987. He played for the Expos, the Florida Marlins, and the Detroit Tigers. Over four seasons and 73 games, he hit a career .169 in 142 at-bats...
, former MLB baseball player - Jimmy SkinnerJimmy SkinnerJames Donald "Jimmy" Skinner was the Head Coach, Chief Scout and Farm Director, Director of Player Personnel, Director of Hockey Operations, Assistant General Manager, and General Manager for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.He is credited with starting the tradition of kissing...
, 1917-2007 former NHL hockey coach and executive - Alexander 'Skip' SpenceSkip SpenceAlexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born musician and singer-songwriter. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. He released one solo album, 1969's Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry...
, composer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Jefferson AirplaneJefferson AirplaneJefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....
, Moby GrapeMoby GrapeMoby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz together with rock and psychedelic music... - The Reverend J O L SpracklinJ O L SpracklinThe Reverend J O L Spracklin, a Methodist minister from Windsor, Ontario, noted for his involvement with Prohibition issues. Spracklin shot and killed a man who was engaged in the illicit liquor trade and was later acquitted of manslaughter.-Background:...
, Methodist minister who shot dead an illicit trader in alcohol in 1920, later tried and acquitted - John SwainsonJohn SwainsonJohn Burley Swainson was a politician from the US state of Michigan, as well as the 42nd Governor of Michigan....
, Governor of MichiganGovernor of MichiganThe Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the U.S. State of Michigan. The current Governor is Rick Snyder, a member of the Republican Party.-Gubernatorial elections and term of office:...
1961-1963 - Brad SmithBrad Smith (ice hockey)Bradley Allan Smith is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 242 regular-season and playoff games over nine National Hockey League seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, and Toronto Maple Leafs...
, former NHL hockey player 1978-1987 aka Motor City Smitty
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- TamiaTamiaTamia Hill , and known professionally as Tamia, is a four-time Grammy-nominated Canadian R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, model, entrepreneur and philanthropist, as well as an occasional actress.She is best known for her 2000 hit "Stranger In My House" and Fabolous' 2003...
, R&B singer - John Tucker, former NHL hockey player
- Shania TwainShania TwainShania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
, Country singer
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- Daniel VictorDaniel VictorDaniel Victor is a Canadian recording artist and producer who is most famous for his work in the collaboration of Neverending White Lights.-Early life:...
, singer, songwriter, producer of Neverending White LightsNeverending White LightsNeverending White Lights is a Canadian music collaboration project fronted by Daniel Victor from Windsor, Ontario, and featuring several artists mainly from Canada and the United States. Daniel Victor performs all musical instruments, with most of his songs featuring guest singers... - Christian VincentChristian VincentChristian Vincent is a Canadian-American professional dancer, choreographer, actor and model. His most visible role has been as Ricky Davis on the LOGO sitcom Noah's Arc, which chronicles the lives of four gay African-American friends in Los Angeles.Vincent has also appeared in the films She's All...
, actor, dancer, choreographer
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- Hiram WalkerHiram WalkerHiram Walker was an American grocer and distiller, and the eponym of the famous distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Walker was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in the mid-1830s...
- Aaron WardAaron Ward (hockey)Aaron Ward is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and current hockey analyst on TSN. He won the Stanley Cup three times.-Playing career:...
, NHL hockey player - Felix WattsFelix WattsFelix John Watts was an accomplished inventor with several U.S. patents granted for items such as motion picture projectors, vehicle ignition systems, light switches, locking mechanisms, etc.-Early years:...
, inventor - Kyle WellwoodKyle WellwoodKyle Wellwood is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who plays for the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL. He was originally selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs 134th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and played his first three seasons in the NHL with Toronto, before joining the Vancouver Canucks in...
, NHL hockey player - Solomon WhiteSolomon WhiteSolomon White was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Essex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1878 to 1886 and from 1890 to 1894 as a Conservative member....
- Ryan Wilson (ice hockey)Ryan Wilson (ice hockey)Ryan Wilson is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL.-Junior:Wilson first played Major junior hockey with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey League...
, NHL hockey player - Ron Wilson, NHL hockey coach
- Petey WilliamsPetey WilliamsPeter "Petey" Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. Williams Currently Wrestles for Lucha Libre USA...
, professional wrestler for TNA Wrestling - Jacqueline MacInnes WoodJacqueline MacInnes WoodJacqueline MacInnes Wood is a Canadian actress perhaps best known for her role as Steffy Forrester on the long-running American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She is also known for her role in the Disney XD television movie Skyrunners and appeared in Horror film Final Destination 5...
, actress.