Rural Municipality of Gimli - Notable People

Notable People

  • David Arnason: writer and English professor born in Gimli.
  • Leo Kristjanson: economist and president of the University of Saskatchewan from 1980 to 1989.
  • Gunnar Thorvaldson: Conservative senator, Senate of Canada.
  • John MacDonald: Canadian musician.
  • Vilhjálmur Stefánsson: ethnologist and explorer.
  • Eric Stefanson: retired Manitoba Progressive Conservative politician born in Gimli.
  • W. D. Valgardson: writer and professor.
  • George Johnson: physician and former minister of Education and Health in Manitoba.
  • Hans Wuthrich: curling ice technician.

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