Ojibwe - Notable Ojibwe People

Notable Ojibwe People

• Ah-shah-way-gee-she-go-qua (Aazhawigiizhigokwe, Hanging Cloud), woman warrior
• David Wayne "Famous Dave" Anderson (Business Entrepreneur)
• Arron Asham (Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins)
• Dennis Banks (Political Activist)
• James Bartleman (Diplomat, Author)
• Adam Beach (Actor, Writer)
• Carl Beam (Artist)
• Jason Behr (Actor)
• Clyde Bellecourt (White Earth Ojibwe), social activist
• Vernon Bellecourt (White Earth Ojibwe), social activist
• Chief Bender (Baseball player)
• Odell Borg (Native American flutist and flute maker)
• Benjamin Chee Chee (Artist)
• Henry Boucha (American former professional ice hockey player, United States Hockey Hall of Fame)
• Al Hunter (Poet and Writer)
• George Copway (Missionary and Writer)
• Eddy Cobiness (Artist)
• Kelly Church (Grand Traverse Band) basket weaver, painter, and birch bark biter
• Jim Denomie (Artist)
• Patrick DesJarlait, painter and graphic artist
• Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), author
• Phil Fontaine (Politician)
• William Gardner, one of the Untouchables
• Kraig Grady (Composer, Puppeteer)
• Gordon Henry Jr. (Writer)
• Virgil Hill (Boxer)
• Basil Johnston (Historian and Cultural Essayist)
• Peter Jones (Missionary and Writer)
• Ke-che-waish-ke (Gichi-Weshkiinh, Buffalo) (Chief)
• Maude Kegg (Author, Cultural Embassidor)
• Winona LaDuke (Activist and Writer)
• Carole LaFavor (Writer)
• Chief Little Bear (Chief)
• Joe Lumsden (Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians), tribal chairman
• Loma Lyns (Singer, Songwriter)
• Cody McCormick (Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche)
• Medweganoonind, Chief
• Rod Michano (AIDS Activist/Educator)
• George Morrison (Artist)
• Norval Morrisseau, artist and founder of the Woodlands style of painting
• Ted Nolan (Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach, Jack Adams Award winner)
• Jordan Nolan (Canadian professional ice hockey player, son of Ted Nolan, 2012 Stanley Cup champion)
• Jim Northrup (Columnist)
• O-zaw-wen-dib (Ozaawindib, Yellow Head), woman warrior, guide
• Francis Pegahmagabow, warrior
• Leonard Peltier, political activist, prisoner, author, artist
• Mel Pervais (Entrepreneur)
• Tommy Prince (Soldier)
• Chief Rocky Boy (Chief)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer, songwriter
• Keith Secola, rock and blues Singer
• Chris Simon (Canadian professional ice hockey player, Stanley Cup winner w/ 1996 Colorado Avalanche)
• John Smith, Gaa-binagwiiyaas, chief, reported to have lived 137 years
• Albert Smoke, long-distance runner
• Drew Hayden Taylor (Playwright, Author and Journalist)
• Roy Thomas, artist
• David Treuer, author
• E. Donald Two-Rivers (Poet, Playwright)
• Alfred Michael "Chief" Venne (Athletic manager and coach)
• Gerald Vizenor, author and educator
• Wawatam, Chief
• Waabaanakwad (White Cloud), Chief
• William Whipple Warren, first historian of the Ojibwe people, territorial legislator
• Jennifer Redsky-Ross, ( Canadian Talent Agent)