List of Famous people born in Gävleborg County, Sweden

Monica Kristina Ingeborg Törnell, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. After being discovered by Cornelis Vreeswijk 1971, she was a prominent singer in several genres, mainly folk and rock music, for over two decades. Together with Lasse Holm, she represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway. She is the mother of Tobias and Mattias Törnell.

Lars Johan Werle was a Swedish modernist composer.

Johan Isaac Westergren was a Swedish sprinter. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in the 60 m and 100 m events, but failed to reach the finals. He was also Chairperson of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association between November 1922 and November 1924, making him the first person on that position.

Per Johan Axel Åhlin is a Swedish artist and director of animated films. He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage, and for his own projects such as the feature film The Journey to Melonia.

Erik Acharius was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology." Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus.

Johan Olof Anders Söderberg is a Swedish film director and editor. He was considered part of the now terminated Swedish multimedia collective Lucky People Center.

General Olof Gerhard Thörnell was a Swedish Army officer. He was Sweden's first Supreme Commander from 8 December 1939 until 1944. Before 1939 that had been the role of the King.