List of Famous people born in Halland County, Sweden

Carl Christian Folin is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played for the Minnesota Wild, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson is a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.

Jörgen Persson is a Swedish table tennis player. In two memorable World Table Tennis Championships finals he faced fellow Swede Jan-Ove Waldner in 1989 and 1991, losing the former and winning the latter. He also won four World Championship titles in Team.

Stefan Selaković is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder and forward. He used to play as forward, but after 2006 was primarily used as a rightwing midfielder by IFK Göteborg. He previously played for SC Heerenveen, Halmstads BK and Varbergs GIF. He is a former Swedish international for which he played in 12 games and scored 4 goals.

Sten Bertil Ingemund Bengtsson was a Swedish Social democratic politician, and Speaker of the Riksdag from 1979 to 1988.

Peter Lindau is a retired Swedish football midfielder.

Axel Vilhelm Teodor Cadier was a Swedish wrestler. He competed in Greco-Roman events at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal, respectively.

Michael Amott is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, and Carnage, as well as a former member of the extreme metal band Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott. Some major influences in his music have been Tony Iommi, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Dave Mustaine.