List of Famous people born in Skåne County, Sweden

Nils Gunnar Lorentz Nilsson was a Swedish heavyweight boxer who won a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics he turned professional and had a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws before retiring in 1956.

John Björn Sture Kjellman, is a Swedish actor and singer.

Johanna Magnusson is a Swedish badminton player. She won gold at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event with her partner Emma Karlsson.

Erdal Rakip is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Malmö FF as a midfielder.

Josefine Ridell is a Swedish singer that represented her country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus. Her song, "Allt jag vill ha" was written by Thomas G:son, Arash, Robert Uhlmann, and Johan Bejerholm. Allt jag vill ha was presented on 6 October 2010 and was released on 25 October 2010. The music video was presented 20 October 2010.

Petri Jukka Mikael Laurila, better known by his stage name Petri Nygård, is a Finnish rap artist. He is also known under alias Dream and as Travis Bicle.

Carl Adolph Agardh was a Swedish botanist specializing in algae, who was eventually appointed bishop of Karlstad.

Ernst Johannes Wigforss was a Swedish politician and linguist (dialectologist), mostly known as a prominent member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party and Swedish Minister of Finance. Wigforss became one of the main theoreticians in the development of the Swedish Social Democratic movement's revision of Marxism, from a revolutionary to a reformist organization. He was inspired and stood ideologically close to the ideas of the Fabian Society and guild socialism and inspired by people like R. H. Tawney, L.T. Hobhouse and J. A. Hobson. He made contributions in his early writings about industrial democracy and workers' self-management.