List of Famous people born in Västerbotten County, Sweden

Anita Gradin is a Swedish politician and former Ambassador. She was the Minister with responsibility for immigrant and equality affairs at the Ministry of Labour in Sweden from 1982 to 1986. She was Minister with responsibility for foreign trade at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1991. From 1995 to 1999 she was a member of the European Commission responsible for Immigration, home affairs and justice; relations with the Ombudsman; Financial Control and Fraud prevention.

Karin Elisabet Gustafson is a retired Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She has won four World Championships, more World Championships than any other women's curler.

Erika Wagenius also known as Erika Norberg, Erika Malmsteen and Erika Evenlind is a singer, performer, and songwriter in the genres of pop rock, glam metal, and AOR.

Olov Sune Jonsson was a Swedish documentary photographer and writer.

Björn Ferry is a former Swedish biathlete and medal winning Olympian. He began competing internationally in World Cup competitions in 2001, but did not win his first international race until the 2007–2008 season. In 2007, he won gold in the mixed relay event at the Biathlon World Championships. The next year, at his third Winter Olympics appearance, he won the gold medal in the pursuit event. He started the event in 8th place as determined by the previous sprint event, but managed to overtake the race leader on the final lap.

Joakim "Jocke" Nyström is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won 13 singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked world No. 7. He was also ranked world No. 4 in doubles that same year.

Lars Fredrik Bergström is a male badminton player from Sweden.

Jenny Maria Karlsson is a Swedish badminton player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Karlsson who played in the women's and mixed doubles event, had won five titles at the Swedish National Championships, and also won the mixed doubles title at the Nordic Championships in 1999.

Lars-Olof Mikael Jansson is a Swedish politician who was Leader of the Sweden Democrats (SD) from 1995 to 2005. He served as defence spokesman for the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2018. Jansson is currently the Deputy Chairman of Alternative for Sweden.