List of Famous people born in Västmanland County, Sweden

Niklas Axelsson is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist. Axelsson finished sixth during the 1999 Giro d'Italia and third in the 2000 edition of Giro di Lombardia. He is banned from sports for life for doping.

Sven Pontus Kåmark is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Västerås SK, IFK Göteborg, Leicester City, and AIK, and won 57 caps for the Sweden national team. He was a part of the Sweden team that finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Jacob Ericksson is a Swedish actor, educated at Gothenburg Theatre Academy.

Joel Cedergren is a Swedish football manager and former player who manages GIF Sundsvall.

Torbjörn Anders Nilsson is a Swedish former football striker. He is considered to be one of the best Swedish footballers of all time, having won the Swedish championship twice and the UEFA Cup once with IFK Göteborg, where he spent most of his career. He also had a less successful spell in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven and a better one in Germany with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Georg Brandt was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt. He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times.

August Theodor Låstbom (1815–1845) was a Swedish historian.