List of Famous people born in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Anders Frisk is a Swedish insurance agent by trade and a former football referee. Frisk chose to go into early retirement from refereeing due to pressure from death threats made against him and his family. He is fluent in several languages including his native Swedish, English and German.

Björn Olof Johansson (born 10 September 1963) is a Swedish former cyclist. He won the bronze medal in the team time trial road race along with Jan Karlsson, Michel Lafis and Anders Jarl in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also rode at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Maria Leissner is a Swedish politician and former party leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party (1995–97). Between 2000 and 2004 she was Sweden's ambassador to Guatemala. In January 2007 she was appointed Ambassador-at-large for Democracy. In April 2012 she was appointed Secretary-General of Community of Democracies.

Sven Lennart Bergelin was a Swedish tennis player and coach. As a player, for AIK, Bergelin won nine Swedish championship singles titles between 1945 and 1955, and the French Open doubles title in 1948. Bergelin is best known for his work with Björn Borg, whom he trained between 1971 and 1983, helping him to win 11 Grand Slam tournaments. Bergelin also captained Sweden to its first Davis Cup title.

Anders (Andreas) Dahl was a Swedish botanist and student of Carl Linnaeus. The dahlia flower is named after him.

Evelyn Mok is a Swedish-born Chinese stand-up comedian and actress.

Ingrid Hanna Margareta Persson (1912–2000) was a Swedish priest. On Palm Sunday, 10 April 1960, she became one of the first three female priests in Sweden when she was ordained by Bishop Ruben Josefson in Härnösand Cathedral. The same day Margit Sahlin and Elisabeth Djurle were ordained in Stockholm.

Johan Andreas Hallén was a Swedish Romantic composer, conductor and music teacher, primarily known for his operas, which were heavily influenced by Richard Wagner’s music dramas. Hallén was born in Gothenburg and died in Stockholm, but the early years of his career and most of his education were in Germany. Like his Norwegian contemporary Edvard Grieg and many other composers the same generation, Hallén frequently evokes the folk music and folk stories of his home country in his compositions. According to the musicologist Axel Helmer, however, "The salient feature of his style [...], and the one which strongly affected contemporary reaction, is its close, almost derivative relationship to German music," especially Wagner. Around 1885, Hallén returned to Sweden and continued to conduct and compose, and in later years taught composition at the Stockholm Conservatory.

Justus Strid is a Danish figure skater. He is the 2012 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, a three-time Nordic silver medalist, and a seven-time Danish national champion.