List of people from Malmö

This is a list of people from Malmö, Sweden, filed by occupation and listed in alphabetical order by surname.

• Gunilla Florby (1943-2011), professor of English literature
• Bo Rothstein (born 1954), political science professor at the University of Gothenburg, and formerly at the University of Oxford

• Anita Ekberg (1931–2015), model and actress
• Sofia Helin (born 1972), actress, played Saga Norén on The Bridge
• Lukas Moodysson (born 1969), film director
• Eva Rydberg (born 1943), singer, actress, comedian, revue-artist and dancer
• Leif Thorsson (born 1945), jurist
• Jan Troell (born 1931), film director
• Bo Widerberg (1930–1997), film director

• Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963), sculptor, filmmaker, photographer
• Anna Friberger (born 1944), illustrator and set designer

• Caspar Bartholin (1585–1629), medical scholar
• Elina Berglund (born 1984), physicist

• Björn Afzelius (1947–1999), musician
• Hasse Andersson (born 1948), country singer and songwriter
• The Cardigans, since 1994, pop-rock-punk musical band
  • Nina Persson (born 1974), singer and lyricist, The Cardigans
• Adrian Erlandsson (born 1970), musician
• Håkan Hardenberger (born 1961), trumpet player
• Maja Ivarsson (born 1979), lead singer of The Sounds
• Jonny Jakobsen (born 1963), musician
• Arash Labaf (born 1977), singer
• Magnus Martensson (born 1966), musician and comedian
• Amplitude Problem (born 1974), birth name Juan Irming; Swedish-American musician and producer
• Promoe (born 1976), rapper and member of LoopTroop Rockers
• May Qwinten (born 1983), pop and rock singer
• Mats Söderlund (born 1969), singer, club manager, and model
• Timbuktu (born 1975), rapper and reggae artist
• Lilly Walleni (1875–1920), opera singer
• Svea Nordblad Welander (1898–1985), musician and composer
• Jacques Werup (1945–2016), poet, author, jazz musician

• Per Engdahl (1909–1994), pro-Nazi politician
• Per Gahrton (1943–2023), politician, Member of Parliament and Member of European Parliament
• Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946), politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (1932–1946)
• Mirjam Katzin (born 1986), politician, academic, and lawyer
• August Palm (1849–1922), politician, founder of the Swedish Social Democratic Party
• Ilan Sadé (born 1978), lawyer, debater, and politician

• Rasmus Andersson (born 1996), ice hockey player
• André Burakovsky (born 1995), NHL hockey player
• Robert Burakovsky (born 1966) former NHL hockey player, current hockey coach
• Anthony Elanga (born 2002), football player, currently representing Nottingham Forest in the Premier League and the Swedish National Football Team
• Gustav Freij (1922–1973), wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
• Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 1981), football player
• Ilir Latifi (born 1983), mixed martial arts fighter
• Pontus Jansson (born 1991), football player
• Kim Johnsson (born 1976), ice hockey player
• Fredrik Jonsson (born 1977), tennis player
• Yksel Osmanovski (born 1977), football player
• Mikael Pernfors (born 1963), tennis player
• Eric Persson (1898–1984), chairman of the football club Malmö FF
• Christian Wilhelmsson (born 1979), football player

• Luai Ahmed (born 1993), Yemen-born Swedish journalist and columnist
• Börje Dorch (1929–2004), draughtsman and writer
• Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961), poet, member of the Swedish Academy
• Björn Ranelid (born 1949), author

• Jonathan Conricus (born 1979), Swedish-Israeli IDF Lieutenant-Colonel (ret), IDF International Spokesperson
• Siavosh Derakhti (born 1991), social activist, and founder of Young People Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia
• Märta af Ekenstam (1880–1939), silversmith
• Frans Ekelund (1882–1965), architect.
• Beata Losman (born 1938), archivist
• Felix von Luckner (1881–1966), sailor
• Henrik Reuterdahl (1795–1870), Archbishop of Uppsala (1856–1870)
• Frans Suell (1744–1818), businessman who built the Malmö harbour