List of personalities from the city of Malmö
The following list contains the personalities born and temporarily living in Malmö , listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Malmo-born personalities
To 1900
- Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585–1629), polymath
- Carl Mörner af Morlanda (1658–1721), Field Marshal
- Alexander Roslin (1718–1793), painter
- Henric Schartau (1757–1825), pastor and preacher
- Henrik Reuterdahl (1795–1870), church historian and bishop
- Theodor von Wedderkop (1802–1887), lawyer and writer
- Gustaf Carleman (1821–1911), painter and photography pioneer
- Carl Möller (1857–1933), architect
- John Erik Kruse (1865–1914), art historian
- Albin Walter Norblad (1881–1960), politician
- Gustaf Malmström (1884–1970), wrestler
- Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946), politician
- Anders Ahlgren (1888–1976), wrestler
- Ernst Nilsson (1891–1971), wrestler
- Arvid Lindau (1892-1958), pathologist
- Göte Turesson (1892–1970), botanist and evolutionary biologist
- Carl Westergren (1895-1958), wrestler
- Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961), poet
- Baltzar von Platen (1898–1984), inventor
1901 to 1950
- Nils Västhagen (1906–1965), professor of business administration
- Birgit Åkesson (1908–2001), dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and dance researcher
- Nils Poppe (1908–2000), actor, director and theater director
- Gunnar Norrman (1912–2005), painter and graphic artist
- Sonja Sonnenfeld (1912–2010), actress and human rights activist
- Carsten Ström (1913–1995), artist, children's book author, graphic artist and ceramist
- Egon Svensson (1913-1995), wrestler
- Bertil Sjöberg (1914–1999), painter
- Ebbe Grimsland (1915–2015), violist, mandolin soloist and composer
- Ove Karlsson (1915–1982), football player
- Ove Andersson (1916–1983), football player
- Sixten Ehrling (1918–2005), conductor
- Siegfried Naumann (1919–2001), composer
- Ingvar Gärd (1921–2006), national soccer player and coach
- Erik Nilsson (1916–1995), football player
- Egon Jönsson (1921–2000), football player and coach
- Kjell Rosén (1921–1999), football player and official
- Lennart Strand (1921-2004), track and field athlete
- Brita Malmer (1925–2013), archaeologist
- Signe Persson-Melin (* 1925), designer
- Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927–2004), jewelry designer
- Karl-Erik Palmér (1929–2015), football player
- Bo Widerberg (1930–1997), film director, screenwriter and film editor
- Hans Alfredson (1931–2017), comedian, director, writer and actor
- Anita Ekberg (1931–2015), actress
- Jan Troell (* 1931), film director, cameraman, screenwriter and film editor
- Håkan Serner (1933–1984), actor
- Östen Warnerbring (1934–2006), singer and composer
- Leif Silbersky (* 1938), defense attorney and writer
- Ingvar Svahn (1938–2008), football player
- Herman Schmid (* 1939), sociologist, peace researcher and politician
- Lars Sjöström (* 1939), football player
- Ola Billgren (1940-2001), artist
- Carl Magnusson (* 1940), industrial designer, inventor and lecturer
- Ulf Hannerz (* 1942), professor of social anthropology
- Krister Kristensson (born 1942), football player
- Mona Seilitz (1943–2008), actress, voice actress and presenter
- Martin Lind (* 1944), Lutheran bishop
- Mats Ek (* 1945), dancer, choreographer and director
- Bertil Mårtensson (1945–2018), science fiction and crime writer and philosopher
- Mats Wahl (* 1945), writer
- Jacques Werup (1945–2016), musician, writer, poet, stage artist and screenwriter
- Kerstin Palm (* 1946), foil fencer
- Staffan Tapper (born 1948), football player
- Roy Andersson (born 1949), football player
- Ronnie Hellström (* 1949), soccer goalkeeper
- Roland Andersson (born 1950), football player
- Tore Cervin (born 1950), football player
1951 to 1975
- Gunnar Larsson (* 1951), swimmer
- Lars-Erik Skiöld (1952-2017), wrestler
- Jan Möller (* 1953), soccer player
- Eva Brunne (* 1954), bishop
- Per Nilsson (* 1954), writer
- Karl-Gustav Richter (* 1954), ice hockey player
- Ale Möller , multi-instrumentalist, folk and world musician and composer
- Dan Stråhed (* 1956), singer and songwriter
- Madleen Kane (* 1958), disco singer and former model
- Jan Henrik Swahn (* 1959), writer and translator
- Mats Olsson (* 1960), handball player and coach
- Robert Prytz (* 1960), football player
- Anders Bergcrantz (* 1961), jazz trumpeter
- Håkan Hardenberger (* 1961), trumpeter
- Stellan Brynell (* 1962), chess player
- Jonny Jakobsen (* 1963), Eurodance singer
- Jan Hedengård (* 1963), volleyball player
- Mikael Pernfors (* 1963), tennis player
- Maria Bengtsson (* 1964), badminton player
- Jonny Hector (* 1964), chess player
- Mikael Andersson (born 1966), ice hockey player
- Jonnie Fedel (* 1966), soccer player
- Malin Hartelius (* 1966), opera singer
- Roger Nordström (* 1966), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Roger Öhman (* 1967), ice hockey player
- Niklas Hede (* 1969), ice hockey player
- Lukas Moodysson (* 1969), writer and director
- Stefan Schwarz (* 1969), soccer player
- Martin Andreasson (* 1970), politician and author
- Pia Fridhill (* 1970), singer
- Tiger Hillarp Persson (* 1970), chess player
- Andrée Jeglertz (* 1972), soccer player
- Armand Krajnc (* 1973), boxer
- Lasse Lindh (* 1974), indie pop musician
- Johan Hellsten (* 1975), chess master
- Jesper Mattson (born 1975), ice hockey player
From 1976
- Daniel Cirera (* 1976), singer and composer
- Peter Häggström (* 1976), long jumper and sports journalist
- Kim Johnsson (born 1976), ice hockey player
- Daniel Majstorović (* 1977), football player
- Mattias Andersson (* 1978), handball goalkeeper
- Olof Persson (* 1978), football player
- Jimmy Björkstrand (* 1979), goalball player
- Dalibor Doder (* 1979), handball player
- Christian Wilhelmsson (* 1979), football player
- Matías Concha (* 1980), football player
- Kristian Haynes (* 1980), soccer player
- Anna-Karin Kammerling (* 1980), swimmer
- Jimmy Tamandi (* 1980), soccer player
- Zlatan Ibrahimović (* 1981), football player
- Andreas Vinciguerra (* 1981), tennis player
- Marcus Öberg (* 1982), Thai boxer and K-1 fighter
- Markus Rosenberg (* 1982), soccer player
- Betty Dittrich (* 1984), pop singer and songwriter
- Carl Söderberg (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Katarina Timglas (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Rasmus Bengtsson (* 1986), football player
- Nick Lindahl (* 1988), Swedish-Australian tennis player
- Julia Ragnarsson (* 1992), actress
- Valon Berisha (* 1993), Norwegian football player
- Leyla Güngör (* 1993), national soccer player
- Paweł Cibicki (* 1994), Swedish-Polish football player
- Rasmus Andersson (* 1996), ice hockey player
Well-known Malmo residents
- Jörgen Kock (1487–1556), Mayor of Malmö
- Hans Christensen Sthen (1544–1610), pastor at St. Petri (1583–1607), writer
- Mikael Wiehe (* 1946), musician
- Thomas von Scheele (* 1969), table tennis player
- Nina Persson (* 1974), musician
- The members of the band Royal Republic , an alternative rock band