Namesakes
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 medicine
(medicine) Torsten Wiesel (a.k.a. Nils) 1981 
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
1 actor
Booboo Stewart (a.k.a. Nils) 1994-
Notable Athletes:
2 soccer, 1 skating
(soccer) Gunnar Nordahl (a.k.a. Nils) 1921-1995
(soccer) Nils Liedholm 1922-2007
(skating) Nils van der Poel 1996-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (a.k.a. Nils) 1832-1901
Olympic Medalists:
5 silver, 3 bronze, 2 bronze/silver, 2 gold
(silver) Nils Frykberg 1912 3000 m team
(bronze/silver) Georg Åberg (a.k.a. Nils) 1912 long jump; triple jump
(bronze) Nils Sandström 1920 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Nils Backlund 1920 water polo
(silver) Nils Skoglund 1920 diving - plain high
(silver) Gunnar Lindström (a.k.a. Nils) 1924 javelin throw
(bronze/silver) Nils Engdahl 1920; 1924 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Gustaf Jansson (a.k.a. Nils) 1952 marathon
(silver) Nils Nilsson 1964 ice hockey
(silver) Nils Johansson 1964 ice hockey
(gold) Torgny Mogren (a.k.a. Nils) 1988 cross-country skiing
(gold) Nils Schumann 2000 800 m
Swedish Prime Ministers:
3 prime ministers
Nils Edén 1917-1920
Thorbjörn Fälldin (a.k.a. Nils) 1976-1978; 1979-1982
Carl Bildt (a.k.a. Nils) 1991-1994