Namesakes
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 medicine
(medicine) Torsten Wiesel (middle name 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
(bronze/silver) Nils Engdahl 1920; 1924 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(silver) Nils Skoglund 1920 diving - plain high
(silver) Gunnar Lindström (a.k.a. Nils) 1924 javelin throw
(bronze) Gustaf Jansson (middle name 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