Notable Gotlanders
- Christopher Polhem (1661–1751), the father of Swedish mechanical physics, was born in Visby. He was also called the "Archimedes of the North".
- Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman lived on Fårö, the small island directly north of Gotland Island.
- Former ice hockey player in the NHL, Håkan Loob.
- Lennart Eriksson, also known as Fjodor, the former punk star from Ebba Grön, moved to Gotland soon after he left the band in 1982.
- Singer Susanne Alfvengren, famous in Sweden during the 1980s.
- Death metal band Grave hails from Visby.
- Cyclist Thomas Lövkvist is from Visby. He is occasionally referred to by his nickname Gotland.
- Singer/composer/musician Theresa Andersson, currently living/working in the U.S.
- Hjördis Petterson, actress
- Mats Karlsson, Pharmacometrician, First professor of pharmacometrics in the world
- Actress, Tove Edfeldt.
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