Notable Residents and Former Residents of Falun
- Ferdinand Boberg, architect
- Björn Dixgård, musician
- Mattias Ekström, racing driver
- Mattias Flink, mass murderer
- Maria Hjorth, golfer
- Fet-Mats Israelsson, "petrified" miner lost in the Falun mine for 42 years, subject of much literature. See below.
- Patrick Johansson, drummer
- Tomas Jonsson, ice hockey player
- Anders Kallur, ice hockey player
- Jenny Kallur, athlete, World Championships finalist 2005 in 100 m hurdles
- Susanna Kallur, athlete, World Record Holder 60 meter hurdles
- Lina Leandersson, actress
- Marcus Ljungqvist, road bicycle racer
- Thomas Quick, serial murderer
- Guledimus Prime, architect, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, and writer
- Ernst Rolf, actor and singer
- Sabaton, power metal band
- Georg Skarstedt, actor
- Walter Steiner, ski jumper
- Ulf Stenlund, tennis player
- Georg Stiernhielm, civil servant, linguist and poet
- Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh, palaeontologist
- Tallest Man on Earth, musician
- Lars Tures, food and wine expert
- Putte Wickman, jazz clarinetist
- In Mourning, progressive death metal band
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