Namesakes
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 medicine
(medicine) Torsten Wiesel (a.k.a. Nils) 1981 
Notable Actors and Actresses:
1 actor
Booboo Stewart (a.k.a. Nils) 1994-
Notable Athletes:
1 soccer
(soccer) Nils Liedholm 1922-2007
Olympic Medalists:
4 silver, 2 bronze, 2 gold, 1 bronze/silver
(silver) Nils Frykberg 1912 3000 m team
(bronze) Nils Sandström 1920 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Nils Backlund 1920 water polo
(silver) Nils Skoglund 1920 diving - plain high
(bronze/silver) Nils Engdahl 1920; 1924 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(silver) Nisse Nilsson (a.k.a. Nils) 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