#List of top 100 Swedish 2DRank historical figures #Ranking, Name, Birth country code, Birth country, Birth century, Gender,Language 1 August Strindberg SE Sweden 19 M SV 2 Astrid Lindgren SE Sweden 20 F SV 3 Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden SE Sweden 20 M SV 4 Bob Dylan US United_States 20 M EN 5 Carl Linnaeus SE Sweden 18 M SV 6 Elizabeth I of England UK United_Kingdom 16 F EN 7 John Lennon UK United_Kingdom 20 M EN 8 Michael Jackson US United_States 20 M EN 9 Evert Taube SE Sweden 19 M SV 10 Henry VIII of England UK United_Kingdom 15 M EN 11 Charles XII of Sweden SE Sweden 17 M SV 12 Jan Myrdal SE Sweden 20 M SV 13 Carl Jonas Love Almqvist SE Sweden 18 M SV 14 George Frideric Handel DE Germany 17 M DE 15 Ingmar Bergman SE Sweden 20 F SV 16 Jesus PS State_of_Palestine -1 M AR 17 Augustus IT Italy -1 M IT 18 Gustav I of Sweden SE Sweden 15 M SV 19 Povel Ramel SE Sweden 20 M SV 20 Madonna (entertainer) US United_States 20 F EN 21 Fridtjof Nansen NO Norway 19 M WR 22 Mahatma Gandhi IN India 19 M HI 23 Hans Alfredson SE Sweden 20 M SV 24 Carl Milles SE Sweden 19 M SV 25 Johan Olof Wallin SE Sweden 18 M SV 26 Karl Marx DE Germany 19 M DE 27 Nelson Mandela ZA South_Africa 20 M WR 28 Martin Luther DE Germany 15 M DE 29 John Rawls US United_States 20 M EN 30 Erik Gustaf Geijer SE Sweden 18 M SV 31 Stephen King US United_States 20 M EN 32 Cornelis Vreeswijk NL Netherlands 20 M NL 33 Franz Liszt AT Austria 19 M DE 34 Barack Obama US United_States 20 M EN 35 Gustaf V of Sweden SE Sweden 19 M SV 36 Vladimir Putin RU Russia 20 M RU 37 Hans Christian Andersen DK Denmark 19 M DA 38 Elvis Presley US United_States 20 M EN 39 Michael Schumacher DE Germany 20 M DE 40 Franz Schubert AT Austria 18 M DE 41 Steven Spielberg US United_States 20 M EN 42 Bruce Springsteen US United_States 20 M EN 43 Margaret Thatcher UK United_Kingdom 20 F EN 44 Carola Häggkvist SE Sweden 20 F SV 45 Nikola Tesla HR Croatia 19 M WR 46 Friedrich Nietzsche DE Germany 19 M DE 47 Thomas Aquinas IT Italy 13 M IT 48 Olof Palme SE Sweden 20 M SV 49 Queen Victoria UK United_Kingdom 19 F EN 50 Ludwig van Beethoven DE Germany 18 M DE 51 Magnus Uggla SE Sweden 20 M SV 52 Verner von Heidenstam SE Sweden 19 M SV 53 Yngve Larsson SE Sweden 19 M SV 54 Karl Gerhard SE Sweden 19 M SV 55 Edgar Allan Poe US United_States 19 M EN 56 Hjalmar Söderberg SE Sweden 19 M SV 57 Carl Larsson SE Sweden 19 M SV 58 Gustav III of Sweden SE Sweden 18 M SV 59 Jules Verne FR France 19 M FR 60 Per Anders Fogelström SE Sweden 20 M SV 61 Agatha Christie UK United_Kingdom 19 F EN 62 Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden SE Sweden 20 F SV 63 Johann Sebastian Bach DE Germany 17 M DE 64 Benny Andersson SE Sweden 20 M SV 65 Ulf Lundell SE Sweden 20 M SV 66 Tove Jansson FI Finland 20 F WR 67 Adolf Hitler AT Austria 19 M DE 68 Pope Benedict XVI DE Germany 20 M DE 69 Harry S. Truman US United_States 19 M EN 70 Jan Guillou SE Sweden 20 M SV 71 Charles II of England UK United_Kingdom 17 M EN 72 Eminem US United_States 20 M EN 73 Britney Spears US United_States 20 F EN 74 Moses EG Egypt -14 M AR 75 Artur Lundkvist SE Sweden 20 M SV 76 Igor Stravinsky RU Russia 19 M RU 77 Lars Winnerbäck SE Sweden 20 M SV 78 Clint Eastwood US United_States 20 M EN 79 Sven Hedin SE Sweden 19 M SV 80 J. R. R. Tolkien ZA South_Africa 19 M WR 81 Monica Zetterlund SE Sweden 20 F SV 82 William Thomas Calman UK United_Kingdom 19 M EN 83 Frank Zappa US United_States 20 M EN 84 David Bowie UK United_Kingdom 20 M EN 85 Alice Cooper US United_States 20 M EN 86 Paul McCartney UK United_Kingdom 20 M EN 87 Charles Darwin UK United_Kingdom 19 M EN 88 Ozzy Osbourne UK United_Kingdom 20 M EN 89 Lina Sandell SE Sweden 19 F SV 90 James VI and I UK United_Kingdom 16 M EN 91 Alfred Hitchcock UK United_Kingdom 19 M EN 92 Neil Young CA Canada 20 M EN 93 Charles XIV John of Sweden FR France 18 M FR 94 Jan Malmsjö SE Sweden 20 M SV 95 Joseph Stalin GE Georgia 19 M WR 96 Gustaf Fröding SE Sweden 19 M SV 97 Vilhelm Moberg SE Sweden 19 M SV 98 Cyrus the Great IR Iran -6 M FA 99 Vladimir Lenin RU Russia 19 M RU 100 Victor Sjöström SE Sweden 19 M SV