List of Bulgarians – Wikipedia

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This is a list of famous or notable Bulgarians throughout history.

Bulgarian monarchs[edit]

Performing arts[edit]

Directors[edit]

Actors[edit]

See also List of Bulgarian actors

Models[edit]

Dancers[edit]

Journalists[edit]

Television[edit]

Literature[edit]

Authors[edit]

Composers[edit]

See also List of Bulgarian composers

Singers and musicians[edit]

See also List of Bulgarian musicians and singers

Visual arts[edit]

Architects[edit]

Painters[edit]

Sculptors[edit]

Others[edit]

Business[edit]

Politicians[edit]

Revolutionaries[edit]

Voivodes[edit]

Academics[edit]

Stephan Angeloff, microbiologist
Krassimir Atanassov, mathematician
Angel Balevski, inventor
Petar Beron, educator
Veselin Beshevliev, classicist
Georgi Bliznakoff, chemist
Kiril Bratanov, biologist
Ljubomir Chakaloff, mathematician
George Chaldakov, vascular biologist
Stamen Grigorov, physician
Asen Hadjiolov, biologist
Anastas Ishirkov, human geographer
Christo Ivanov, organic chemist
Assen Jordanoff, airplane constructor
Rostislaw Kaischew, physical chemist
Ludmil Katzarkov, mathematician
Georgi Kitov, archaeologist
Boicho Kokinov, cognitive scientist
Georgi Lozanov, psychologist
Georgi Manev, physicist
Stefan Marinov, dissident physicist
Marco Mincoff, literary scholar
Georgi Nadjakov, physicist, discovered the external photoeffect
Nikola Obreshkov, mathematician
Dimiter Orahovats, physiologist
Dimitar Paskov, pharmacist and chemist
Angel Penchev, neurologist
Peter Petroff, prolific inventor
Ivan Atanassov Petrov, neurologist
Stefka Petrova, nutritionist
Dimitar Sasselov, astrophysicist
Blagovest Sendov, mathematician
Ivan Stranski, physical chemist, proposed the mechanism of Stranski-Krastanov growth
Elka Todorova, social psychologist
Evgeny Vatev, physicist, inventor
Asen Zlatarov, chemist
Vasil Zlatarski, historian

Economists[edit]

Philosophers[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Georgi Kostadinov, boxer, won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria
Daisy Lang, boxer, world champion in three different weight categories
Ivailo Marinov, boxer, won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, among others
Kubrat Pulev, boxer
Tervel Pulev, boxer
Svilen Rusinov, boxer

Chess[edit]

Volleyball[edit]

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Tennis[edit]

Other sports[edit]

Blagoy Blagoev, silver medalist in Olympic Games (1980) and all-time senior world record holder in snatch (195.5 kg, competing at 90 kg)
Nikolay Bukhalov, two Olympic and five world titles in canoeing
Albena Denkova, World Figure Skating Champion in ice dancing (pairs) (2006, 2007)
Vasil Etropolski (born 1959), Olympic and world champion sabre fencer
Georgi Georgiev, two world titles in Sambo (2003, 2006)
Maria Gigova, three rhythmic gymnastics world titles (1969, 1971, 1973), Guinness World Records
Mariya Grozdeva, sport shooter
Ivan Ivanov, Olympic weightlifter
Tanyu Kiryakov, pistol shooter
Dan Kolov, wrestler
Kaloyan Mahlyanov (Kotooshu), sumo wrestler
Maria Petrova, three rhythmic gymnastics world titles (1993, 1994, 1995), Guinness World Records
Hristo Prodanov, mountaineer
Evgeniya Radanova, speed skater and racing cyclist
Neshka Robeva, rhythmic gymnast
Alexander Rusev, wrestler, rower and powerlifter
Valentin Yordanov, two Olympic, seven world and seven European titles in wrestling
Yordan Yovchev, world champion and six-time Olympic gymnast

Theology[edit]

Cuisine[edit]

Criminals[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Saint Ivan of Rila (876–946), the patron saint of the Bulgarian people

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Saint John Kukuzel (1280–1360), composer, singer and reformer of the Orthodox Church music, known as the “Angel-voiced”
Panayot Hitov (1830–1918), revolutionary, hajduk and voivode, national hero of Bulgaria
Stefan Karadzha (1840–1868), revolutionary, voivode, national hero of Bulgaria
Vasil Levski (1837–1873), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria
Hristo Botev (1848–1876), revolutionary and poet, national hero of Bulgaria
Panayot Volov (1850–1876), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria
Ivan Vazov (1850–1921), considered as the best Bulgarian author of all time
Elin Pelin (1877–1949), considered as the best Bulgarian narrator
John Atanasoff (1903–1995), Bulgarian-American physicist, inventor of the computer

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^ “Even the famous leader of the Macedonian revolutionaries, Gotse Delchev, openly said that “We are Bulgarians” and addressed “the Slavs of Macedonia as ‘Bulgarians’ in an offhanded manner without seeming to indicate that such a designation was a point of contention”; See:The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World, Loring M. Danforth, Editor: Princeton University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-691-04356-6, p. 64.
^ “…Goce Delchev and the other leaders of the BMORK were aware of Serbian and Greek ambitions in Macedonia. More important, they were aware that neither Belgrade nor Athens could expect to obtain the whole of Macedonia and, unlike Bulgaria, looked forward to and urged partition of this land. Autonomy, then, was the best prophylactic against partition – a prophylactic that would preserve the Bulgarian character of Macedonia’s Christian population despite the separation from Bulgaria proper…” See: The Macedoine, (pp. 307-328 in of “The National Question in Yugoslavia. Origins, History, Politics” by Ivo Banac, Cornell University Press, 1984)

[1] “Even the famous leader of the Macedonian revolutionaries, Gotse Delchev, openly said that “We are Bulgarians” and addressed “the Slavs of Macedonia as ‘Bulgarians’ in an offhanded manner without seeming to indicate that such a designation was a point of contention”; See:The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World, Loring M. Danforth, Editor: Princeton University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-691-04356-6, p. 64.

[2] “…Goce Delchev and the other leaders of the BMORK were aware of Serbian and Greek ambitions in Macedonia. More important, they were aware that neither Belgrade nor Athens could expect to obtain the whole of Macedonia and, unlike Bulgaria, looked forward to and urged partition of this land. Autonomy, then, was the best prophylactic against partition – a prophylactic that would preserve the Bulgarian character of Macedonia’s Christian population despite the separation from Bulgaria proper…” See: The Macedoine, (pp. 307-328 in of “The National Question in Yugoslavia. Origins, History, Politics” by Ivo Banac, Cornell University Press, 1984)