List of Bulgarians

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

Bulgarian monarchs[]

Performing arts[]

Directors[]

  • Stephen C. Apostolof
  • Christo Christov
  • Slatan Dudow
  • Georgi Djulgerov
  • Tonislav Hristov
  • Lyudmil Kirkov
  • Nikola Korabov
  • Nikola Kovachev
  • Vulo Radev
  • Petar B. Vasilev
  • Binka Zhelyazkova

Actors[]

See also List of Bulgarian actors
  • Zahari Baharov
  • Maria Bakalova
  • George Baker
  • Nikolay Binev
  • Stefan Danailov
  • Nina Dobrev
  • Yana Marinova
  • Itzhak Fintzi
  • Georgi Georgiev
  • Georgi Georgiev-Getz
  • Kiril Gospodinov
  • Stanislav Ianevski
  • Gloria Ivanova
  • Georgi Kaloyanchev
  • Apostol Karamitev
  • Nevena Kokanova
  • Todor Kolev
  • Victoria Koleva
  • Julian Kostov
  • Marius Kurkinski
  • Moni Moshonov (born 1951), Bulgarian-born Israeli actor and comedian
  • Stoyanka Mutafova
  • Lyubomir Neikov
  • Georgi Partsalev
  • Katya Paskaleva
  • Bashar Rahal
  • Hristo Shopov
  • Naum Shopov
  • Petar Slabakov
  • Kosta Tsonev
  • Grigor Vachkov

Models[]

Dancers[]

Journalists[]

Television[]

Literature[]

Main article: List of Bulgarian writers
See also: List of Bulgarian women writers

Authors[]

  • Elisaveta Bagryana
  • Petar Beron
  • Ran Bosilek
  • Assen Bossev
  • Hristo Botev
  • Elias Canetti
  • Dobri Chintulov
  • Chudomir
  • Clement of Ohrid
  • Constantine of Preslav
  • Atanas Dalchev
  • Dimcho Debelyanov
  • Alexenia Dimitrova
  • Dimitar Dimov
  • Vasil Drumev
  • Petya Dubarova
  • John Exarch
  • Dora Gabe
  • Nikolai Haitov
  • Paisiy Hilendarski
  • Chernorizetz Hrabar
  • Nikolai Hristozov
  • Angel Karaliychev
  • Lyuben Karavelov
  • Stefan Kisyov
  • Aleko Konstantinov
  • Miladinov Brothers
  • Aleksandra Monedzhikova
  • Grigor Parlichev
  • Elin Pelin
  • Ivailo Petrov
  • Valeri Petrov
  • Julian Popov
  • Maria Popova
  • Yordan Radichkov
  • Radoy Ralin
  • Kuzman Shapkarev
  • Pencho Slaveykov
  • Petko Slaveykov
  • Hristo Smirnenski
  • Emiliyan Stanev
  • Zahari Stoyanov
  • Anton Strashimirov
  • Stanislav Stratiev
  • Edvin Sugarev
  • Dimitar Talev
  • Tzvetan Todorov
  • Stefan Tzanev
  • Nikola Vaptsarov
  • Ivan Vazov
  • Pavel Vezhinov
  • Vladislav the Grammarian
  • Dobri Voinikov
  • Sofronii Vrachanski
  • Peyo Yavorov
  • Nedyalko Yordanov
  • Yordan Yovkov

Music[]

Composers[]

See also List of Bulgarian composers
  • Nikola Atanasov
  • Victor Chuchkov
  • Alexandra Fol
  • Marin Goleminov
  • Michail Goleminov
  • Dobri Hristov
  • Nikolay Kaufman
  • Nikolo Kotzev
  • Petar Krumov
  • John Kukuzelis
  • Filip Kutev
  • Kiril Lambov
  • Milcho Leviev
  • Emanuil Manolov
  • Georgi Minchev
  • Dimitar Nenov
  • Ivo Papasov
  • Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska
  • Stefan Popov
  • Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean
  • Petko Stainov
  • Dobrinka Tabakova
  • Ralitsa Tcholakova
  • Georgi Tutev
  • Stefan Valdobrev
  • Pancho Vladigerov

Singers and musicians[]

See also List of Bulgarian musicians and singers

Visual arts[]

Main article: List of Bulgarian artists

Architects[]

Main article: List of Bulgarian architects

Painters[]

Main article: List of Bulgarian painters
  • Angel Metodiev
  • Bencho Obreshkov
  • Boris Georgiev
  • Christo Yavashev – Christo
  • Chudomir
  • Dechko Uzunov
  • Dimitre Mehandjiysky
  • Ekaterina Savova-Nenova
  • George Papazov
  • Hristofor Zhefarovich
  • Ilia Beshkov
  • Ivan Markvichka
  • Ivan Nenov
  • Jules Pascin
  • Keratza Vissulceva
  • Konstantin Shtarkelov
  • Nikola Avramov
  • Nikola Marinov
  • Radi Nedelchev
  • Silvia Dimitrova
  • Vladimir Dimitrov - Maistora
  • Yaroslav Veshin
  • Yanko Tihov
  • Zahariy Zograf
  • Zlatyu Boyadzhiev

Sculptors[]

Others[]

  • Annie Ivanova, arts curator
  • Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, along with Jeanne-Claude
  • Peter Lazarov, graphic artist
  • Alex Maleev, cartoonist
  • Toma Tomov, graphic artist

Business[]

State[]

Politicians[]

  • Georgi Atanasov
  • Prince Alexander of Battenberg
  • Nikola Mushanov
  • Boyko Borisov
  • Todor Burmov
  • Teodor Teodorov
  • Filip Dimitrov
  • Georgi Dimitrov
  • Konstantin Dimitrov
  • Simeon Djankov
  • Kimon Georgiev
  • Reneta Indzhova
  • Vasil Kolarov
  • Ivan Kostov
  • Andrey Lukanov
  • Nadezhda Mihailova
  • Georgi Parvanov
  • Solomon Pasi
  • Vasil Radoslavov
  • Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
  • Aleksandar Stamboliyski
  • Stefan Stambolov
  • Aleksandar Malinov
  • Petar Stoyanov
  • Andrey Lyapchev
  • Zhan Videnov
  • Zhelyu Zhelev
  • Todor Zhivkov

Revolutionaries[]

  • Todor Aleksandrov
  • Georgi Benkovski
  • Dame Gruev
  • Gotse Delchev
  • Tsanko Dyustabanov
  • Hadzhi Dimitar
  • Panayot Hitov
  • Todor Kableshkov
  • Stefan Karadzha
  • Lyuben Karavelov
  • Vasil Levski
  • Georgi Obretenov
  • Nikola Karev
  • Nikola Obretenov
  • Tonka Obretenova
  • Gjorche Petrov
  • Yane Sandanski
  • Boris Sarafov
  • Georgi Sava Rakovski
  • Hristo Tatarchev
  • Filip Totyu
  • Panayot Volov
  • Stoyan Zaimov
  • Hristo Botev
  • Mara Buneva

Voivodes[]

  • Angel
  • Apostol Petkov
  • Chavdar
  • Ilyo
  • Indzhe
  • Karposh
  • Manush
  • Kapitan Petko Voyvoda

Academics[]

  • 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[]

  • Stoyan Alexandrov
  • Lyuben Berov
  • Martin Dimitrov
  • Simeon Djankov
  • Nikolay Nenovsky
  • Antoaneta Vassileva

Philosophers[]

  • Peter Deunov
  • Julia Kristeva
  • Isaac Passy
  • Tzvetan Todorov
  • Maria Todorova

Sports[]

Main article: List of Bulgarian sportspeople
See also: List of Olympic female gymnasts for Bulgaria

Athletics[]

Boxing[]

Chess[]

Volleyball[]

Football[]

Tennis[]

Other sports[]

Theology[]

Cuisine[]

  • Silvena Rowe
  • Ivan Zvezdev

Criminals[]

See also: Bulgarian mafia

Gallery[]

  • Saint Clement of Ohrid (840–916), often associated as the creator of the Cyrillic script

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

  • Tsar Ivan-Asen II (1191–1241), led the Second Bulgarian Empire to its largest territorial extent

  • 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

  • Georgi Benkovski (1843–1876), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria

  • Panayot Volov (1850–1876), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria

  • Todor Kableshkov (1851–1876), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria

  • Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897), writer created one of the most popular Bulgarian works

  • Metropolitan Nathanael Ohridski (1820–1906), revolutionary and organizer of the Kresna-Razlog Uprising

  • Gotse Delchev (1872–1903), revolutionary and leader of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees[1][2]

  • Ivan Vazov (1850–1921), considered as the best Bulgarian author of all time

  • Todor Aleksandrov (1881–1924), revolutionary and leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, national hero of Bulgaria

  • Vladimir Vazov (1868–1945), general and war hero

  • Elin Pelin (1877–1949), considered as the best Bulgarian narrator

  • John Atanasoff (1903–1995), Bulgarian-American physicist, inventor of the computer

  • Christo (left), wrapper of the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, the artwork called Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin counties in California and The Gates in New York City's Central Park

  • Kaloyan Mahlyanov, the only European sumo wrestler who is winner of the Emperor's Cup

  • Hristo Stoichkov, football player, 1994 FIFA World Cup top scorer and winner of the Golden Shoe and the Golden Ball

  • Veselin Topalov, 2005–2006 World Chess Champion

  • Dimitar Berbatov, football player

  • Ivet Lalova, 12th-fastest woman in the history of the 100 metres

  • Dilma Rousseff, Bulgarian-Brazilian politician and former President of Brazil

  • Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-American actress

See also[]

  • Bulgaria
  • Bulgarians
  • Bulgarian language

Notes[]

  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)
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