List of Bulgarians

Famous or notable Bulgarians include:

Bulgarian monarchs

Performing arts

Directors

Actors and actresses

See also List of Bulgarian actors and actresses

George Baker
Nikolay Binev
Stefan Danailov
Nina Dobrev
Itzhak Fintzi
Georgi Georgiev
Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Kiril Gospodinov
Stanislav Ianevski
Gloria Ivanova
Georgi Kaloyanchev
Apostol Karamitev
Nevena Kokanova
Todor Kolev
Victoria Koleva
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
Kamen Vodenicharov

Dancers

Asen Gavrilov

Journalists

Television

TV hosts

TV News presenters

Ralitsa Vassileva

Showmen

Literature

Main article: List of Bulgarian writers

Authors

Theory of Literature

Marco Mincoff

Music

Composers

See also List of Bulgarian composers

*Georgi Andreev

Singers and musicians

See also List of Bulgarian musicians and singers

Visual arts

Photographers

Vladimir Krumov
Nacho Kamenov

Sculptors

Assen Botev
Ivan Minekov
Christo
Lyubomir Dalchev
Petar Koutzarov
Todor Todorov
Vezhdi Rashidov

Graphic artists

Painters

Main article: List of Bulgarian painters

Architects

Main article: List of Bulgarian architects

Victoria Angelova (1902–1947), Bulgaria's first woman architect
Milka Bliznakov
Andrey Damyanov
Kolyu Ficheto
Georgi Fingov
Naum Torbov

Cartoonists

Alex Maleev
Vlad Kolarov

Arts Curators

Annie Ivanova

Business

Businessmen

Igor Velikov
Emil Kyulev
Georgi Naydenov
Igor Parvanov
Iliya Pavlov
Kroum Pindoff

State

Politicians

Revolutionaries

Voivodes

Academicians

Scientists

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

Economists

Philosophers

Sports

Athletics

Stefka Kostadinova, World Record holder and 2 World Titles High Jump (1987, 1995)
Yordanka Donkova, World Record holder and 1 World Title Hurdling (1988)
Tereza Marinova
Petya Pendareva, sprinter
Iva Prandzheva
Rostislav Dimitrov, triple jumper

Boxing

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

Chess

Veselin Topalov, FIDE World Chess Champion (2005)
Antoaneta Stefanova, Women's World Chess Champion (2004)
Ivan Cheparinov, chess player
Silvio Danailov, manager

Volleyball

Football

See also List of Bulgarian footballers

Tennis

Other sports

Maria Gigova, 3 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Titles (1969, 1971, 1973), Guinness World Records
Maria Petrova, 3 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Titles (1993, 1994, 1995), Guinness World Records
Albena Denkova, World Figure Skating Champion Ice dancing (pairs) (2006, 2007)
Valentin Yordanov, 2 Olympic, 7 World and 7 European Titles Wrestling
Nikolay Bukhalov, 2 Olympic and 5 World Titles Canoeing
Georgi Georgiev, 2 World Titles Sambo (2003, 2006)
Mariya Grozdeva, sport shooter
Blagoy Blagoev, Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1980) and all-time senior world record holder in snatch (195.5 kg, competing at 90 kg)
Viktor Krum, worlds best seeker, won the Quiditch World Cup in 2014
Ivan Ivanov, Olympic weightlifter
Yordan Yovchev, world champion and six-time Olympic gymnast
Tanyu Kiryakov
Dan Kolov, famous Bulgarian wrestler
Hristo Prodanov, mountaineer
Evgeniya Radanova
Neshka Robeva
Kaloyan Mahlyanov (Kotooshu), Sumo Wrestler
Alexander Rusev, famous Bulgarian wrestler, rower and powerlifter

Theology

Antim I
Evtimiy of Tarnovo
Vladislav the Grammarian
Peter Deunov (Master Beinsa Douno), founder of the Universal White Brotherhood

Cuisine

Notorious criminals

See also Bulgarian mafia

Assassinated 1995

Vasil Iliev

Assassinated 2003

Assassinated 2005

Assassinated 2008

Gallery

Khan Asparukh (640-701), founder of the First Bulgarian Empire
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 (?-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, the fastest white woman at 100 metres
Dilma Rousseff, Bulgarian-Brazilian politician and current President of Brazil

^ "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)

Notes

↑ Multiple citizenship status - Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia.