Notable Greeks From Bulgaria
- Apostolos Nikolaidis (1896–1980), athlete and Panathinaikos legend, from Plovdiv
- Michael III of Anchialus, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Jeremias II Tranos, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Parthenius I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Christos Tsigiridis, (1877–1947) electrical engineer and technological pioneer
- Christos Tsountas (1857–1913), archaeologist, from Asenovgrad
- Kostas Varnalis (1884–1974), poet, from Burgas
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