List of Bulgarians - Gallery

Gallery

  • Khan Asparukh (640-701), founder of the First Bulgarian Empire

  • Saint Knyaz Boris I (?–907), christianizator of Bulgarian people and linguistic unifier by making the old Bulgarian language official

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

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

  • Tsar John 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"

  • Paisius of Hilendar (1733–1773), key figure in Bulgarian National Revival from Macedonia (18th century)

  • 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.

  • 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

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