Famous Bulgarian Jews
- Albert Aftalion (1874–1956), economist, from Ruse
- Mira Aroyo (born 1977), musician and member of Ladytron, from Sofia
- Elias Canetti (1905–1994), Nobel Prize-winning writer, from Ruse
- Itzhak Fintzi (born 1933), actor, from Sofia
- Solomon Goldstein (1884–1968/1969), communist politician, from Shumen
- Nikolay Kaufman (born 1925), musicologist and composer, from Ruse
- Milcho Leviev (born 1937), composer and musician, from Plovdiv
- Jacob L. Moreno (1889–1974), founder of psychodrama, father from Pleven
- Jules Pascin (1885–1930), modernist painter, from Vidin
- Isaac Passy (1928–2010), philosopher, from Plovdiv
- Solomon Passy (born 1956), politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, from Plovdiv
- Valeri Petrov (born 1920), writer, from Sofia
- Sarah-Theodora (14th century), wife of Tsar Ivan Alexander
- Angel Wagenstein (born 1922), film director, from Plovdiv
- Alexis Weissenberg (1929-2012), pianist, from Plovdiv
- Sergei Stanishev (born 1966), Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2005-2009)
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