List of Famous people born in Bulgaria

Iliya Hristov Gruev is a Bulgarian retired professional footballer. He is assistant manager at Werder Bremen.

Vela Peeva with the nom de guerre Penka was a communist partisan and activist of the Bulgarian Workers Youth League and the Bulgarian Communist Party during World War II.

Stiliyan Makarski is a Bulgarian badminton player. In 2008, he won the Banuinvest International tournament in mixed doubles event.

Vladimir Manchev is a former Bulgarian football player.

Ivan Dinev is a Bulgarian former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time Grand Prix medalist, an 11-time Bulgarian national champion, and competed at three Olympics.

Petar Kanchev Hubchev is a Bulgarian football manager and former player. He was a part of the Bulgarian squad that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at the Euro 1996.

Stoyan Deltchev is a Bulgarian gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he received a gold medal in horizontal bar and a bronze medal in all-around individual.

Raicho Vasilev is a Bulgarian stunt/actor best known for his role Gladiator Gnaeus on the TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and its prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

Vladimir Ivanov is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a defender. He is also known as "Fugata". On 3 November 2016, following the departure of Aleksandr Tarkhanov, Ivanov was appointed as permanent manager. However, following a streak of poor results, on 11 May 2017 he was demoted to assistant of the newly appointed manager Zlatomir Zagorčić.