List of Famous people born in Bulgaria

Ekaterina Dafovska is a Bulgarian biathlete. She took up the biathlon in 1992. She made the national team in 1993 and came in 29th in the 15-kilometer competition at the Lillehammer Olympics the following year. She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. As of 2018, her gold medal is the only one won by a Bulgarian at a Winter Olympic games.

Stoycho Zahariev Stoev is a Bulgarian former footballer and manager.

Dessy Tenekedjieva is a Bulgarian actress, singer and film producer.

Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Ivan Yordanov Kostov was the 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria in office from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) between December 1994 and July 2001.

Nikolay Mihaylov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Levski Sofia, where he is also the captain, and the Bulgarian national team.

Sevdalin Marinov is a former Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic Champion in 1988 in the Flyweight class.

Rumyana Spasova is a Bulgarian former pair skater. She competed with Stanimir Todorov. The two are the three time Bulgarian national champions. They placed 19th at the 2006 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Bulgarian pair skaters to compete at the Olympics.

Hristo Zhivkov is a Bulgarian actor. He is best known for his performances as St. John in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ and as Giovanni delle Bande Nere in Ermanno Olmi's 2001 The Profession of Arms.

Lyuboslav Mladenov Penev is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Bulgarian First League club Tsarsko Selo Sofia.