List of Famous people born in Bulgaria

Zhivko Dinchev Zhelev is a retired Bulgarian football defender and currently head coach of Litex Lovech.

Ivan Ivanov is a popular Bulgarian child singer and songwriter.

Mariana Popova is a Bulgarian singer. She is known for representing Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, trainer on The Voice of Bulgaria 2011 and from Vip Brother 2012 – Bulgaria

Nikolay Kostov is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer who most recently managed Shakhter Karagandy.

Ilian Dimov Iliev is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach at Bulgarian First League club Cherno More Varna.

Nikolaj Pešalov is an Bulgarian-born Croatian Olympic and World former champion in weightlifting.

Elitsa Todorova is a Bulgarian folk singer and professional percussionist. Todorova formed the duo Elitsa & Stoyan and they represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, and once again represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö. The drums, ""The Cosmic tree","The Olympic drums of Bulgaria", "Drum-Pyramid" are among the tools with which she has left an individual impact on ethno-music.

Angel Chervenkov is a Bulgarian former footballer and football manager.

Yordanka Donkova is a Bulgarian former hurdling athlete, notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. Donkova set four 100 m hurdles world records in 1986. Her fifth world record, a time of 12.21 set in 1988, was beaten only in 2016 by Kendra Harrison.

Dimitar Varbanov Ganev was a Bulgarian communist politician. He became the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Bulgaria on 30 November 1958, shortly after the death of Georgi Damyanov, and served in that capacity until his own death on 20 April 1964.