List of Famous people born in Bulgaria

Neriman Özsoy is a Bulgarian-born Turkish female volleyball player. She is 188 cm (74 in) and plays as outside hitter in Italy for Liu Jo Nordmeccanica.

Oda Jaune is a Bulgarian painter.

Princess Maria Louise of Bulgaria is the daughter of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Ioanna and the older sister of Simeon II of Bulgaria. Her baptism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church caused controversy at the time.

Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria ; German: Prinzessin Nadeshda von Bulgarien; 30 January 1899 – 15 February 1958) was a member of the Bulgarian Royal Family.

Mina Andreeva is a Bulgarian-German political scientist and lawyer. She is the chief spokesperson for the European Commission.

Ivet Miroslavova Lalova-Collio is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the 13th-fastest woman in the history of the 100 metres. She finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career was interrupted for two years between June 2005 and May 2007 due to a leg injury. In June 2012 she won gold at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in the Women's 100 metres. In July 2016 she won two silver medals at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in both the Women's 100 and 200 metres. She has participated at four editions of the Olympic Games.

Mariya Ivanova Gabriel is a Bulgarian politician and a member of the GERB party serving as European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth since 2019. She served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2017.

Georgi Kostadinov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian Premier League club Arsenal Tula and the Bulgarian national team.

Anton Nikolov Donchev is a Bulgarian writer of historical novels and screenwriter of Bulgarian historical drama films. Since 2003 he has been an academic at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He is well known in the country and abroad with his novel Time of Parting.

Hristo Naumov Shopov is a Bulgarian actor. Shopov's father, Naum Shopov, was a famous Bulgarian actor as well.