List of Famous people born in Plovdiv region, Bulgaria

Angel Raymond Wagenstein is a Bulgarian screen writer and author. Wagenstein was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, but spent his childhood in France where his Jewish family emigrated for political reasons due to their leftist politics.

Petar Stefanov Stojanov is a Bulgarian politician who was President of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002. He was elected as a candidate of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF). He did not succeed in the next presidential elections and after leaving office refrained from politics for a while, but, later became an MP in 2005 and was Chairman of UDF from 1 October 2005 to 22 May 2007.

Spas Dzhevizov is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward. For the Bulgarian national team he featured in 20 games and scored 3 goals.

Hristo Kolev is a Bulgarian football manager and former player.

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.

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

Georgi Nikolov Dermendziev is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Kiril Petkov Petkov is a Bulgarian politician, economist, and entrepreneur, who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from December 2021 to August 2022. He is the co-leader of We Continue the Change, a political party he co-founded with Asen Vasilev.