List of Famous people born in Ruse Province, Bulgaria

Fakhri Pasha or Fahreddin Pasha, known as Ömer Fahrettin Türkkan after the Surname Law of 1934, was a Turkish career officer, who was the commander of the Ottoman Army and governor of Medina from 1916 to 1919. He was nicknamed "The Lion of the Desert" and "The Tiger of the Desert" by the British and Arabs for his patriotism in Medina and is known for defending Medina in the Siege of Medina during World War I.

Gülsim İlhan Ali is a Turkish television actress and model. She is best known for her role as Aslihan Hatun in the historical drama series Diriliş: Ertuğrul. She also appeared as İlkgün in Hanım Köylü. The famous shows, in which she starred, were Payitaht: Abdülhamid and Diriliş: Ertuğrul.

Ivo Georgiev was a Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Elias Canetti was a German-language author, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a merchant family. They moved to Manchester, England, but his father died in 1912, and his mother took her three sons back to the continent. They settled in Vienna.

Nessim Jacques Canetti was a French music executive and a talent agent. Born into a Sephardic Jewish family, his parents were Jacques Elias (Elieser) and Mathilde (Mazal) Canetti. He was the brother of the Nobel Prize-winning author Elias Canetti (1905–1994) and of Georges Canetti (1911–1971), a researcher and professor at the Pasteur Institute. Canetti studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales.

Valentin Dimitrov Yordanov, also transliterated Jordanov, is a retired Bulgarian freestyle wrestler who competed in the up to 52 kg weight class. He is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time world champion, seven-time European champion, and the only wrestler to hold 10 medals from world championships.

Albert Abram Aftalion was a French economist.

Ahmet Nuri Diriker was a Turkish Brigadier General who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign, Siege of Medina and Turkish War of Independence.