List of Famous people born in Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Kubrat Pulev

First Name Kubrat
Born on May 4, 1981 (age 43)
Height 194 cm | 6'4

Kubrat Venkov Pulev is a Bulgarian professional boxer. He held the European heavyweight title twice between 2012 and 2016, and has challenged twice for the unified world heavyweight title in 2014 and December 2020. As an amateur he won multiple medals at international tournaments, including gold at the 2008 European Championships and bronze at the 2005 World Championships, all in the super-heavyweight division.

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Ruzha Ignatova

First Name Ruzha
Born on May 30, 1980 (age 44)

Ruja Ignatova is a Bulgarian convicted fraudster. She is best known as the founder of a Ponzi scheme known as OneCoin, which The Times has described as "one of the biggest scams in history". She was the subject of the 2019 BBC podcast series The Missing Cryptoqueen.

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Simeon II of Bulgaria

First Name Simeon
Last Name Bulgaria
Born on June 16, 1937 (age 87)

Simeon Borisov von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, known formerly or by courtesy as King Simeon II or Tsar Simeon II, is a Bulgarian politician, who had served as the last reigning Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946, before later serving as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.

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Albena Denkova

First Name Albena
Born on December 3, 1974 (age 50)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Albena Petrova Denkova is a Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiance Maxim Staviski, she is a two-time (2006–2007) World champion, a two-time (2003–2004) European silver medalist, and the 2006 Grand Prix Final champion. Denkova and Staviski are the first Bulgarians to medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.

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Ivelin Popov

Ивелин Иванов Попов
First Name Ivelin
Born on October 26, 1987 (age 37)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Ivelin Ivanov Popov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Russian club Sochi and also played for the Bulgaria national team as an attacking midfielder between 2007 and 2019.

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Natalia Dontcheva

First Name Natalia
Last Name Dontcheva
Born on November 30, 1969 (age 55)

Natalia Dontcheva is a Bulgarian actress who is based in France. She is best known to international audiences for her performances as Madame de Joncquières in Lady J , and as Elena in Sashinka.

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Viktoriya Tomova

Viktoriya Konstantinova Tomova is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 16 July 2018, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 128 whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 254 on 11 August 2014. She also plays for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team with a current win/loss record of 9–10.

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Stanislav Ianevski

First Name Stanislav
Born on May 16, 1985 (age 39)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Stanislav Ianevski, born Stanislav Yanevski, is a Bulgarian actor best known for playing Viktor Krum in the 2005 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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Poli Genova

Поли Пламенова Генова
First Name Poli
Last Name Genova
Born on February 10, 1987 (age 37)

Poli Plamenova Genova is a Bulgarian singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter. Genova began her career in 1995, at the age of eight, as a member of the Bulgarian children's ensemble Bon-Bon.

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Kristalina Georgieva

Кристалина Иванова Георгиева
First Name Kristalina
Born on August 13, 1953 (age 71)

Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova is a Bulgarian economist serving as chair and managing director of the International Monetary Fund since 2019. She was the Chief Executive of the World Bank Group from 2017 to 2019 and served as Acting President of the World Bank Group from 1 February 2019 to 8 April 2019 following the resignation of Jim Yong Kim. She previously served as Vice-President of the European Commission under Jean-Claude Juncker from 2014 to 2016.

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