List of Famous people born in Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Kseniya Alfyorova
Ksenia Alexandrovna Alfyorova is a Soviet and Russian actress and television presenter.
Itzhak Fintzi
Itzhak Fintzi is a Bulgarian film and stage actor.
Ognyan Gerdzhikov
Ognyan Stefanov Gerdzhikov is a Bulgarian politician and jurist who served as the interim Prime Minister from 27 January 2017 to 4 May 2017, following the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the failure of Bulgarian parties to form a government.
Edmond Nazaryan
Edmond Armen Nazaryan is a Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler. In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.
Toma Junior Popov
Toma Junior Popov is a French badminton player. He won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. Popov made history as the first non-Danish male player to win a European Junior team gold as well as the men's singles and doubles in 2017. He joined Peter Gade, Jim Laugesen, and Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen as the only men to have ever completed the treble. He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and claimed the men's singles bronze medal.
Natalya Razlogova
Kalin Terziyski
Kalin Terziyski is a contemporary Bulgarian writer.
Tanya Dangalakova
Tanya Bogomilova Dangalakova is a former breaststroke swimmer from Bulgaria, who won the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Sofi Marinova
Sofiya Marinova Kamenova, better known as Sofi Marinova is a Bulgarian pop-folk and ethno-pop singer of Romani descent. She is one of the most popular singers in Bulgaria, famed for her extreme five-octave vocal range. She has won multiple music awards and contests. She is often called "the Romani pearl" and "the Romani nightingale". In February 2012 she won the Bulgarian Eurovision national final with the song "Love Unlimited", thus becoming the representative of Bulgaria in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Linda Zechiri
Linda Zetchiri is a badminton player from Bulgaria. She competed at the 2015 Baku European Games and at the 2016 Summer Olympics Women's singles. She was the bronze medallists at the 2005 European Junior and 2012 European Championships. She is one of the leading Bulgarian players in the sport.