File:Saint Clement of Ohrid (icon, 13th-14th century).jpg|Saint
Clement of Ohrid (840–916), often associated as the creator of the
Cyrillic script File:Ivan Rilski - fresco from church in rila monastery-bulgaria.JPG|Saint
Ivan of Rila (876–946), the patron saint of the Bulgarian people File:G danchov ivan asen.jpg|Tsar
Ivan-Asen II (1191–1241), led the
Second Bulgarian Empire to its largest territorial extent File:Ioannis Koukouzelis.jpg|Saint
John Kukuzel (1280–1360), composer, singer and reformer of the Orthodox Church music, known as the "Angel-voiced" File:Panayot-Hitov.jpg|
Panayot Hitov (1830–1918), revolutionary, hajduk and voivode, national hero of Bulgaria File:Stefan Karadja.jpg|
Stefan Karadzha (1840–1868), revolutionary, voivode, national hero of Bulgaria File:Vasil Levski.jpg|
Vasil Levski (1837–1873), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria File:Hristo botev.gif|
Hristo Botev (1848–1876), revolutionary and poet, national hero of Bulgaria File:Georgi Benkovski.jpg|
Georgi Benkovski (1843–1876), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria File:Panajot Volov.jpg|
Panayot Volov (1850–1876), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria File:Todor Kableshkov2.jpg|
Todor Kableshkov (1851–1876), revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria File:Aleko konstantinov.jpg|
Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897), writer created one of the most popular Bulgarian works File:Natanail-Ohridski-Plovdivski.jpg|Metropolitan
Nathanael Ohridski (1820–1906), revolutionary and organizer of the
Kresna-Razlog Uprising File:G Delchev.jpg|
Gotse Delchev (1872–1903), revolutionary and leader of the
Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees File:BASA-937K-1-410-7-Ivan Vazov (cropped).JPG|
Ivan Vazov (1850–1921), considered as the best Bulgarian author of all time File:Todor Alexandrov by Günther József, 1912.jpg|
Todor Aleksandrov (1881–1924), revolutionary and leader of the
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, national hero of Bulgaria File:Vladimir Vazov.jpg|
Vladimir Vazov (1868–1945), general and war hero File:Elin Pelin monument.jpg|
Elin Pelin (1877–1949), considered as the best Bulgarian narrator File:John.atanasoff.jpeg|
John Atanasoff (1903–1995), Bulgarian-American physicist, inventor of the computer File:Christo und Jeanne-Claude.jpg|
Christo (left), wrapper of the
Reichstag in Berlin, the
Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, the artwork called
Running Fence in
Sonoma and
Marin counties in California and
The Gates in New York City's
Central Park File:Kotooshu winning Emperor's Cup 2008 May.jpg|
Kaloyan Mahlyanov, the only European
sumo wrestler who is winner of the Emperor's Cup File:Hristo stoichkov-2010.jpg|
Hristo Stoichkov,
football player,
1994 FIFA World Cup top scorer and winner of the
Golden Shoe and the
Golden Ball File:Veselin Topalov Sofia Airport 24.10.2005.pic-01.jpg|
Veselin Topalov, 2005–2006
World Chess Champion File:Berbatov.jpg|
Dimitar Berbatov,
football player File:Ivet Lalova Berlin 2009 cropped.JPG|
Ivet Lalova,
12th-fastest woman in the history of the 100 metres File:Dilma-shash.JPG|
Dilma Rousseff, Bulgarian-Brazilian politician and former
President of Brazil File:Nina Dobrev during an interview in August 2018 02.png|
Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-American actress ==See also==