Figures of Plovdiv

Figures of Plovdiv

Nedko Donchev Kableshkov (1867 - 1964)

Nedko Donchev Kableshkov (1867 - 1964)

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Eminent man of law, journalist and public figure, Nedko Kableshkov is the pioneer of donating in Plovdiv. In 1949 he made a large donation of ethnographic items to the Municipal Museum, part of which later laid the foundation of the Plovdiv <st1:placename w:st="'on'">Ethnographic Museum, with the then-opened and exhibited Koprivshtitsa Room.

Nedko Kableshkov was the initiator for erecting a monument to commemorate those who lost their lives in the wars, as well as erecting in Plovdiv a monument of the Unification. He was the president of the charity home Koudouglou for more than 18 years, also the Chairman of the Union of Plovdiv Journalists for 10 years, and an honorary member of the “Hristo Botev” Sports Club. Nedko Kableshkov fought  long for the cause of opening a University in Plovdiv, demonstrating in various ways the the “state turned into Plovdiv’s step mother”…

He was the attorney of Plovdiv’s Jewish community, their defender and friend, who really contributed to the saving of their lives in 1943.

Д-р Теофил Груев (1884 - 1959)
Д-р Теофил Христов Груев е роден в Габрово през 1884 година. Баща му, Христо Груев Данов от Клисура, е първи братовчед на книгоиздателя Христо Груев Данов. За да не ги бъркат поради еднаквите имена, двамата решават да направят промени: по-големият остава Христо Г.Данов, а по-малкият – Христо Груев.
Ivan Andreev, professor
Ivan Andreev, professor
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Hristo Bonev (born 1947)
Hristo Bonev (born 1947)
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Hristo Bonev was born February 3, 1947 in Plovdiv. Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 47 goals. He played for his country at the 1970 and...
Georgi Tringov, Grandmaster of chess (7 March 1937 – 2 July 2000)
Grandmaster of chess, Georgi Tringov (7 March 1937 – 2 July 2000), was a Grandmaster of chess from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He won the Bulgarian national chess championship in 1963 - the ...
Veneta Rangelova (born 1960)
Veneta Rangelova (born 1960)
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She was born on May 10th, 1960, in Plovdiv. Her début as a singer took place while she still was a high school student – she became the solo singer of the Pop-Music Band of the Plovdiv...
Ivan Spassov (1934-1996)
Ivan Spassov (1934-1996)
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Ivan Spassov (Jan. 17, 1934, Sofia, - Dec. 22, 1996, Plovdiv), composer, conductor, pedagogue...\r\nIvan Spassov graduated from the State Academy of Music in 1957, majoring in ...
Nayden Gerov (23.02.1823 - 09.10.1900)
Born in the educated Revival-period town of Koprivshtitsa, he quite early understood the great role of the well-organised school education to the spiritual development of Bulgarian nation. In the ...
Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938)
Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938)
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Prof. Ivan Mrkvicka (Ian-Vaclav Mrkvicka) - a major figure on Bulgarias post-Liberation art scene. Czech by origin, artist, professor of paiting. Studied in the Prague Academy of Arts and the ...
Yordan Kovachev  (1895 - 1966)
Yordan Kovachev (1895 - 1966)
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He was born in the town of Peshtera on October 18, 1895. He followed the footsteps of his lawyer father and after graduating high school in Plovdiv, he studied Law school. He settled in Plovdiv.
Asen Zlatev (born 1960)
Asen Zlatev (born 1960)
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Assen Zlatev was born on May 23, 1960, in the village of Tsarimir, Plovdiv Region. The reason for him to turn to the Vassil Levski Sports School in Plovdiv was probably the fact that he lost his fa...