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Figures of Plovdiv
Figures of Plovdiv
Figures of Plovdiv
This section includes eminent figures of culture and arts, sports and politics, public figures and clergymen from past and present days, connected to Plovdiv – ones who were born in the city or the region, spent part of their lives here, devoted years of work to our city, or just brought fame to the city by being “Plovdivers” (a nice word to coin, isn’t it?). Some of those figures are great people of historic impact, others are more ambiguous and their contribution is still much arguable, but anyway the names of all are in one way or another has remained connected to the name of Plovdiv. Such a large gallery of the figures of Plovdiv has never been collected in a website so far. We truly hope the readers to find it useful and be interested in all the names we have gathered in that gallery. There are yet more that we have processed but have not managed to input so far.
PlovdivGuide team will be much grateful and obliged to all the readers eager to help in collecting, writing and sending articles (in BG) about other eminent figures of Plovdiv to be included in the site (a digital photo of the figure you have written about will be very helpful). So many famous and not-so-famous people have left their trace on Plovdiv’s history and deserve their names to be mentioned, aren’t they? We are looking forward to constructive and critical remarks, notes, suggestions, articles, or just any comments at the address: info@plovdivguide.com
The information included in those articles has been collected from various printed or electronic materials (mentioned at the end of articles), and by courtesy of the State Archive, Plovdiv, and the Ivan Vazov National Library, Plovdiv.
Nonka Matova (born 1954)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Nonka Matova was born on October 20th, 1954 in Plovdiv. Master of sports of gun shooting. Many-time Balkan and republican record winner in gun shooting. She has won the best gun shooter on the Balk...
Nayden Todorov (born 1974)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Nayden Todorov was born in 1974 in Plovdiv. He received his first piano lessons at the age of five, and by sixteen had led his first concert as conductor. He studied with Alexander Vladigerov in So...
Dimitar Kirov (1935-2008)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Eminent Plovdiv artist. He graduated in 1959 from the academy of Arts in Sofia. He lives and works in Plovdiv. Winner of numerous art awards. His name has been connected to the so called P...
Hristo G. Danov (1828 -1911)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Teacher, man of letters, founder of the organised publishing in Bulgaria; member of the BG Literary Society (todays Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). In the period 1854-56, while a teacher ...
Alexander Bourago, Captain / later Colonel (around 1853 - 1883)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Alexander Petrovich Bourago was an eminent military figure. He graduated from the Nikolaevsko Military Cavalry School in Sankt Petersburg, Russia. Captain Bourago was the comander of a cavalry squa...
Yosafat Shishkov, Father (1884 - 1952)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Yosafat Shishkov was born on February 9th, 1884 in Plovdiv, in a catholic family. In 1900, he became a novice in Turkey and accepted the name of Yosafat. He studied Philosophy and theology in Belgi...
Hristo Hristov (April 11th, 1926 - April 17th, 2007))
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Hristo Hristov is among the most eminent film directors and screen writers in Bulgarian cinema. He was born on April 11th
Georgi Atanassov, Maestro (1882 - 1931)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Conductor, composer, pioneer of Bulgarian opera. He graduated as a student of Pietro Mascani at the Rossini College in Pesaro, Italy, as Maestro di Musica. Atanassov made his early career as a mili...
Theodosii Spassov (born 1961)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
The eminent Bulgarian musician is often a guest to his beloved Plovdiv on various cultural occasions. The virtuoso, who is the most popular shepherd flute “kaval” ‘s jazz performer, is practically ...
Tsvetana Maneva (born 1944)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
She was born in Plovdiv on January 30th, 1944, and her artistic career starts from here. Today, most Bulgarian consider her an “intellectual type of actress “. The eminent Bulgarian actress makes h...
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