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.
Boris Christoff  (1914 – 1993)
Boris Christoff (1914 – 1993)
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Boris Christoff (May 18, 1914, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - June 28, 1993, Rome, Italy) was a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.Christoff demonstrated early his s...
Ivan Bogorov, Dr (1818 - 1892)
Ivan Bogorov, Dr (1818 - 1892)
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One of the most eminent encyclopedians of the Bulgarian Revival period - a doctor of medicine by education, he was also very much concerned by business matters, economics, geography, industry, tran...
Kamen Vichev, Father (1893 - 1952)
Kamen Vichev, Father (1893 - 1952)
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Kamen Vichev was born in the village of Srem, Bourgas region, on May 23rd, 1893. He started his theological education in 1912 in Belgium, where he studied until 1918. After recieving his PhD in The...
George Danchov - Zografina
George Danchov - Zografina
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Stoyo Shishkov (1865 - 1937)
Stoyo Shishkov (1865 - 1937)
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Stoyo Shishkov was born in 1865 in the village of Ustovo near the town of Smolyan. He was a pedagogue, man of letters, ethnographer. Lived in Plovdiv since 1904 as a teacher. He was the <...
Mario Hossen - the Bulgarian &quot;Paganini&quot;  was born in Plovdiv
The following info on this talented young violinist is courtesy of Festival Music Alp webs...
Boris Dimovski  (1925-2007)
Boris Dimovski (1925-2007)
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Boris Dimovski is one of the greatest contemporary Bulgarian artists. Beside being a world-famous caricature artist, he is also a much respected master of water-color paitings, oil paintings, impre...
Radoslav Nikolov - Gianni (born 1954)
The First Bulgarian in The Guinness Book of Records. 53-year-old Radoslav Nikolov (known as Gianni) is the best BG football juggler. He managed to juggle his football on the 20-cm-wide balus...
George Ganchev (born 1939)
George Ganchev (born 1939)
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George Ganchev (whose real name was Georgi Petroushev) was born on August 29, 1939, in Plovdiv. In the early 1960s he emigrated from Bulgaria. He graduated from the British Fencing Academy (he was ...
ASEN HRISTOFOROV (1910 - 1970)
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ASEN HRISTOFOROV – an economist and writer, born on December 16, 1910 in Plovdiv. He studied Economics in London, where he graduated in 1934. He was among the founders of the Statistics Insti...