Top 10 most important and famous people from Bulgaria

Artist noted for his large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Running Fence in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park

Writer considered the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature

Writer, author of Crowds and Power, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981

Tsar of Bulgaria who led his country to its greatest territorial expansion ever

Revolutionary who is a national hero. He liberated Bulgaria from Ottoman rule

Statesman, leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1954 to 1989

Actress, known for her role as Tutar Sagdiyev in the 2020 mockumentary Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Footballer, winner of Ballon d'Or in 1994, legend of Barcelona

Footballer of 2000s, legend of Manchester United

Tennis player who was third in ATP ranking