List of Macedonians (Bulgarian)
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A list of Macedonians (Bulgarians)
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Macedonians (Bulgarians)
Macedonians or Macedonian Bulgarians , sometimes also referred to as Macedono-Bulgarians or Macedo-Bulgarians is a regional, ethnographic group of ethnic Bulgarians, inhabiting or originating from Macedonia...
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Clerics
- Paisiy Hilendarski (1722–1773)
- Kiril PeychinovichKiril PeychinovichKiril Peychinovich or Kiril Pejčinoviḱ was a cleric, writer and enlightener, one of the first supporters of the use of modern Bulgarian in literature , and one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival...
(1770-1865) - Neofit RilskiNeofit RilskiNeofit Rilski or Neophyte of Rila , born Nikola Poppetrov Benin was a 19th-century Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival....
(1793-1881) - Pavel Bozhigrobski (1810-)
- Parteniy ZografskiParteniy ZografskiParteniy Zografski was a 19th-century cleric, philologist, folklorist and enlightener from Macedonia, one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival...
(1818-1876) - Nathanael OhridskiNathanael OhridskiNathanael of Ohrid , Nathanael of Plovdiv or Nathanael Zografski, born Nesho Stanov Boykikev; was a Bulgarian cleric, writer and revolutionary from Macedonia, one of the first supporters of literature in modern Bulgarian and one of the early...
(1820-1906)
Literature
- Hristofor ZhefarovichHristofor ZhefarovichHristofor Zhefarovich was an 18th-century painter, engraver, writer and poet and a notable proponent of Pan-Slavism.- Biography :Born at the end of the 17th century,...
(18th-century) - Miladinov BrothersMiladinov BrothersThe Miladinov Brothers , Dimitar Miladinov and Konstantin Miladinov , were Bulgarian poets and folklorists from Macedonia, authors of an important collection of folk songs, Bulgarian Folk Songs...
(1810-1862) - Marko CepenkovMarko CepenkovMarko Kostov Cepenkov was a Bulgarian folklorist from the region of Macedonia. In the Republic of Macedonia he is regarded a Macedonian writer and poet. In his own time, his language was described as Bulgarian, and Cepenkov regarded it this way himself...
(1829 - 1920) - Grigor ParlichevGrigor ParlichevGrigor Stavrev Parlichev was a Bulgarian writer and translator. He was born January 18, 1830 in Ohrid, Ottoman Empire and died in the same town January 25, 1893...
(1830-1893) - Kuzman ShapkarevKuzman ShapkarevKuzman Anastasov Shapkarev, , was a Bulgarian folklorist, ethnographer and scientist from Macedonia, author of textbooks and ethnographic studies and a significant figure of the Bulgarian National Revival. He is considered an ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.- Biography :Kuzman...
(1834-1909) - Jordan Hadži Konstantinov-Džinot
- Rajko Žinzifov
- Krste MisirkovKrste MisirkovKrste Petkov Misirkov was a philologist, slavist, historian, ethnographer, publicist author of the first book and scientific magazine in Macedonian, where he for the first time outlined the principles of the literary Macedonian language...
(1874-1926) - Voydan Chernodrinski (1875-1951)
- Hristo SilyanovHristo SilyanovHristo Silyanov - was a Bulgarian revolutionary, historian and memoirist. He was among the activists of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees and in his memoirs uniquely described the history of the organization in its early period.Silyanov was born in a rich family in...
(1880-1939) - Dimitar TalevDimitar TalevDimitar Talev was a Bulgarian writer and journalist.-Biography:Born in Prilep - Ottoman Empire, present day Republic of Macedonia, he graduated high school in Bitola. Talev studied medicine and philosophy in Zagreb and Vienna, and Slavic philology in Sofia University...
(1898-1966) - Hristo SmirnenskiHristo SmirnenskiHristo Smirnenski , born as Hristo Izmirliev, was a Bulgarian poet and prose writer. His hometown was Kukush in Macedonia, Ottoman Empire, , which had militant traditions and an enterprising population. Hristo spent a happy childhood in a friendly and understanding patriarchal home...
(1898-1923) - Atanas DalchevAtanas DalchevAtanas Hristov Dalchev was a Bulgarian poet, critic and translator. He is an author of poetry that brightly touches some philosophical problems. He translates poetry and fiction from French, Spanish, English, German and Russian authors...
, (1904-1978) - Nikola VaptsarovNikola VaptsarovNikola Yonkov Vaptsarov was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite the fact that he ever published only one poetry book, he is considered one of the most important Bulgarian poets...
(1909-1942) - Venko MarkovskiVenko MarkovskiVenko Markovski, in Bulgarian and Macedonian Венко Марковски, born as Veniamin Milanov Toshev; was a Bulgarian and Macedonian writer, poet and Communist politician.-Biography:...
(1915–1988)
Military leaders
- Kliment BoyadzhievKliment BoyadzhievKliment Boyadzhiev was a Bulgarian General during the Balkan Wars and First World War.Born in Ohrid, he studied in an elementary school there. After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 he emigrated to Sofia...
(1861-1933) - Krstio Zlatarev (1864-1925)
- Konstantin ZhostovKonstantin ZhostovKonstantin Andonov Zhostov was a Bulgarian General and Chief of the Bulgarian Army Staff.-Biography:...
(1867-1916) - Petar DarvingovPetar DarvingovPetar Georgiev Darvingov or Peter Darvingov was a Bulgarian officer, revolutionary and military historian, corresponding member of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1932.-Biography:...
(1875-1958)
Politicians
- Dimitar BlagoevDimitar BlagoevDimitar Blagoev Nikolov ; was a Bulgarian political leader, the founder of Bulgarian socialism and of the first social democratic party in the Balkans.-Biography:...
(1856-1924) - Andrey Lyapchev (1866-1933)
- Dimitar VlahovDimitar VlahovDimitar Yanakiev Vlahov was a revolutionary from the region of Macedonia and member of the left wing of the Macedonian-Adrianople revolutionary movement...
(1878-1953) - Georgi Kulishev (1885-1974)
- Georgi Traykov (1898-1975)
- Anton YugovAnton YugovAnton Tanev Yugov was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party served as Prime Minister of the country from 1956 to 1962. Anton Tanev Yugov is Honorary Citizen of Tirana, Albania....
(1904-1991) - Spiro Kitinchev
- Ilija Kocarev
- Metodi ShatorovMetodi ShatorovMetodi Tasev Shatorov - Sharlo was a prominent Bulgarian political leader during the first half of 20th century and also temporary leader of the Macedonian communists in 1940-1941...
(1897-1944) - Georgi PirinskiGeorgi PirinskiGeorgi Pirinski is a Bulgarian politician of the Bulgarian Communist Party and after 1990 of the Bulgarian Socialist Party . Born in New York City, U.S. in the emigrant family of Communist functionary Georgi Pirinski, Sr., he has roots from Pirin Macedonia...
(1948-) - Irina BokovaIrina BokovaIrina Georgieva Bokova is a Bulgarian politician, incumbent Directors-General of UNESCO. She was member of the Bulgarian Parliament from the Bulgarian Socialist Party for two terms, minister and deputy minister of foreign affairs in the socialist cabinet of Prime Minister Zhan Videnov, and was...
(1952-) - Ljubčo Georgievski (1966-)
Revolutionaries
- Ilyo VoyvodaIlyo VoyvodaIliya Markov Popgeorgiev, better known as Ilyo Voyvoda or Dedo Iljo Maleshevski, was a Bulgarian revolutionary from the region of Macedonia, who is considered a national hero in both Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia...
(1822-1900) - Hristo MakedonskiHristo MakedonskiHristo Nikolov Makedonski or Christo Makedonski was a Bulgarian hajduk voivode and revolutionary from Macedonia.- Biography :...
(1835-1916) - Dimitar Pop Georgiev - BerovskiDimitar Pop Georgiev - BerovskiDimitar Popgeorgiev Berovski was a Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia. He is considered an ethnic Macedonian by historians from the Republic of Macedonia....
(1840-1907) - Georgi IzmirlievGeorgi IzmirlievGeorgi Dimitrov Izmirliev , nicknamed Makedoncheto , was a Bulgarian revolutionary and public figure. A participant in the anti-Ottoman April Uprising of 1876, he was an assistant to Stefan Stambolov and a military commander of the Tarnovo revolutionary district.Izmirliev was born in the city of...
(1851-1876) - Gjorche PetrovGjorche PetrovGyorche Petrov Nikolov , born Georgi Petrov Nikolov , was one of the leaders of the Macedonian-Adrianople revolutionary movement .- Biography :...
(1864-1921) - Pere Toshev (1865-1912)
- Aleksandar ProtogerovAleksandar ProtogerovAlexandar Protogerov was a Bulgarian general, politician and revolutionary as well as a member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia, Thrace and Pomoravlje. He was among the leaders of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and later joined the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary...
(1867-1928) - Andon DimitrovAndon DimitrovAndon Dimitrov - was a Bulgarian 19th-20th century revolutionary. He was among the founders of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees.-Biography:...
(1867-1933) - Petar Pop-ArsovPetar Pop-ArsovPetar Poparsov was a revolutionary from Macedonia, one of the founders of "The Committee for Obtaining the Political Rights Given to Macedonia by the Congress of Berlin" from which, as Petar Poparsov says in his writings, later developed the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization...
(1868-1941) - Hristo TatarchevHristo TatarchevHristo Tatarchev was a Bulgarian revolutionary and first leader of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace . He wrote the memoirs The First Central Committee of the IMRO . He authored several political journalism works between the First and Second World Wars...
(1869-1952) - Ivan HadzhinikolovIvan HadzhinikolovIvan Hadzhinikolov was a Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia, leader of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia, Eastern and Western Thrace...
(1869-1934) - Apostol PetkovApostol PetkovApostol Petkov or the Sun of Enije Vardar was a Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the revolutionary movement in Aegean Macedonia...
(1869-1911) - Dame GruevDame GruevDamyan Yovanov Gruev or Damjan Jovanov Gruev, often known by his short name Dame Gruev, was an insurgent leader in Ottoman Macedonia and Thrace...
(1871-1906) - Boris SarafovBoris SarafovBoris Petrov Sarafov was a revolutionary from the region of Macedonia, one of the leaders of Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization...
(1872-1907) - Gotse DelchevGotse DelchevGeorgi Nikolov Delchev was an important revolutionary figure in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Thrace at the turn of the 20th century...
(1872-1903) - Kiryak ShkurtovKiryak ShkurtovKiryak Hristov Shkurtov or Kiriak Shkurtov was a Bulgarian revolutionary, voivode of Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization in the region of Kostur , present-day Greece.- Biography :Kiriyak Shkurtov was born in 1872 in the village of Starichani in the region of Macedonia...
(1872-1965) - Yane SandanskiYane SandanskiYane Ivanov Sandanski or Jane Ivanov Sandanski, was a revolutionary, one of the leaders of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization in the Serres region and head of the extreme leftist wing of the organization...
(1872-1915) - Vasil ChekalarovVasil ChekalarovVasil Hristov Chekalarov or Vasil Tcakalarov was a Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation in Aegean Macedonia. H. N...
(1874-1913) - Dimo HadzhidimovDimo HadzhidimovDimo Hadzhidimov was a 20th-century Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia He is considered a Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the left wing of IMORO. Hadzhidimov studied pedagogy in Kyustendil and then in Sofia...
(1875-1924) - Nikola KarevNikola KarevNikola Janakiev Karev was a revolutionary in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia. He was born 23 November 1877 in Kruševo and died 27 April 1905 in the village of Rajčani, both today in the Republic of Macedonia. Karev was a local leader of what later became known as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary...
(1877-1905) - Petar ChaulevPetar ChaulevPetar Chaulev, also called Petre Chashule was a Bulgarian revolutionary in Ottoman Macedonia. He was a local leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization ....
(1882—1924) - Hristo BatandzhievHristo BatandzhievHristo Batandzhiev was a revolutionary, one of the founders of "The Committee for Obtaining the Political Rights Given to Macedonia by the Congress of Berlin" from which, later developed the IMRO known prior to 1902 as Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees...
(-1913) - Todor AleksandrovTodor AleksandrovTodor Aleksandrov Poporushov also transliterated as Todor Alexandrov also spelt Alexandroff, was a Bulgarian freedom fighter and member of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees since 1897 and later of the Central Committee of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary...
(-1924) - Nikola Pitu Gulev
- Mara BunevaMara BunevaMara Buneva was a Bulgarian revolutionary, member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. She is famous for the assassination of a Serbian official Velimir Prelić after which she committed suicide...
(1902-1928) - Ivan MihailovIvan MihailovIvan Mihailov Gavrilov , was a Bulgarian revolutionary in Ottoman and interwar Macedonia, and leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization after 1924.-Early years:...
(1896-1900) - Andon KalchevAndon KalchevAndon Kalchev was a Bulgarian Axis-collaborationist paramilitary leader active in northern Greece during the country's occupation by the Axis in the Second World War. He was one of the leaders of the Bulgarian-backed Ohrana, a paramilitary formation of Bulgarians in Greek Macedonia during World...
(1910-1948) - Georgi Dimchev
- Jordan Chkatroff (-1946)
- Pavel ShatevPavel ShatevPavel Potsev Shatev , , was a Bulgarian revolutionary and member of the left wing of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization , BMARC before 1902)...
(1882-1951) - Panko BrashnarovPanko BrashnarovPanko Brashnarov was a revolutionary and member of the left wing of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization . As with many other IMARO members of the time, historians from the Republic of Macedonia consider him an ethnic Macedonian, whereas historians in Bulgaria consider him...
(1883-1951)
Scholars
- Lyubomir MiletichLyubomir MiletichLyubomir Miletich was a leading Bulgarian linguist, ethnographer, dialectologist and historian, as well as the chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1926 to his death....
(1863-1937) - Aleksander Balabanov (1879-1955)
- Nikola MilevNikola MilevProfessor Nikola Iliev Milev was a Bulgarian historian, publicist, public figure, diplomat, and a participant in the Macedonian revolutionary movement.- Biography :...
(1881-1925) - Blagoj ShklifovBlagoj Shklifov- Biography :Blagoy Shklifov was born in Vitsi municipality, Kastoria Prefecture, Greece in 1935.In 1948, at the end of the Greek Civil War, he left his burned village and after a short stay in Socialist Republic of Macedonia went to Hungary, with many refugees from Greek Macedonia. In 1964, he...
(1935-2003)
Sport
- Nikola KovachevNikola KovachevNikola Dimitrov Kovachev was a Bulgarian football player and manager.Kovachev played for Bulgaria at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.- References :...
(1934) - Dimitar BerbatovDimitar BerbatovDimitar Ivanov Berbatov is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United. He captained the Bulgarian national team from 2006 to 2010, and is its all-time leading goalscorer and has also won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year a record seven times, surpassing the number of...
(1981) - Borislav HazurovBorislav HazurovBorislav Hazurov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Atromitos Yeroskipou as a striker.Hazurov previously played for Pirin Blagoevgrad, Litex Lovech, Marek Dupnitsa, Lokomotiv Mezdra and Bansko....
(1985) - Kostadin HazurovKostadin HazurovKostadin Hazurov is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for Bnei Sakhnin.Kostadin has a cousin that also is a footballer - the forward on Pirin Blagoevgrad Borislav Hazurov.-Career:...
(1985) - Stanislav ManolevStanislav ManolevStanislav Manolev is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for PSV Eindhoven as a right-back/midfielder.-Pirin 1922:Manolev started to play football in Makedonska Slava. After two seasons club renamed to Pirin 1922.-Litex Lovech:...
(1985)