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Petar Mladenov
former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1936–2000)
Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria
Bulgarian tsar
Michael Shishman of Bulgaria
Bulgarian ruler
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French painter (1885-1930)
Rostislav Mikhailovich
Duke of Macsó, from after 1247 until 1262
Osman Pazvantoğlu
Ottoman rebel
Dorothea of Bulgaria
Banness consort and first Queen consort of Bosnia
Constantine II of Bulgaria
Bulgarian ruler
Ana-Neda
Ana-Neda (Bulgarian Анна-Неда and ; fl. 1323–1324) was the Empress consort of Bulgaria briefly in 1323–1324 as the spouse of "Despot of Vidin" Michael Asen III "Shishman" who was elected as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1323 and Empress of Bulgaria during the 1330 - 1331. Some historians believe that she may have ruled as regent for her son, but this hypothesis is meaning as controversial. She was the daughter of Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Princess Elizabeth Arpad, daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Kuman, a daughter of Köten. From the marriage with Michael Asen III,
Shishman of Vidin
Bulgarian despot and semi-independent ruler
Jacob Svetoslav
emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria
Anna of Wallachia
Empress consort of Bulgaria
Avraam Benaroya
Jewish socialist (1887–1979)
Sergei Ignatov
Bulgarian egyptologist
Belaur
thumb|upright|right|Belaur Belaur () (died 1336) was a Bulgarian noble and despot of Vidin and brother of the Bulgarian Emperor Michael Shishman (1323–1330). The son of Shishman of Vidin, he was among the most elaborate Balkan diplomats of his time. Plamen Pavlov interprets Belaur's name as stemming from the Hungarian personal name Béla and the title ur ("prince"). It may also come from Balaur, a mythical dragon in Vlach/ Romanian culture, the dragon was supposedly also revered in Cuman culture, cf. Kipchak "uran, ewren". Vlach-Cuman cultural interactions are known through the Cuman origin of
Vladimir Petkov
Bulgarian chess player
Hüseyin Tevfik Pasha
Turkish diplomat and mathematician
Nikola Petrov
Bulgarian painter (1881–1916)
Nikolay Boykov
Bulgarian writer
Romylos of Ravanica
14th-century Bulgarian cleric
Mihalaki Georgiev
Bulgarian writer, diplomat, and social figure
Branko Lazarević
Serbian writer