Velikite Balgari

Vasil Levski at the time of the creation of his internal revolutionary network

Velikite Balgari (Bulgarian: „Великите българи“, The Great Bulgarians) was the Bulgarian spin-off of the 2002 program 100 Greatest Britons produced by the BBC. Aired on the Bulgarian National Television's Kanal 1, its first stage began on 9 June 2006 and finished on 10 December, with a show on 23 December announcing the names of the Top 100 as chosen by popular vote. The Top 10 were announced in alphabetical order. In the second stage, which lasted until 17 February 2007, the viewers determined the order in the Top 10. Documentaries dedicated to every Top 10 personality were aired during the second stage.

1–10

11–100

  1. John Atanasoff (1903-1995) Physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first digital computer
  2. Hristo Stoichkov (1966-) The greatest Bulgarian football player
  3. Baba Vanga (1911-1996) claimed mystic
  4. Todor Zhivkov (1911-1998) The communist leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 4 March 1954 until 10 November 1989.
  5. Georgi Asparuhov (1943-1971) football player
  6. Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1170-1207) Tsar of Bulgaria
  7. Khan Krum of Bulgaria Khan of Bulgaria
  8. Tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria Emperor
  9. Vladimir Dimitrov (1882-1960) painter
  10. St John of Rila (876-946) The first Bulgarian hermit
  11. Azis (1978-) Chalga singer
  12. Ivan Kostov (1949-) 47th Prime Minister
  13. Aleko Konstantinov (1863-1897) writer, known for Bay Ganyo
  14. Volen Siderov (1956-) politician
  15. Georgi Benkovski (1843 – 1876) revolutionary
  16. Neno Yurukov
  17. Slavi Trifonov (1966-) actor and singer
  18. Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942) poet, communist and revolutionary, shot to death at 32 because of his revolutionary ideology
  19. Boyko Borisov (1959-) 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
  20. Lili Ivanova (1939-) singer
  21. Dan Koloff (1892 – 1940) wrestler and mixed martial artist
  22. Khan Kubrat
  23. Tonka Obretenova (1812-1893) revolutionary
  24. Georgi Rakovski (1821 – 1867) freemason and writer
  25. Petko Voyvoda (1844–1900) hajduk leader and freedom fighter
  26. Rayna Knyaginya (1856-1917) teacher and revolutionary
  27. Valya Balkanska (1942-) folk music singer
  28. Georgi Dimitrov (1882 – 1949) communist politician
  29. Albena Denkova (1974-) ice dancer
  30. Ghena Dimitrova (1941 – 2005) operatic soprano
  31. Evlogi (1819-1897) merchant, banker and Hristo Georgiev
  32. Atanas Burov (1875 – 1954) banker and politician
  33. Kolyu Ficheto (1800-1881) architect and sculptor
  34. Emil Dimitrov (1940 – 2005) singer # St Evtimiy, Patriarch of Tarnovo Patriarch of Bulgaria
  35. Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria Tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire
  36. Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879 – 1923) Prime Minister
  37. Georgi Partsalev (1925 – 1989) film actor
  38. Zahari Stoyanov (1850 – 1889) writer and historian
  39. Nikolay Haytov (1919 – 2002) fiction writer
  40. St Clement of Ohrid (840?-916) saint and scholar
  41. Veselin Topalov (1975-) chess Grandmaster
  42. Yordan Yovkov (1880 – 1937) writer
  43. Gotse Delchev (1872 – 1903) revolutionary figure
  44. Peyo Yavorov (1878 – 1914) Symbolist poet
  45. Rayna Kabaivanska (1934-) opera singer
  46. Khan Tervel of Bulgaria Khan of Bulgaria
  47. Ahmed Dogan (1954-) politician of Turkish descent
  48. Hadzhi Dimitar (1840 – 1868) voivode and revolutionary who wrote for the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.
  49. Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria (1894-1943) Tsar of Bulgaria
  50. Neshka Robeva (1946-) former Rhythmic Gymnast and coach
  51. Nevena Kokanova (1938 – 2000) film actress
  52. Boris Christoff (1914 – 1993) opera singer
  53. Yordan Radichkov (1929 – 2004) writer and playwright
  54. Yane Sandanski (1872-1915) national hero
  55. Dimitar Peshev (1894-1973) Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and Minister of Justice
  56. Elin Pelin (1877-1949) writer, best narrator of country life
  57. Vasil Aprilov (1789-1947) educator
  58. Apostol Karamitev (1923–1973) actor
  59. Georgi Parvanov (1957-) 3rd President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012
  60. Dimcho Debelyanov (1887 – 1916) poet
  61. Zahari Zograf (1810–1853) painter
  62. Panayot Volov (1850-1876) The organizer and leader of the Gyurgevo Revolutionary Committee of the Bulgarian April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire
  63. Sergey Stanishev (1966-) President of the Party of European Socialists since November 2011 and Member of the European Parliament
  64. Simeon Sakskoburggotski (1937-) Last reigning Bulgarian monarch
  65. Lyudmila Zhivkova (1942-1981) art historian
  66. Dimitar and Konstantin Miladinovi (1810-1862 and 1830-1862, respectively) poets and folklorists
  67. Stefan Karadzha (1840-1868) national hero
  68. Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929-2004) opera singer
  69. Stoyanka Mutafova (1922-) actress
  70. Capt. Dimitar Spisarevski (1916-1943) fighter pilot
  71. Lyuben Karavelov (1834-1879) writer
  72. Stefka Kostadinova (1965-) athlete who competed in high jump
  73. Hristo Smirnenski (1898-1923) poet and prose writer
  74. Major General Georgi Ivanov (1940-) military officer and first Bulgarian cosmonaut
  75. Petar Beron (1799-1871) educator
  76. Valeri Petrov (1920-2014) poet
  77. Georgi Kaloyanchev (1925-2012) actor
  78. Geo Milev (1895-1925) poet and journalist
  79. Sophronius of Vratsa (1739–1813) cleric
  80. Ekaterina Dafovska (1975-) Biathlete, the only Bulgarian who won a gold metal at Winter Olympics
  81. Dimitar Talev (1898-1966) writer
  82. Todor Aleksandrov (1881-1924) freedom fighter
  83. Pencho Slaveykov (1866-1912) poet
  84. Filip Kutev (1903-1982) composer
  85. Krakra of Pernik feudal lor
  86. Ivet Lalova (1984-) Bulgarian athlete, sprint events
  87. Panayot Hitov (1830–1918) hajduk and voivode
  88. Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria Great Khan
  89. Prof. Asen Zlatarov (1885-1936) biochemist

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