Until 1878 • Mehmet Sadetin (Hoxha Sadeddin) (1536 – 1599): Capture of Sofia by the Ottomans. (Magazine Serdika, bg 1 - 2, 1942 p. 90, translation from Tacüttervarih, 1, 1862/63, 102 p.). Describes the capture of Sofia by the Ottomans...
Notable People of Sofia
Deceased from 2020 to 2029
• Stoyan Borisov (1950 – 2021), folk singer • Staika Gyokova (1930 – 2021), folk singer • Tosho Toshev (1942 – 2023), journalist • Irina Chmihova (1930 – 2020), singer and music teacher
Deceased from 2010 to 2019
• Nikola Anastasov (1932 – 2016), actor and writer • Ivan Bozhilov (1940 – 2016), historian • Hacho Boyadzhiev (1932 – 2012), director • Alexander Brzytsov (1943 – 2016), composer • Mihail Bukureshtliev (1930 – 2018), composer, musician...
Deceased from 2000 to 2009
• Valkana Stoyanova (1922 – 2009), folk singer • Georgi Cordov (1934 – 2006), pop singer, composer and teacher • Jacques Moshe Avdala (1927 – 2000), scenographer and painter • Yordanka Ilieva (1922 – 2003), folk singer • Lachezar Avramov...
Deceased from 1990 to 1999
• Mladen Isaev (1907 – 1991), partisan and poet • Lyudmila Isaeva (1926 – 1991), poet • Stefan Kanev (1930 – 1991), composer and teacher • Chudomir Alexandrov (1936 – 1998), politician • Elisaveta Bagryana (1893 – 1991), poet • Petar...
Deceased from 1980 to 1989
• Asen Vasiliev (1900 – 1981), art critic • Grigor Vachkov (1932 – 1980), artist • Stoyan Venev (1904 – 1989), artist • Dora Gabe (1886 – 1983), poet • Mitko Grigorov (1920 – 1987), politician from the BKP • Konstantin Galabov (1892 –...
Died from 1970 to 1979
• Zorka Yordanova (1904 – 1970), actress • Gyurga Pindjurova (1895 – 1971), folk and opera singer • Ivan Altonov (1892 – 1972), jurist and diplomat • Metodi Andonov (1932 – 1974), director • Lubomir Andreychin (1910 – 1975), linguist •...
Died from 1960 to 1969
• Georgi Apostolov (1891 – 1967), architect • Nedyalko Atanasov (1881 – 1960), politician • Nikola Balabanov (1893 – 1966), literary and theater critic • Alexander Bozhinov (1878 – 1968), artist • Kalin Boyadzhiev (1905 – 1968), architect...
Died from 1950 to 1959
• Alexander Ognyanov (1884 – 1953), politician • Alexander Teodorov-Balan (1859 – 1959), philologist • Andrei Protich (1875 – 1959), art critic • Asen Belkovski (1879 – 1957), artist • Blagoi Ivanov (1898 – 1951), politician from the BKP...
Died from 1945 to 1949
• Stamen Grigorov (1878 – 1945), biologist, discoverer of the Bulgarian lactobacillus • Pavel Gruev (1879 – 1945), lawyer • Stoyan Danev (1858 – 1949), politician • Parvan Draganov (1890 – 1945), officer and politician • Georgi Zankov...