Bulgarian emigrants

Ludmilla "Lucy" Diakovska (Bulgarian: Людмила Любомирова Дяковска Lyudmila Lyubomirova Dyakovska; born 2 April 1976) is a Bulgarian-born German singer and television personality who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.

Dobrina Liubomirova Stoylova Anguelova known as Dobrina Cristeva (Bulgarian: Добрина Кръстева Sofia, Bulgaria, October 9, 1968) is a Bulgarian-Mexican actress. She immigrated to Mexico in 1976, when she was 8 years old. She started her career as a dancer in 1981 and as an actress in 1988.

Božidara Turzonovová, (born on May 28, 1942) is a Slovak film and stage actress of Bulgarian origins, often referred to as The First Lady of Slovak Theater and Film.

Kotoōshū Katsunori (Japanese: 琴欧洲 勝紀) (legal name: Karoyan Andō, born February 19, 1983 as Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov, Bulgarian: Калоян Стефанов Махлянов) is a former professional sumo wrestler or rikishi from Bulgaria. He made his debut in 2002, reaching the top division just two years later. In 2005, he reached the rank of ōzeki or 'champion', the second-highest level in the sumo ranking system behind only yokozuna. On May 24, 2008, Kotoōshū made history by becoming the first European sumo wrestler to win an Emperor's Cup. He was one of the longest serving ōzeki in sumo history, holding the rank for 47 consecutive tournaments until November 2013. In January 2014 Kotoōshū obtained Japanese citizenship, a requirement of becoming an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, and he announced his retirement during the following tournament in March. In April 2017 he opened his own training stable, Naruto.

Aoiyama Kōsuke (Japanese: 碧山 亘右, born 19 June 1986 as Daniel Ivanov (Bulgarian: Даниел Иванов)) is a Bulgarian professional sumo wrestler or rikishi from Elhovo. He made his debut in 2009, reaching the top division two years later, debuting in the November 2011 tournament. He has won three Fighting Spirit awards, one Technique award and one kinboshi for defeating a yokozuna. His highest rank has been sekiwake. He is one of the heaviest competitors in sumo, weighing around 200 kg for most tournaments.

Elias Canetti (Bulgarian: Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a German-language author, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a merchant family. They moved to Manchester, England, but his father died in 1912, and his mother took her three sons back to the continent. They settled in Vienna.

Radka Donnell, (November 24, 1928 Sofia, Bulgaria – February 13, 2013 Zurich, Switzerland) was a feminist, painter, art therapist, poet, translator, storyteller, and pioneer of modern quilt-making. She explored what quilts can mean and look like, as distinct from traditional quilting and the fine arts culture.

Shmuel Levi (Hebrew: שמואל לוי‎; March 14, 1884 – July 1966) was an Israeli painter.

Bozhin Georgiev Laskov (Bulgarian: Божин Георгиев Ласков; (15 February 1922 – 2 April 2007) was a Bulgarian association football player who played as a striker, noted for his tall stature, impressive physique and great heading. In addition, Laskov was a professional doctor and a trained Bulgarian Orthodox priest. After 1946, he lived and worked in Czechoslovakia and is counted among Bulgaria and Slovakia's best footballers of the era.

Semiray Ahmedova (born 21 April 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian-born Luxembourgish architect and politician of The Greens. She served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2019 to 2023.