Burgas
Burgas ranks 2,358th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Portugal, Thunder Bay, and Hørsholm. Memorable people born in Burgas include Raina Kabaivanska, Kostas Varnalis, and Anton Donchev. Memorable people who died in Burgas include Viktor Gavrikov. Burgas has been the birth place of many writers, and soccer players and the death place of many chess players. Burgas is located in Bulgaria.
Burgas, sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a population of 203,000 inhabitants, while 277,922 live in its urban area. It is the capital of Burgas Province and an important industrial, transport, cultural and tourist centre. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1884 and 1996, Burgas was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Raina Kabaivanska, Kostas Varnalis, and Anton Donchev. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Burgas including Viktor Gavrikov.
People Born in Burgas
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Raina Kabaivanska
SINGER
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 1
Kostas Varnalis
WRITER
1884 - 1974
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 2
Anton Donchev
WRITER
1930 - 2022
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 3
Zlatko Yankov
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 4
Maria Bakalova
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 5
Radostin Kishishev
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 34.74
Rank: 6
Svetla Dimitrova
ATHLETE
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.71
Rank: 7
People Deceased in Burgas
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Burgas were writers (2), soccer players (2), singers (1), actors (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were chess players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Burgas, including Zlatko Yankov, and Radostin Kishishev. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Burgas, including Kostas Varnalis, and Anton Donchev.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Burgas since 1700.
