Famous People with Name Petko

Petko Staynov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Petko Staynov: was a Bulgarian composer and pianist. He enriched the Bulgarian musical culture and contributed considerably to its development. A composer of great creative talent, of wide musical and general culture, possessing a keen sense for the topical ideas of modern time, he dedicated his entire life and all his abilities to Bulgarian music and musical culture, and to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Petko Karavelov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Petko Karavelov: was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on four occasions.He first served as Prime Minisiter from 1880-1881 and then again in 1884-1886. He joined Stefan Stambolov and others as a member of the Regency Council after the abdication of Alexander of Bulgaria in 1886, serving a brief third spell as Prime Minister in August of that year. His reigns as Prime Minister where characterized by close association with Russia.

Petko Rachov Slaveykov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Petko Rachov Slaveykov: was a noted nineteenth-century Bulgarian poet, publicist, public figure and folklorist.Slaveykov studied consecutively in Tarnovo, Dryanovo, Tryavna and the Transfiguration Monastery, and also self-educated himself by reading books in the monastery libraries near Tarnovo. He also read the noted Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya by Paisius of Hilendar, and later studied in Svishtov (under Emanuil Vaskidovich), extended his knowledge of Greek and got acquainted with the works of Western European and Serbian literature.

Petko Petkov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Petko Petkov: is a Bulgarian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Petko Vasilev            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Petko Vasilev: is an Bulgarian football player. He currently plays for Botev Plovdiv as a forward.