Prof. Marin Varbanov
Marin Varbanov's life is like a fairy tale created between the East and the West. Many traditions are intertwined in his work, but innovation remains an invariable part - wherever it is created, wherever the audience meets him - in Bulgaria, in China, in Europe, America or Australia...
Diko Iliev
Diko Iliev Dikov is a Bulgarian composer, musician and conductor. He founded several brass bands in Vratsa and Montana. His music for brass band has gained exceptional fame across the country and is perceived as a contemporary folk example of northern folk music.
Andrey Chaprazov
Born in Oryahovo on 16 February 1920. He graduated from the theatre school at the National Theatre. Studied law, then graduated from the State Academy of Music and Аcting. Formed and led the first soldier's amateur collective of the artistic word and theatrical amateurism.
Prof. Dr. Tseko Torbov
Born in Oryahovo on 15 April 1899, he graduated in law (1923) and philosophy (1929), defending two doctorates at the University of Goettingen, Germany. Student of the German philosopher Nelson. With his writings and translations of Kant, Prof. Torbov established himself as a profound interpreter of Kant's work.
Prof. Dimitar Tsolov
Born in Oryahovo on 28 July 1896. Graduated in architecture in Munich, Germany. Professor since 1952. Together with his fellow citizen, architect Ivan Vasilyov, he founded the architectural bureau "Vasilyov-Tsolov" and together they realized some of the most iconic and beautiful buildings in Sofia.
Ivan Vasilyov
Architect Ivan Vasilyov was born in 1893 in Oryahovo. He graduated in Architecture at the Higher Technical School in Karlsruhe, Germany. Together with prof. Dimitar Tsolov he founded the architectural bureau "Vasilyov-Tsolov" and realized some of the most emblematic and significant buildings in Sofia.