Namesakes
Racho Petrov
(a.k.a. Stoyanov) (m) 1861-1942 
Bulgarian Presidents and Prime Ministers 1901; 1903-1906 (prime minister)
Kimon Georgiev
(a.k.a. Stoyanov) (m) 1882-1969
Bulgarian Presidents and Prime Ministers 1934-1935; 1944-1946 (prime minister)
Petar Stoyanov
(m) 1952-
Bulgarian Presidents and Prime Ministers 1997-2002 (president)
Blagovest Stoyanov
(m) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1992 canoe sprint (bronze)