Stoyan () is a Bulgarian name derived from the verb ''stoya'' (''стоя'' – to stand). The variant Stoian also appears in

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as Stogiannis (

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: Στογιάννης).

Given name

*Stoyan Stoyanov (b. 1995), Bulgarian Mechanical Engineer *

Stoyan Abrashev Stoyan Abrashev (; born 12 January 1988) is a retired Bulgarian footballer. Before his retirement on January 18, 2011, Abrashev played for FC Sportist Svoge FC Sportist () is a Bulgarian football club based in Svoge, which currently compe ...

(b. 1988), Bulgarian footballer * Stoyan Alexandrov (1949–2020), Bulgarian economist * Stoyan Apostolov (b. 1946), Bulgarian wrestler * Stoyan Balov (b. 1960), Bulgarian wrestler *

Stoyan Danev Stoyan Petrov Danev () (28 January 1858 – 30 July 1949) was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician and twice Prime Minister. A legal graduate of both the University of Heidelberg and the University of Paris, Danev served in a number of Min ...

(1858–1949), Bulgarian liberal politician and twice Prime Minister *

Stoyan Deltchev Stoyan Deltchev (, born in Plovdiv, July 3, 1959) is a Bulgarian retired artistic gymnast and a European and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he won a gold medal in horizontal bar and a bronze medal in t ...

(b. 1959), Bulgarian gymnast * Stoyan Gadev (1931–1999), Bulgarian actor * Stoyan Ganev (1955–2013), Bulgarian diplomat and politician * Stoyan Gunchev (b. 1958), Bulgarian volleyball player * Stoyan Georgiev (b. 1986), Bulgarian footballer * Stoyan N. Karastoyanoff, American architect *

Stoyan Kitov Stoyan Kirilov Kitov (; born 27 August 1938) is a retired Bulgarian footballer who represented his country at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He played as a midfielder and was a player at Spartak Sofia from 1959 until 1966. He also represen ...

(b. 1938), Bulgarian footballer *

Stoyan Kolev Stoyan Kolev (; born 3 February 1976) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the goalkeeping coach of Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. Career Kolev was born in Sliven. In summer of 2001 he joined CSKA Sofia an ...

(b. 1976), Bulgarian goalkeeper * Stoyan Nikolov (b. 1949), Bulgarian wrestler * Stoyan Mihaylovski (1856–1927), Bulgarian writer *

Stoyan Stoyanov Mihaylovski Hilarion of Makariopolis ( ''Ilarion Makariopolski'', , born Stoyan Stoyanov Mihaylovski, ; 1812–1875) was a 19th-century Bulgarian cleric and one of the leaders of the struggle for an autonomous Bulgarian church. He was born in Elena in 181 ...

(1812–1875), Bulgarian cleric *

Stoyan Ormandzhiev Stoyan Ormandzhiev (; 10 January 1920 – 10 October 2006) was a Bulgarian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, ...

(1920–2006), Bulgarian footballer and manager *

Stoyan Petkov Stoyan Petkov (born 9 June 1935) is a Bulgarian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 196 ...

, Bulgarian prelate *Stoyan Petrov, Bulgarian photographer *

Stoyan Predev Stoyan Predev (; born 19 August 1993) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Dunav Ruse. Career On 1 July 2018, Predev signed with Kariana Kariyanna is a small village in Amreli district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is o ...

(b. 1993), Bulgarian footballer *

Stoyan Radev Stoyan Radev () is a Bulgarian theatre and film director. He graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art in 1998. He lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria. Theatre * 1996 – "Reprieve" based on texts by Kafka, Student's Theatre ...

, Bulgarian film and theatre director *

Stoyan Stavrev Stoyan Stavrev (; born 7 December 1975) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper, and currently the goalkeeping coach at Fratria. Career Stavrev joined Litex Lovech in the summer of 1997. On 12 November 1997, he made his Litex debut in a 2– ...

(b. 1975), Bulgarian goalkeeper *

Stoyan Stefanov Stoyan Stefanov (; born 28 July 1983) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the midd ...

(b. 1983), Bulgarian footballer *

Stoyan Stoyanov Stoyan Iliev Stoyanov (; 12 March 1913 – 13 March 1997) was the highest scoring Bulgarian fighter ace of the Bulgarian Air Force, Royal Bulgarian Air Force in World War II with 15 victories. Early life Stoyan Stoyanov was born 12 March 191 ...

(1913–1994), Bulgarian fighter pilot *

Stoyan Yankoulov Elitsa and Stoyan () are a Bulgarian music duo consisting of singers Elitsa Todorova and . In 2007, they were the entry for Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, finishing in fifth place with the song "Water". It remained the highest pl ...

(b. 1966), Bulgarian drummer *

Stoyan Yordanov Stoyan Ivanov Yordanov (; born 29 January 1944) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At international level, Yordanov represented the Bulgaria national team on 25 occasions between 1968 and 1975, and participated at th ...

(b. 1944), Bulgarian goalkeeper * Stoyan Zagorchinov 1889–1969, Bulgarian writer *

Stoyan Zaimov Stoyan Stoyanov Zaimov ( Bulgarian: Стоян Стоянов Заимов; 12 August 1853 – 9 September 1932) was a Bulgarian educator, writer and revolutionary; closely associated with the April Uprising. Biography In the late 1860s, whil ...

(1853–1932), Bulgarian revolutionary * Stoyan Zlatev (b. 1954), Bulgarian pentathlete *

Stojan Todorchev Stoyan Todorchev (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Стоян Тодорчев; born 27 October 1984) is a Bulgarians, Bulgarian strongman (strength athlete), strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. Strongman ca ...

(b. 1984), Bulgarian strongman

Surname

* Denys Stoyan, Ukrainian football defender * Dietrich Stoyan, German mathematician and statistician * Maksym Stoyan (1980–), Ukrainian footballer

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