Bogdan Filov

Bulgarian politician and archaeologist (1883-1945)

Person human Q463311

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[33]
Date of birth: April 10, 1883
Date of death: February 2, 1945
Place of birth: Stara Zagora
Place of death: Sofia
Country of citizenship: Bulgaria^[13]
Occupation: anthropologist, art historian, archaeologist, historian, politician, university teacher^[14]
Employer: Sofia University^[21]
Position held: Presidents of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Minister of Education and Science, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Ministre de l'Agriculture et des propriétés de l'État de Bulgarie, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Minister of Foreign Affairs^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
Educated at: Sofia University, University of Freiburg, Leipzig University, University of Würzburg^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]
Member of political party: independent politician^[34]
Award received: Order of Saint Alexander^[26]
Father: Dimitar Filov^[11]
Spouse: Evdokia Peteva-Filova^[12]
Cause of death: gunshot wound^[35]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German, Bulgarian, English^[41]^[42]^[43]
Convicted of: war crime, treason^[39]^[40]
Family name: Dimitrov^[36]
Given name: Bogdan^[37]
Manner of death: capital punishment^[38]
Member of: Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, German Archaeological Institute, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]
Name in native language: Богдан Димитров Филов^[44]
Place of burial: Central Sofia Cemetery^[10]

🏷️ Also known as

en Bogdan Dimitrov Filov en Bogdan Filov ar بوغدان فيلوف cs Bogdan Dimitrov Filov de Bogdan Filov de Bogdan Filow de Bogdan Dimitrow Filow el Μπογκντάν Φίλοβ es Bogdan Dimitrow Filow es Bogdan Filov es Bogdan Filow fa بوگدان فیلوف fi Bogdan Dimitrov Filov he בוגדאן פילוב he בוגדן פילוב hi बोगडान फिलोव ja ボグダン・フィロフ nl Bogdan Filow nl Filow pl Bogdan Fiłow

🔖 Identifiers · 61

ISNI: 0000000110780977
VIAF cluster ID: 94624525
Library of Congress authority ID: nr90007809
GND ID: 119091682
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Богдан Филов.jpg ↗
American Academy in Rome ID: 12361713
BHCL UUID: 4ff878b0-01fc-43c2-88fa-3465ec876f1b
BIBSYS ID: 97027888
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12217244v
BioLexSOE ID: 820
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: filow-bogdan-dimitrow
CONOR.BG ID: 22419301

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CONOR.SI ID: 25051491
CONOR.SR ID: 16221799
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741588351616
DDB person (GND) ID: 119091682
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119091682
Discogs artist ID: 3303812
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Bogdan-Filov
FAST ID: 269468
Find a Grave memorial ID: 109156998
FranceArchives agent ID: 301189471
Freebase ID: /m/025fts
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Bogdan_Filov
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4712977
IdRef ID: 030836484
Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti member ID: filov-bogdan
Lex ID: Bogdan_Filov
Libraries Australia ID: 36415787
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA15419623
NL CR AUT ID: js2009504503
NLA Trove people ID: 1255162
NLP ID: a0000002228354
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000211380
NSK ID: 981005767898309366
NUKAT ID: n2006001656
National Library of Greece ID: 223879
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007293175805171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810546667205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 084395850
Obálky knih ID: js2009504503
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3901069
Open Library ID: OL626143A, OL5755106A
PM20 folder ID: pe/005173
Parsifal cluster ID: 639417, 187927
Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana ID: 4627
Propylaeum-VITAE ID: 22037
RERO ID (legacy): A003243068
SAIA authority ID: 5a1d4d044ab9d081344c6437
SBN author ID: LO1V272298
SEARCH on line catalogue ID: 54115
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 540290
Svenska Institutet i Rom ID: 73298
Treccani ID: bogdan-dimitrov-filov
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: bogdan-dimitrov-filov
UOM ID: 86007
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 336353
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV11394758
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/77062
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmdpVbCV9xHb7mFKvRkDq
Yale LUX ID: person/fa2a1f3f-169a-40de-8b86-c276b71be66e

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🔗 Connections

Member of 6

Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, German Archaeological Institute, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Austrian Archaeological Institute

Occupation 6

politician, historian, archaeologist, anthropologist, university teacher, art historian

Educated at 4

Leipzig University, University of Freiburg, University of Würzburg, Sofia University

Position held 4

Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Languages spoken, written or signed 3

English, German, Bulgarian

Convicted of 2

war crime, treason

Award received 1

Order of Saint Alexander

Cause of death 1

gunshot wound

Country of citizenship 1

Bulgaria

Employer 1

Sofia University

Family name 1

Dimitrov

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

capital punishment

Member of political party 1

independent politician

Place of birth 1

Stara Zagora

Place of burial 1

Central Sofia Cemetery

Place of death 1

Sofia

Sex or gender 1

male

Students 1

Ivan Venedikov

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Summary

Bogdan Filov was born on April 10, 1883^[1], in Stara Zagora^[2]. He died on February 2, 1945^[3], in Sofia^[4]. He worked as an anthropologist^[5], art historian^[6], archaeologist^[7], historian^[8], and politician^[9].

FAQs

Where was Bogdan Filov born?

Bogdan Filov's place of birth was Stara Zagora^[2].

Where did Bogdan Filov die?

Bogdan Filov passed away in Sofia^[4].

Who were Bogdan Filov's parents?

Bogdan Filov's father was Dimitar Filov^[11].

Who was Bogdan Filov married to?

Bogdan Filov's spouses include Evdokia Peteva-Filova^[12].

What did Bogdan Filov do for work?

Bogdan Filov worked as an anthropologist^[5], art historian^[6], archaeologist^[7], historian^[8], and politician^[9].

Where did Bogdan Filov go to school?

Bogdan Filov was educated at Sofia University^[22], University of Freiburg^[23], Leipzig University^[24], and University of Würzburg^[25].

What awards did Bogdan Filov receive?

Honors received include Order of Saint Alexander^[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Bogdan Filov — place of birth (P19): Stara Zagora. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Bogdan Filov — place of death (P20): Sofia. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. novinite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Bogdan Filov — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Bogdan Filov — father (P22): Dimitar Filov. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Bogdan Filov — spouse (P26): Evdokia Peteva-Filova. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Bogdan Filov — country of citizenship (P27): Bulgaria. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Bogdan Filov — position held (P39): Presidents of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Bogdan Filov — position held (P39): Minister of Education and Science. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Bogdan Filov — position held (P39): Prime Minister of Bulgaria. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Bogdan Filov — position held (P39): Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Bogdan Filov — position held (P39): Ministre de l'Agriculture et des propriétés de l'État de Bulgarie. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Bogdan Filov — position held (P39): Minister of Foreign Affairs. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Bogdan Filov — educated at (P69): Sofia University. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Bogdan Filov — educated at (P69): University of Freiburg. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Bogdan Filov — educated at (P69): Leipzig University. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Bogdan Filov — educated at (P69): University of Würzburg. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Bogdan Filov — member of political party (P102): independent politician. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Bogdan Filov — occupation (P106): anthropologist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Bogdan Filov — occupation (P106): art historian. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Bogdan Filov — occupation (P106): archaeologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Bogdan Filov — occupation (P106): historian. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Bogdan Filov — occupation (P106): politician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Bogdan Filov — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Bogdan Filov — employer (P108): Sofia University. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Bogdan Filov — place of burial (P119): Central Sofia Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-06-10. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Bogdan Filov — award received (P166): Order of Saint Alexander. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Bogdan Filov — member of (P463): Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Bogdan Filov — member of (P463): German Archaeological Institute. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Bogdan Filov — member of (P463): Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Bogdan Filov — member of (P463): Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Bogdan Filov — member of (P463): Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Bogdan Filov — member of (P463): Austrian Archaeological Institute. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Bogdan Filov — cause of death (P509): gunshot wound. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Bogdan Filov — date of birth (P569): April 10, 1883. Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Bogdan Filov — date of death (P570): February 2, 1945. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Bogdan Filov — family name (P734): Dimitrov. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Bogdan Filov — given name (P735): Bogdan. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Bogdan Filov — manner of death (P1196): capital punishment. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Bogdan Filov — convicted of (P1399): war crime. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Bogdan Filov — convicted of (P1399): treason. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Bogdan Filov — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Bogdan Filov — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Bulgarian. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Bogdan Filov — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Bogdan Filov — name in native language (P1559): Богдан Димитров Филов. wikidata.org.

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