RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dobri Dobrev

1914 - 2018

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Dobri Dimitrov Dobrev (Bulgarian: Добри Димитров Добрев, pronounced [ˈdɔbri dimiˈtrɔf ˈdɔbrɛf]; 20 July 1914 – 13 February 2018), better known as Grandpa Dobri, Elder Dobri (Bulgarian: Дядо Добри, romanized: Dyado Dobri) or The Saint of Bailovo, was a Bulgarian ascetic who walked over 20 kilometres (12 mi) each day to sit or stand in front of the Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in Sofia to collect money for charitable causes. Dobrev donated all the money he collected to charities, orphanages, churches, and monasteries. He turned 100 in July 2014. In Bulgarian, his name translates as "good" or "kind". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dobri Dobrev is the 2,371st most popular religious figure (down from 1,764th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 114th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Bulgarian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dobri Dobrev ranks 2,371 out of 3,187. Before him are Jarir ibn Atiyah, Hypatius Pociej, Ursula Ledóchowska, Conrad Grebel, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, and David Koresh. After him are Domenico Mezzadri, Peire Cardenal, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow, Dominic of Silos, Dimitry of Rostov, and Attilio Nicora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Dobri Dobrev ranks 221. Before him are Josep Escolà, Evelyn Furtsch, Reuben Fine, Edmund Muskie, Bertus Aafjes, and Viktor Grishin. After him are Orhan Veli Kanık, B. R. Chopra, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Christl Cranz, Norman McLaren, and Luis Mariano. Among people deceased in 2018, Dobri Dobrev ranks 231. Before him are Walter Laqueur, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Tab Hunter, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Ramón Chao, and William Goldman. After him are Barbara Harris, Eunice Gayson, Cecil Taylor, Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Joseph Joffo, and Peter Mayle.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Dobri Dobrev ranks 145 out of 415. Before him are Marin Drinov (1838), Vineh of Bulgaria (740), Todor Burmov (1834), Ognyan Gerdzhikov (1946), Dimitrana Ivanova (1881), and Ana Terter (1300). After him are Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Elin Pelin (1877), Ivan Dimitrov (1935), Georgi Lozanov (1926), Nikolai Denkov (1962), and Petko Slaveykov (1827).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Bulgaria

Among religious figures born in Bulgaria, Dobri Dobrev ranks 7. Before him are John of Rila (876), Jeremias II of Constantinople (1536), John XIV of Constantinople (1282), Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317), Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945), and Maxim of Bulgaria (1914). After him are Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901), and Sophronius of Vratsa (1739).

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