Namesakes
Bulgarian Presidents and Prime Ministers:
3 prime ministers
(prime minister) Kliment of Tarnovo (a.k.a. Nikolov) 1879-1880; 1886 
(prime minister) Stefan Stambolov (a.k.a. Nikolov) 1887-1894
(prime minister) Dimitar Petkov (a.k.a. Nikolov) 1906-1907
Olympic Medalists:
1 bronze
(bronze) Petar Petrov (a.k.a. Nikolov) 1980 100 m