Hristo Botev (Bulgarian: Христо Ботев), also known as Khristo Botev, was a Bulgarian poet and revolutionary. He was born in Kalofer on January 6, 1848 to Botyo Petkov and Ivanka Boteva .

Botev died heroically on June 1, 1876 as a voevode of 200 rebels who had set out to die for the liberation of Bulgaria.

The inscription chiselled on the granite rock by which he was killed reads: "Your prophecy has come true - you live on!"

Hristo Botev's official website (Bulgarian) http://www.hristobotev.com/