Revolutionary Banyo Marinov

Bratan, or Banyo, Marinov Bratanov was a Bulgarian revolutionary known as one of the leaders of the Kresna–Razlog Uprising.

He was born in Teteven in 1853. His father was an innkeeper, a member of the Internal Revolutionary Organisation and a trusted associate of Vasil Levski. Bratan completed the graded school in his hometown and then studied commerce in Svishtov. In 1872, after his father's death, he took responsibility for supporting the family.

He joined the Teteven Local Revolutionary Committee and fled to Romania after a conflict with the Ottoman authorities. There, he became involved in revolutionary émigré circles. He fought as a volunteer in Panayot Hitov's detachment during the Serbo-Turkish War of 1876. He then entered Bulgaria with Sider Grancharov's detachment, but escaped to Romania after its defeat.

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, he led a Cossack unit and was promoted to corporal for his bravery in battle. After Orhanie fell in November 1877, he was appointed the town's commandant; following Sofia's fall in December, he became its deputy commandant.

In October 1878, when the Kresna–Razlog Uprising broke out, the Edinstvo committee in Sofia sent Marinov with a volunteer detachment to serve as chief voivode in Razlog. His deputy was Nikola Furnadzhiev. On 8 November, after several hours of fighting, Marinov's detachment liberated Bansko. He was seriously wounded in the battle and taken to Gorna Dzhumaya and later Sofia, where he died of his wounds the following year.