Revolutionary Yanko Atanasov

Yanko Atanasov was a Bulgarian revolutionary known as a member of Hristo Botev's detachment, born in Nevrokop, now called Gotse Delchev, in Bulgaria.

He completed school in Nevrokop and emigrated to Romania in 1865, joining the revolutionary émigrés and Hristo Botev's circle. After the April Uprising began, he joined Botev's detachment.

Yanko Atanasov died in the battle on the Milin Kamak ridge on 18 May 1876.