Paraskev Ivanchov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Параскев Стоянов; Romanian: Paraschiv Stoian;[1] January 30, 1871 – November 14, 1941) was a surgeon, anarchist, historian and professor.

The son of Ivancho Stoyanov, a Bulgarian active militant for national liberation from Roussé, and Gabriela von Walter, a German woman, Paraskev was born on January 30, 1871, in the city of Giurgiu, Romania, where his father had fled to escape persecution from the Ottomans.

[2] Belonging to a wealthy environment, Paraskev Stoyanov enjoyed a solid education, he studied at Bucharest's "Saint Sava" high school and at medical universities in Romania, France and Switzerland.

Arrested the same day, then released on bail a few months later, he moved to Italy, then found refuge for a time in Switzerland, where he met the leading theorists of the anarchist movement: Peter Kropotkin and Élisée Reclus.

[8] Today, as the founder of Bulgarian surgery, Paraskev is the namesake of the Medical University of Varna[9] and Multi-profile Hospital for Active Treatment in Lovech.