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Georgi Nikolov Delchev (1872–1903) was an important revolutionary figure in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Thrace at the turn of the 20th century. He was one of the leaders of what is commonly known today as Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), a paramilitary organization active in the Ottoman territories in Europe at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
He was born in a large family on February 4, 1872 (January 23 according to the Julian calendar) in Kukush, then in the Ottoman Empire (today in Greece), which was populated predominantly with Macedonian Bulgarians of the Orthodox and the Uniate faith. He died on May 4, 1903 from terrorist attacks. Nikola Delcev-Goce’s father Sultana Delceva- Goce’s mother
Goce Delcev said: "I understand the world solely as a field for cultural competition among the peoples"
Delchev is today regarded both in Bulgaria and in the Macedonia as an important national hero, and both nations see him as part of their own national history.His memory is honoured especially in the Bulgarian parts of Macedonia and among the descendants of Bulgarian refugees from other parts of the region, where he is regarded as the most important revolutionary from the second generation of freedom fighters.
His name appears also in the national anthem of the Republic of Macedonia – "Denes nad Makedonija". There are two towns named in his honour: Gotse Delchev in Bulgaria and Delčevo in the Republic of Macedonia.
