Zahari Stoyanov (; archaic: ) (1850 – 2 September 1889), born
Dzhendo Stoyanov Dzhedev , was a
Bulgarian revolutionary, writer, and historian. A participant in the
April Uprising of 1876, he became its first historiographer with his book
Memoirs of the Bulgarian Uprisings. Stoyanov directed the
Unification of Bulgaria and
Eastern Rumelia in 1885, and was one of the leaders of the
People's Liberal Party until the end of his life.