Dimitar Tsokov, a.k.a. Dimitar Cokov, was born in 1865 in Svishtov, Bulgaria.

He was a scholar, linguist, diplomat, and Professor of History at the University of Sofia (1893). In 1884, he was one of the founders of a cultural centre Chitalishte "Hristo Botev 1884" (Bulgarian: Читалище "Христо Ботев 1884"), in the town of Botevgrad in western Bulgaria. The centre distributed books, newspapers and magazines and organized readings and lectures. Tsokov served as the first Bulgarian diplomatic agent in London from 1903 to 1907 and Bulgarian Minister plenipotentiary in London from 1911 to 1913. He was the first Bulgarian member of the International Olympic Committee from 1906 to 1912.

He died in 1928 in London, England.