Prigozhin or Prigogine (Russian: Пригожин) is a masculine East Slavic surname originating from the adjective prigozhii, meaning useful, suitable, nice; its feminine counterpart is Prigozhina. The surname may refer to the following notable people:
- Abram Prigozhin [Wikidata] (1896—1937), Soviet historian
- Alexandre Prigogine (1913–1991), Russian-born Belgian ornithologist
- Ilya Prigogine (1917–2003), Russian-born Belgian physicist noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility
- 11964 Prigogine, a minor planet named for Ilya Prigogine
- Prigogine's theorem, a theorem of thermodynamics of non-equilibrium processes formulated by Ilya Prigogine
- Iosif Prigozhin (born 1969), Russian music producer
- Larisa Prigozhina [Wikidata] (1937—2017), Russian theater historian
- Lucian Prigozhin [Wikidata] (1926–1994), Soviet composer
- Pavel Prigozhin (born 1998), leader of Wagner Group since 2023
- Yefim Prigozhin [Wikidata] (1914–1999), Soviet/Ukrainian scientist and engineer
- Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023), Russian businessman and mercenary commander, founder of Wagner Group
References
- Ganzhina, I. M. (2001) Словарь современных русских фамилий. Moscow: Astrel. p. 371. ISBN 5-271-00127-X.
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