Prigozhin

Prigozhin or Prigogine (Russian: Пригожин) is a masculine East Slavic surname originating from the adjective prigozhii, meaning useful, suitable, nice;[1] its feminine counterpart is Prigozhina. The surname may refer to the following notable people:

• Abram Prigozhin (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 (1937—2017), Russian theater historian
• Lucian Prigozhin (1926–1994), Soviet composer
• Yefim Prigozhin (1914–1999), Soviet/Ukrainian scientist and engineer
• Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023), Russian businessman and mercenary commander
  • Pavel Prigozhin (born 1998), son of Yevgeny Prigozhin

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