Prokhorov

Prokhorov (Russian: Прохоров) or Prokhorova (feminine; Прохорова), is a common Russian surname which may refer to:

  • Alexander Prokhorov (1916–2002), Russian physicist and Nobel Prize winner
  • Aleksandr Prokhorov (footballer) (1946–2005), Soviet football player and coach
  • Alexey Prokhorov (1923–2002), Soviet aircraft pilot and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Mikhail Prokhorov (b. 1965), Russian billionaire businessman, politician and US investor
  • Nikolay Prokhorov (b. 1925), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Vasily Prokhorov (1919–1955), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Vitali Prokhorov (b. 1966), professional hockey player
  • Vladimir Prokhorov (b. 1984), Russian luger
  • Yelena Prokhorova (b. 1978), Russian heptathlete
  • Yuri Vasilevich Prokhorov (b. 1929), Russian mathematician
    • Lévy–Prokhorov metric
    • Prokhorov's theorem