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
• Nikita Prokhorov (born 1991), Russian Paralympian athlete
• 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 (1929–2013), Russian mathematician
  • Lévy–Prokhorov metric
  • Prokhorov's theorem