MILITARY PERSONNEL

Yevgeny Prigozhin

1961 - 2023

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Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin (1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian mercenary leader and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until launching a rebellion in June 2023. Prigozhin was sometimes referred to as "Putin's chef" because he owned restaurants and catering businesses that provided services to the Kremlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yevgeny Prigozhin has received more than 9,440,018 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia. Yevgeny Prigozhin is the 69th most popular military personnel, the 74th most popular biography from Russia and the 4th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yevgeny Prigozhin ranks 69 out of 2,058. Before him are Otto Skorzeny, Ferdinand Foch, Stanislav Petrov, Fedor von Bock, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, and Germanicus. After him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Walter Model, Erich Raeder, Ahmad Sanjar, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, and Alexander Suvorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Yevgeny Prigozhin ranks 3. Before him are Diana, Princess of Wales, and Barack Obama. After him are Ilham Aliyev, Lothar Matthäus, George Clooney, Stephen Hillenburg, Nadia Comăneci, Eddie Murphy, Joko Widodo, Michael J. Fox, and Enya. Among people deceased in 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin ranks 12. Before him are Gina Lollobrigida, Jeff Beck, Michael Gambon, Constantine II of Greece, Bobby Charlton, and Jane Birkin. After him are Giorgio Napolitano, Martti Ahtisaari, Kenzaburō Ōe, Just Fontaine, Fernando Botero, and Lisa Marie Presley.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin ranks 74 out of 3,761. Before him are Peter II of Russia (1715), Peter Carl Fabergé (1846), Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861), Stanislav Petrov (1939), Wilhelm Wien (1864), and Roman Jakobson (1896). After him are Anna of Russia (1693), Paul Karrer (1889), Andrei Rublev (1360), Ivan III of Russia (1440), Anna Pavlova (1881), and Konstantin Stanislavski (1863).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin ranks 4. Before him are Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), Vasily Zaitsev (1915), and Stanislav Petrov (1939). After him are Alexander Suvorov (1730), Ivan Konev (1897), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Semyon Budyonny (1883), and Felix Steiner (1896).

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