Cyrus (in modern Persian, کوروش – Kurosh – and in Greek, Kyros) is a common Persian given name. It was the name of the king Cyrus the Great who ruled Anshan.
It most commonly refers to Cyrus the Great, but has many other uses.
Persian monarchs and princes
- Cyrus I of Anshan (ca. 650 BC), King of Persia
- Cyrus II of Persia (559–529 BC) – also known as Cyrus the Great – the grandson of Cyrus I, an Achaemenid ruler and the founder of the Persian Empire
- (See also: Cyrus Cylinder, Cyrus in the Judeo-Christian tradition and Cyrus the Great in the Quran)
Other persons named Cyrus
Given name
- Cyrus of Alexandria, a Melchite Patriarch and co-founder of Monothelism
- Saint Cyrus, 4th century Coptic saint
- Cyrus Townsend Brady American journalist, historian and adventure writer
- Cyrus Broacha, MTV India VJ
- Cyrus S. Eaton, American banker, investor, and philanthropist
- Cyrus Field, American businessman who successfully laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable
- Cyrus Hamlin (general) Union General during American Civil War, son of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin
- Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, American artist, illustrator, author, and adventurer
- Cyrus McCormick, American inventor who developed the modern mechanical reaper
- Cyrus R. K. Patell, a literary and cultural critic.
- Cyrus Peirce, founder of first public normal school in America.
- Cyrus Poncha, National squash coach in India.
- Cyrus Sahukar, MTV India VJ
- Cyrus Rowlett Smith, U.S. Secretary of Commerce under president Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Cyrus Vance, U.S. Secretary of State under President James E. Carter.
- Cyrus E. Dallin, American sculptor
- Cyrus Toulabi, American student filmmaker
Surname
- Gordon Cyrus, Swedish performer and record producer
- An American family:
Fictional characters
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