Cyrus (in modern Persian, کوروش – Kurosh – and in Greek, Κῦρος Kyros) is a common Persian given name. For the etymology, see Cyrus (name). [edit] Persian Monarchy - Cyrus I (ca. 650 BCE), King of Anshan
- Cyrus the Great (559–529 BC) – also known as Cyrus II – the grandson of Cyrus I, an Achaemenid ruler and the founder of the Great Persian Empire
- (See also: Cyrus Cylinder, Cyrus in the Judeo-Christian tradition and Cyrus the Great in the Quran)
[edit] Other persons named Cyrus [edit] Given name - Saint Cyrus (see Cyrus and John), 4th century Coptic saint
- Cyrus of Alexandria, Melchite Patriarch and co-founder of Monothelism
- Cyrus of Panopolis, 5th-century Byzantine writer and official
- Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, American artist, illustrator, author, and adventurer
- Cyrus Townsend Brady, American journalist, historian and adventure writer
- Cyrus Broacha, MTV India VJ
- Cyrus Edwin Dallin, American sculptor
- Cyrus S. Eaton, American banker, investor, and philanthropist
- Cyrus West Field, American businessman who successfully laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable
- Cyrus Frisch, Dutch film director
- Cyrus Hamlin (general), Union general during American Civil War, son of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin
- Cyrus McCormick, American inventor who developed the modern mechanical reaper
- Cyrus Patell, literary and cultural critic
- Cyrus Peirce, founder of first public normal school in United States
- Cyrus Poncha, national squash coach in India
- Cyrus Sahukar, MTV India VJ
- C. R. Smith (Cyrus Rowlett Smith), U.S. Secretary of Commerce under president Lyndon B. Johnson
- Cyrus Vance, U.S. Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter
- Don Callis, professional wrestler who competed as "Cyrus the Virus"
[edit] Surname - Gordon Cyrus, Swedish performer and record producer
- An American family:
[edit] Fictional characters - Cyrus (Chrono Trigger), a character in the video game Chrono Trigger
- Cyrus, a gang leader in the 1979 film The Warriors
- Cyrus Bortel, a character from Kim Possible
- Cyrus Gold, the DC Comics character Solomon Grundy (comics)
- Cyrus Lupo, a detective character from Law & Order
- Cyrus Simpson, the brother of Abraham Simpson in The Simpsons
- Cyrus Tolliver, a character from the TV series Deadwood
- Sergeant Cyrus, a character in the videogame Dawn of War 2
- Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, a character in the 1997 film Con Air, played by John Malkovich.
- Cyrus, a vampaneze from The Vampire Prince by Darren Shan
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