Cyrus

Cyrus is an English transliteration of the Persian name Kourosh. For the etymology, see Cyrus (name).

Persian Monarchy

• Cyrus I (ca. 650 BC), 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)

• Cyrus the Younger (died 401 BC), brother to the Persian King Artaxerxes

Other persons named Cyrus

Given name

• Cyrus (architect), 1st century Greek architect who worked in Rome
• Saint Cyrus (see Cyrus and John), 4th century Coptic saint
• Cyrus of Alexandria, Melkite 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 Chothia, scientist
• 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 B. Lower, American Medal of Honor recipient
• 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"
• Steven Slocum, professional wrestler who competed as "Cyrus"

Surname

• An American family:
  • Ron Cyrus (1935–2006), Kentucky politician
  • Billy Ray Cyrus (born 1961), American musician and actor
  • Trace Cyrus (born 1989), American musician; (former) lead guitarist of Metro Station
  • Miley Cyrus (born 1992), American actress and singer
  • Noah Cyrus (born 2000), American actress
  • Annalyn Cyrus (born 1997), American actress
• Gordon Cyrus, Swedish performer and record producer

Fictional characters

• Cyrus, a character from the TV series Trailer Park Boys
• Cyrus (Chrono Trigger), a character in the video game Chrono Trigger
• Cyrus, a gang leader in the 1979 film The Warriors
• Cyrus, the cold-blooded leader of Team Galactic in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
• 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 Smith, the leading character in Jules Verne's novel Mysterious Island
• 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

Other

• Cyrus (2010 comedy-drama film), a 2010 comedy film starring John C. Reilly
• Cyrus (2010 thriller film), a 2010 thriller directed by Mark Vadik
• Cyrus, Greek name of the Kura River in the South Caucasus
• Cyrus, Minnesota, a small city in the United States
• Cyrus IMAP server, a mail server meant to be run on a sealed system
• Cyrus, another moniker of Basic Channel's Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus
• The Cyrus South Seaman, British whaler captained by Richard Spratly
• Cyrus (metal musician), guitarist for Norwegian band Dimmu Borgir
• Cyrus (dubstep musician), English dubstep musician

See also

• Koresh (disambiguation)
• Syrus