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'''Cyrus''' ([[Old Persian]]: ''Kuruš''; [[Persian language|Modern Persian]]: '''کوروش''', ''Kurosh''; [[Greek language|Greek]]: [[wikt:Κῦρος|Κῦρος]], ''Kȳros'') is a common Persian given name. For the etymology, see [[Cyrus (name)]]. |
'''Cyrus''' ([[Old Persian]]: ''Kuruš''; [[Persian language|Modern Persian]]: '''کوروش''', ''Kurosh''; [[Greek language|Greek]]: [[wikt:Κῦρος|Κῦρος]], ''Kȳros'') is a common Persian given name. For the etymology, see [[Cyrus (name)]]. |
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==Persian Monarchy== |
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*[[Cyrus I]] (ca. 650 BC), King of Anshan |
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*[[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 |
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:(''See also: [[Cyrus Cylinder]], [[Cyrus in the Judeo-Christian tradition]] and [[Cyrus the Great in the Quran]]'') |
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*[[Cyrus the Younger]] (died 401 BC), brother to the Persian King Artaxerxes |
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==Other persons named Cyrus == |
==Other persons named Cyrus == |
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Revision as of 18:23, 20 October 2010
Cyrus (Old Persian: Kuruš; Modern Persian: کوروش, Kurosh; Greek: Κῦρος, Kȳros) is a common Persian given name. For the etymology, see Cyrus (name).
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Other persons named Cyrus
Given name
- 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 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"
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
- Gordon Cyrus, Swedish performer and record producer
Fictional characters
- Cyrus (Chrono Trigger), a character in the video game Chrono Trigger
- Cyrus, a gang leader in the 1979 film The Warriors
- Cyrus, the coldblooded 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 (film), a 2010 comedy film starring John C. Reilly
- Cyrus (thriller film), a 2010 thriller starring Brian Krause
- 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 (musician), guitarist for Norwegian band Dimmu Borgir