Persians or Persian people may refer to:
- Inhabitants of Persia
- Persian people, an Iranian ethnic group native to the Middle East and Central Asia
- Persian (cat), a longhaired cat breed
- The Persians, a play by Aeschylus
- Persian (pastry), a doughnut-like pastry
Famous quotes containing the word persians:
“The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)