Persian Monarchy
- Cyrus I (ca. 650 BC), King of Anshan
- Cyrus the Great (ca. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 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
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