Darius
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Darius (in Persian داريوش (Darayavahus)) is a common Persian male name. Three kings of the ancient Achaemenid Empire of Persia were named Darius:
- Darius the Great or Darius I of Persia.
- Darius II of Persia
- Darius III of Persia
as well as several other kings:
- Darius of Media Atropatene appears to have been an Arsacid satrap.
- Darius of Pontus, was briefly put in charge of Pontus after the death of his father Parnaces II of Pontus.
- Darius the Mede named as "King of Babylon" in the Book of Daniel, variously identified (sometimes assumed to be Gubaru).
Darius can also be:
- A popular Lithuanian first name (e.g. Darius Kasparaitis, who is a NHL player)
- Darius McCrary, American actor
- Darius Grala, a Polish sports car racing driver
- Darius Danesh, a Scottish-Persian singer-songwriter
- Darius Krutzek, a German basketball professional
- Donovin Darius, an NFL player
- Steponas Darius, a Lithuanian pilot
- Darius Mockus, a Lithuanian enterpreuner, magnat (s. MG Baltic)
- Darius, an underground goth rock band
- Darius, lead singer of the band listed above
- Darius (arcade game), one of a series of video games
- Darius, an Immortal from the Highlander: The Series
- Darius Mehrjui, Iranian film director.
- Darius, one of two characters in the fictional series "Chronicles"
- Darius the Golden, a prominent lead character of the series. No longer in existence after the world was recreated by the Twilight Angel.
- Darius the Wanderer, An adopted human sibling of the Twilight Angel. He has learned that he is now eternally bound to the God of the Death for his actions at The End of the World. True to his name, he has begun to wander the world in search of his sister. He was a key player in a violent massacre in which the god broke loose after watching a young girl being maimed for trying to save another girl. The temporarily freed entity channeled Darius's anger and sorrow and brutally murdered all those involved. Afterwards, the god restored the girl's fading life as payment for his short-lived freedom.. Named in honor of, but otherwise unrelated to, Darius the Golden.
Dario is the counterpart of Darius in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Croatian:
- Dario Fo, Italian Nobel prize winner
- Dario Argento, Italian film director
- Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet
- Dario Bellezza, Italian poet
- Darío Moreno, Turkish-born Sephardic Jew singer and composer
- Dario Chioli, Italian poet and phlosopher
- Dario Marianelli, Italian film composer
- Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer currently capitain of Fiorentina
- Dario Šimić, Croatian footballer currently playing for AC Milan
- Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer currently playing for Shakhtar Donetsk
- Darío Silva, former Uruguayan footballer
- Dario Resta, Italian Indianapolis 500 winner
- Dario Hübner, former Italian footballer
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