DARIUS

'''Darius''' (in Persian داريوش; [dɒrjuʃ]) is a common Persian male name. Three kings of the ancient Achaemenid Empire of Persia were named Darius:

★ Darius I of Persia or ''Darius the Great''.

★ 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 Pharnaces 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 refer to:

★ A streetracer in ''

★ A popular Lithuanian first name

★ Darius Rucker, aka Hootie, an American musician

★ Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league footballer

★ Darius Kasparaitis, a former NHL, current AHL player

★ Darius Dracia, a vampire in the RPG series, ''Eon''

★ Darius McCrary, American actor

★ Darius Grala, a Polish sports car racing driver

★ Darius Danesh, a Scottish-Persian singer-songwriter

★ Donovin Darius, an NFL player

★ Darius Miles, an NBA player. Born: Oct 9, 1981

★ Steponas Darius, a Lithuanian pilot

★ Darius Mockus, a Lithuanian enterpreuner, magnat (s. MG Baltic)

★ ''Darius'', one of a series of video games

★ Darius, an Immortal from ''

★ Darius Mehrjui, Iranian film director.

★ Darius Khondji, French-Iranian cinematographer
'''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 philosopher

★ 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

★ Dario, a villain in the James Bond film ''Licence to Kill''

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See also

See also

★ Ciudad Darío, named after Rubén Darío

★ Dario (brand) a trademark for electrical products

★ Dario

★ Darius Milhaud 20th Century composer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Milhaud)