Darius

Darius may refer to:

People

• Darius (given name), including a list of people with the given name
• Darius (real name Darius Campbell), a Scottish singer notable for his UK number one hit song "Colourblind" (2002)

Historical people

Persian kings:

• Darius I (the Great) (550 to 487 BC)
• Darius II (423 to 404 BC)
• Darius III (Codomannus) (380 to 330 BC)

Other kings, princes and politicians:

• Darius (praetorian prefect), Praetorian prefect of the East in 436 to 437 CE
• Darius I of Media Atropatene
• Darius II of Media Atropatene
• Darius the Mede
• Darius of Pontus
• Darius, one of the sons of King Mithridates VI of Pontus
• Dara Shikoh, known as Darius the Magnificent

Surname

• Adam Darius, an American mime artist, choreographer and writer
• Donovin Darius, an NFL player
• Steponas Darius, a Lithuanian pilot

Companies

• Darius Films

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Darius Canum, a character in Justin Woolley's post-apocalyptic novel A Town Called Dust (The Territory #1) (2014, Momentum/Pan Macmillan)

Games

• Darius (series), a series of side-scrolling shoot 'em up video games, released by Taito
  • Darius (video game)
  • Darius II (arcade game)
  • Darius Force, known as Super Nova in North America
  • Darius Gaiden, originally planned to be released as planned to be released as Darius III
  • Darius Twin
  • G-Darius, the fourth installment in the Darius series

Literature

• Darius: Lord of Pleasures (2013, Lonely Lords #1), novel by Grace Burrowes that won the 2014 RITA Award for best historical romance

See also

• Daria, a feminine given name
• Dario, counterpart of Darius in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Croatian
• Daris, a masculine given name