Koresh may refer to: *

Cyrus Cyrus () is a Persian-language masculine given name. It is historically best known as the name of several List of monarchs of Iran, Persian kings, most notably including Cyrus the Great, who founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BC. It remains wid ...

, a given name **

Cyrus the Great Cyrus II of Persia ( ; 530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Achaemenid dynasty (i. The clan and dynasty) Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Media ...

(c. 600–530 BCE) *

Cyrus Teed Cyrus Reed Teed (October 18, 1839 – December 22, 1908) was a United States, U.S. eclectic medicine, eclectic physician and alchemy, alchemist turned pseudoscience, pseudoscientific religious leader and self-proclaimed messiah. In 1869, claiming ...

, American spiritualist (1839–1908) *

David Koresh David Koresh (; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader. who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect, Koresh claimed to be its fin ...

(b. Vernon Howell; 1959–1993), American religious leader of a former Branch Davidian sect *

Köräş Köräş (also kuresh, koresh, küreş, güreş and similar variants) refers to a number of folk wrestling styles practiced in Central Asia. Köräş wrestlers (Turkish:Güreş, ''köräşçelär''; , ''küreščiler'') use towels to hold th ...

, various folk wrestling styles of Central Asia

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