Zerubbabel was a governor of the Persian province of Yehud, and a descendant of the House of David. He played a key role in the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. He is a significant figure in Jewish history and is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Cyrus did not defeat the Persians. Cyrus, as a Persian himself, actually gave them an empire.
Cyrus conquered Babylon.
The first claimant with which I am familiar is Zerubbabel who came with Ezra and Nehemiah to Ancient Israel from Babylon in roughly 530 B.C.E.. The three leaders tried to rebuild Ancient Israel as a satrap of the Persian Empire with the blessings of King Cyrus the Great. While Ezra was a High Priest and Nehemiah was a Prophet, Zerubbabel was the grandson of Jeconiah, one of the last kings of Judah and a descendant of King David. He was ultimately disproved as the Messiah when he died a normal death.
Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great) freed the Jewish Exiles from captivity
Cyrus the Great in 538 B.C.E.King Cyrus (Hebrew: Coresh).
Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews from the Babylonian captivity back to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. This was in the first year of King Cyrus of Persia (as described in book of Ezra) which was 538 BC.
Cyrus.
Valerius Gratus was the Governor of Judea in the Movie Ben Hur.
This event is discussed in the Book of Ezra or in the non-Biblical Cyrus Cylinder.
KING CYRUS THE GREAT conquered the Babylonian or Chaldean Empire and gave the Babylonian Jews permission to return to their homeland of Judah and rebuild their sacred Temple.
Coresh (the Persian King Cyrus).