The Proud is an epithet which may refer to:

• Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1108–1139), also Duke of Saxony (as Henry II) and Margrave of Tuscany
• Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (535–496 BC), legendary seventh and final King of Rome
• Shane O'Neill (Irish chieftain) (c. 1530–1567), an Irish chieftain of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster
• Simeon of Moscow (1316-1353), Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir
• Tovi the Proud, a rich and powerful 11th-century Danish thegn with estates in southern England

• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1662-1748), the "Proud Duke"