The People may refer to:

• General will, a concept in political philosophy developed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• The People, term used to refer to the people in general, in legal documents
• "We the People of the United States", from the Preamble to the U. S. Constitution
• In philosophy, economics, and political science, the term "the people" may be invoked when discussing the common good
• Commoners, ordinary people without significant social status
• Proletariat, the social class of wage-earners

• People!, a rock band active mainly in the 1960s
• The People (EP), an EP by The Music
• "The People" (song), a single from rapper Common's 2007 album Finding Forever

• The People, series of fantasy novelettes and short stories by Zenna Henderson, collected in Ingathering: The Complete People Stories
• The People (film), a 1972 television film starring William Shatner, based on the "Pottage" story by Zenna Henderson
• The People, an unfinished novel by Bernard Malamud
• The People, a collective name of all subterranean fairy cultures in the Artemis Fowl book series
• The People, an Indian Malayalam-language film series by Jayaraj, consisting of
  • 4 the People (2004)
  • By the People (2005 film)
  • Of the People (2008)

• The People, a newspaper, now known as the Sunday People, a British "red-top" Sunday-only newspaper, owned by Reach plc
• The People (1891), the official English-language organ of the Socialist Labor Party of America from 1891 to 2008
• The People, a daily newspaper in Kenya
• The People, or an-Nas, a sura (chapter) of the Qur'an
• The People's Daily, the biggest newspaper group in China

• People (disambiguation)
• The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms. In the United States the form "the People" is often used instead.