Moustache

This article is about the type of facial hair. For other uses, see Moustache (disambiguation).

Panayot Hitov, Bulgarian revolutionary

A moustachioed horseman on a c. 300 BC artwork found in Pazyryk burials

Abbas the Great, Shah of Persia

A moustache (UK: /məˈstɑːʃ/) or mustache (US: /ˈmʌstæʃ/) is a growth of facial hair grown above the upper lip and under the nose of people, normally men.

Moustaches have been grown in various styles throughout history.

Count Gaishi Nagaoka, Japanese officer and Vice Chief of the General Staff in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War, with his exaggerated kaiser mustache