The Public is the people and society of a nation or community, or the whole of humanity.

(The) Public may also refer to:

• The Public (film), a 2018 film written and directed by Emilio Estevez
• The Public (play), a 1930 play by Federico García Lorca, known in the original Spanish as El público
• The Public (opera), an opera by Mauricio Sotelo, based on the play
• The Public (Chicago newspaper), a news journal published 1898—1919
• The Public (alternative newspaper), alternative newsweekly in Buffalo, New York.
• The Public Theater, a theatre company in New York City
• The Public, West Bromwich, an English community arts project based in West Bromwich
• Public (album), a 1998 album by Emm Gryne
• Public (restaurant), a restaurant in New York City
• Public land

• The Phantom Public, a 1925 book by Walter Lippmann
• All pages with titles containing public