| Zablocki, Franciszek (Polish dramatist, satirist) |
1750/1-1821 |
| Zabludovsky, Abraham (Polish-born Mexican architect) |
1924-2003 |
| Zabolotsky, Nikolay Alekseyevich (Russian poet) |
1903-1958 |
| Zaccaria, Saint Antonio Maria (Italian religious) |
1502-1539 |
| Zaccaria, Benedetto (Genoese merchant, diplomat, admiral) |
d.c.1307 |
| Zacchini, Duina (Egypt-born Italian human cannonball) |
1924-2006 |
| Zacconi, Ludovico (Italian music theorist, composer) |
1555-1627 |
| Zach, Franz Xaver von (German astronomer) |
1754-1832 |
| Zachow, Friedrich Wilhelm (German musician, composer) |
1663-1712 |
| Zadkine, Ossip (Russian sculptor) |
1890-1967 |
| Zaehner, Robert Charles (English historian) |
1913-1974 |
| Zaghlul, Sa'd (Egyptian politician; prime minister 1924) |
1857-1927 |
| Zagoskin, Lavrenty Alekseyevich (Russian explorer) |
1807-1890 |
| Zagoskin, Mikhail Nikolayevich (Russian novelist, playwright) |
1789-1852 |
| Zaharias, Mildred Ella née Didrikson "Babe" (American athlete) |
1914-1956 |
| Zaharoff, Sir Basil (Turkish-born French armament contractor) |
1849-1936 |
| Zahir Shah, Mohammed (Afghani king, 1933-1973) |
1914–2007 |
| Zahn, Ernst (Swiss writer) |
1867-1952 |
| Zahn-Harnack, Agnes von (German writer) |
1884-1950 |
| Zaimis, Alexandros (Greek politician) |
1855-1936 |
| Zajc, Ivan (Giovanni von Zaytz) (Croation composer) |
1832-1914 |
| Zakrzewska, Marie Elizabeth (German-born American physician) |
1829-1902 |
| Zaleski, Jozef Bogdan (Polish poet) |
1802-1886 |
| Zambrano, Maria (Spanish writer, philosopher) |
1904-1991 |
| Zamenhof, Ludwik Lejzer (Polish oculist, philologist) |
1859-1917 |
| Zamora, Antonio de (Spanish dramatist) |
c.1664-1728 |
| Zamyatin, Yegveny Ivanovich (Russian novelist, playwright) |
1884-1937 |
| Zanchi, Girolamo (Hieronymus Zanchius) (Italian theologian) |
1516-1590 |
| Zandonai, Riccardo (Italian composer) |
1883-1944 |
| Zane, Ebenezer (American pioneer) |
1747-1812 |
| Zangwill, Israel (English playwright, writer, Zionist leader) |
1864-1926 |
| Zanuck, Darryl Francis (American motion-picture producer) |
1902-1979 |
| Zapata, Emiliano (Mexican revolutionary leader) |
1879-1919 |
| Zapata, Luis (Mexican writer) |
b.1951 |
| Zapotocky, Antonin (Czech politician) |
1884-1957 |
| Zappa, Frank Vincent (American composer, musician) |
1940-1993 |
| Zappa, Adelaide Gail Sloatman (American businesswoman) |
b.1945 |
| Zarco, Joao Goncalves (Portuguese navigator) |
15th cent. |
| Zarlino, Gioseffo (Italian composer, music theorist) |
1517-1590 |
| Zawinul, Josef Erich "Joe" (Austrian musician, composer) |
1932-2007 |
| Zayas y Alfonso, Alfredo (Cuban politician; president 1921-25) |
1861-1934 |
| Zayas y Sotomayor, Maria de (Spanish novelist) |
1590-1661? |
| Zeami Motokiyo (Japanese playwright, drama theorist) |
1363-1443 |
| Zechariah (or Zacharias) (Jewish prophet) |
fl. 520-518 BC |
| Zede, Gustave-Alexandre (French naval engineer) |
1825-1891 |
| Zedlitz, Joseph Christian von (Austrian poet, dramatist) |
1790-1862 |
| Zeeman, Pieter (Dutch physicist) |
1865-1943 |
| Zeidler, Frank Paul (American politician) |
1912-2006 |
| Zeiss, Carl (German optical instrument manufacturer) |
1816-1888 |
| Zeitblom, Bartholomaus (German painter) |
c.1455-1518 |
| Zeitlin, Jacob Israel "Jake" (Am. bookseller, photographer) |
1902-1987 |
| Zelaya, Jose Santos (Nicaraguan politician; pres. 1893-1910) |
1853-1919 |
| Zelazny, Roger Joseph (American writer) |
1937-1995 |
| Zelda (Zelda Misjkovsky) (Russian-born Hebrew poet) |
1914-1984 |
| Zel'dovich, Yakov Borisovich (Russian physicist) |
1914-1987 |
| Zelenski, Tadeusz (pseud. Boy) (Polish writer) |
1874-1941 |
| Zell, Matthaus (German religious reformer) |
1477-1548 |
| Zeller, Eduard (German philosopher, theologian) |
1814-1908 |
| Zeller, Carl Johann Adam (Austrian composer) |
1842-1898 |
| Zelter, Carl Friedrich (German composer, conductor) |
1758-1832 |
| Zemlinsky, Alexander von (Austrian composer, conductor) |
1871-1942 |
| Zemurray (orig. Zmuri), Samuel (Ukrainian-born Am. businessman) |
1877-1961 |
| Zenger, John Peter (German-born American printer, journalist) |
1697-1746 |
| Zeno (orig. Tarasicodissa) (Emperor of E. Roman Empire 474-491) |
d.491 |
| Zeno of Citium (Greek philosopher; founder of Stoic school) |
c.335-c.263 BC |
| Zeno of Elea (Greek philosopher; pupil of Parmenides) |
c.495-c.430 BC |
| Zeno of Sidon (Phoenician-born Greek philosopher) |
c.150-c.70 BC |
| Zeno, Apostolo (Italian poet, scholar) |
1668-1750 |
| Zeno, Carlo (Venetian admiral) |
1334-1418 |
| Zenobia (in full Septimia Zenobia) (Queen of Palmyra) |
d.274? |
| Zenodotus of Ephesus (Greek grammarian) |
c.325-260 BC |
| Zeppelin, Ferdinand Adolf August von (German soldier, aeronaut) |
1838-1917 |
| Zerang, Michael (American musician, composer, producer) |
b.1958 |
| Zermelo, Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand (German mathematician) |
1871-1956 |
| Zernike, Frits (Dutch physicist) |
1888-1966 |
| Zeromski, Stefan (Polish novelist, poet, playwright) |
1864-1925 |
| Zesen, Philipp von (Herman rhetorician, author) |
1619-1689 |
| Zetkin, Clara née Eissner (German feminist, politician) |
1857-1933 |
| Zeuner, Frederick Everard (German-born British geologist) |
1905-1963 |
| Zeuner, Gustav Anton (German physicist, engineer) |
1828-1907 |
| Zeuss, Johann Kaspar (German historian, philologist) |
1806-1856 |
| Zeuxis (Greek painter) |
5th cent. BC |
| Zevin, Israel Joseph (pseud. Tashrak)(Rus.-born Am. journalist) |
1872-1926 |
| Zevon, Warren William (American musician, songwriter) |
1947-2003 |
| Zhang Chunqiao (Chinese politician; member of Gang of Four) |
1917-2005 |
| Zhang Junxiang (Chinese playwright, motion-picture director) |
b.1910 |
| Zhang Tianyi (or Chang T'ien-i) (Chinese writer) |
b.1907 |
| Zhao Shuli (or Chao Shu-li) (Chinese writer) |
1906-1970 |
| Zhao Ziyang (also Chao Tzu-yang) (Chinese Communist leader) |
b.1919 |
| Zhdanov, Andrey Aleksandrovich (Soviet politician) |
1896-1948 |
| Zhou Yang (Chou Yang; pseud. of Zhou Qiying) (Chinese critic) |
1908-1989 |
| Zhou Zuoren (or Chou Tso-jen) (Chinese essayist, lit. scholar) |
1885-1966 |
| Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich (Soviet soldier, politician) |
1896-1974 |
| Zhukovski, Vasily Andreyevich (Russian poet, translator) |
1783-1852 |
| Zhu Yizun (or Chu Yi-tsun) (Chinese scholar, poet) |
1629-1709 |
| Ziani, Sebastiano (Venetian judge, financier, politician) |
c.1102-c.1180 |
| Ziegfeld, Florenz (American theatrical producer) |
1869-1932 |
| Ziegler, Karl Waldemar (German chemist) |
1898-1973 |
| Zigabenus, Euthymius (Byzantine theologian) |
d.1118? |
| Zilberg, Venyamin Aleksandrovich (Venyamin Kaverin)(Rus.writer) |
1902-1989 |
| Zilcher, Hermann Karl Josef (German composer) |
1881-1948 |
| Zilliacus, Konni (Konrad Viktor Zilliacus)(Finnish nationalist) |
1855-1924 |
| Zimmermann, Arthur (German politician) |
1864-1940 |
| Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (German composer) |
1918-1970 |
| Zimmermann, Robert von (Austrian philosopher, aesthetician) |
1824-1898 |
| Zimorowic, Jozef Bartlomiej (b. Jozef B. Ozimek)(Polish writer) |
1597-1677 |
| Zindel, Paul (American playwright, writer, teacher) |
b.1936 |
| Zingarelli, Niccolo Antonio (Italian composer) |
1752-1837 |
| Zinn, Howard (American political scientist, historian) |
b.1922 |
| Zinn, Johann Gottfried (German physician, botanist) |
1727-1759 |
| Zinovyev, Grigory Yevseyevich (Russian Communist leader) |
1883-1936 |
| Zinsser, Hans (American bacteriologist) |
1878-1940 |
| Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig von (German religious leader) |
1700-1760 |
| Zirkel, Ferdinand (German mineralogist) |
1838-1912 |
| Zitek, Josef (Czech architect) |
1832-1909 |
| Zittel, Karl Alfred von (German paleontologist, geologist) |
1839-1904 |
| Zivkovic, Petar (Yugoslav soldier, politician) |
1879-1947 |
| Ziya, Mehmed (pseud. Ziya Gokalp) (Turkish scholar, writer) |
1875/6-1924 |
| Zizka, Count Jan (Bohemian general, Hussite leader) |
c.1376-1424 |
| Znaniecki, Florian Witold (Polish-born American sociologist) |
1882-1958 |
| Zaffany (or Zoffanji), John (German-born British painter) |
c.1733-1810 |
| Zevon, Warren William (American musician, songwriter) |
1947-2003 |
| Zog I (personal name Ahmed Bey Zogu) (King of Albania 1928-39) |
1895-1961 |
| Zoilus (Greek rhetorician, critic) |
4th cent. BC |
| Zola, Emile-Edouard-Charles-Antoine (French writer, critic) |
1840-1902 |
| Zollinger, Albin (Swiss novelist, poet) |
1895-1941 |
| Zollner, Carl Friedrich (German composer) |
1800-1860 |
| Zollner, Heinrich (German composer, conductor; son of Carl) |
1854-1941 |
| Zollner, Johann Karl Friedrich (German astrophysicist) |
1834-1882 |
| Zonaras, John (Byzantine historian) |
12th cent. |
| Zorach, William (Lithuanian-born American sculptor) |
1887-1966 |
| Zorn, Anders Leonard (Swedish painter, etcher, sculptor) |
1860-1920 |
| Zorn, John (American composer, musician) |
b.1953 |
| Zoroaster (Zarathushtra) (Persian religious leader) |
c.628-c.551 BC |
| Zorrilla de San Martin, Juan (Uruguayan poet) |
1855-1931 |
| Zorrilla y Moral, Jose (Spanish poet, dramatist) |
1817-1893 |
| Zoshchenko, Mikhail Mikhailovich (Soviet writer) |
1895-1958 |
| Zouche, Richard (English jurist) |
1590-1661 |
| Zox, Lawrence "Larry" (American artist) |
1937-2006 |
| Zrinyi, Miklos (Hungarian army commander) |
1508-1566 |
| Zrinyi, Miklos (Hungarian military leader, poet) |
1620-1664 |
| Zschokke, Johann Heinrich Daniel (Swiss author) |
1771-1848 |
| Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf (Austrian-born German chemist) |
1865-1929 |
| Zuccarelli, Francesco (Italian painter) |
1702-1788 |
| Zucarri (or Zuccaro or Zuccheri), Taddeo (Italian painter) |
1529-1566 |
| Zucarri, Federico (Italian painter; brother, pupil of Taddeo) |
c.1540-1609 |
| Zuckmayer, Carl (German-born American playwright, essayist) |
1896-1977 |
| Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma Rabi'ah ibn Riyah al-Muzani (Arab poet) |
c.520-c.609 |
| Zukofsky, Louis (American poet, translator, editor) |
1904-1978 |
| Zukor, Adolph (Hungarian-born Am. motion-picture prod., exec.) |
1873-1976 |
| Zuloaga, Felix (Mexican soldier, politician) |
1814-1876 |
| Zuloaga y Zabaleta, Ignacio (Spanish painter) |
1870-1945 |
| Zumarraga, Juan de (Spanish prelate) |
1468-1548 |
| Zumdahl, Steven Stanford (American chemist, writer) |
b.1942 |
| Zumpe, Johann Christoph (German pianoforte maker) |
1735-1800 |
| Zumpt, Karl Gottlob (German scholar) |
1792-1849 |
| Zumsteeg, Johann Rudolf (German composer) |
1760-1802 |
| Zumwalt, Elmo Russell Jr. (American admiral) |
1920-2000 |
| Zunz, Leopold (Hebrew name Yom-Tob Lippmann) (German scholar) |
1794-1886 |
| Zunzunegui y Loredo, Juan Antonio de (Spanish writer) |
1901-1982 |
| Zurara, Gomes Eanes de (Portuguese chronicler) |
c.1410-1474 |
| Zurbaran, Francisco de (Spanish painter) |
1598-1664 |
| Zurita y Castro, Jeronimo de (Spanish historian) |
1512-1580 |
| Zuse, Konrad (German engineer, inventor) |
1910-1995 |
| Zwaardecroon, Hendrick (Dutch colonial administrator) |
1667-1728 |
| Zwangendaba (King of the Jere in Africa) |
c.1785-c.1845 |
| Zweig, Arnold (German novelist, playwright, essayist) |
1887-1968 |
| Zweig, Stefan (Austrian poet, essayist, writer, dramatist) |
1881-1942 |
| Zwicky, Arnold M. (American? linguist) |
b.1940 |
| Zwicky, Fritz (Swiss astronomer, physicist) |
1898-1974 |
| Zwingli, Huldrych (Swiss religious reformer) |
1484-1531 |
| Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma (Russian-born Am. engineer, inventor) |
1889-1982 |
| Zygomalas, Theodore (Byzantine theologian) |
1544-1581? |