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 (Hungarian astronomer; asteroid, crater) |
1754-1832 |
Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach (American physicist, educator) |
1905-1986 |
Zachau, Friedrich Wilhelm (German musician, composer) |
1663-1712 |
Zachow, Friedrich Wilhelm (German musician, composer) |
1663-1712 |
Zadkine, Ossip (Russian sculptor) |
1890-1967 |
Zaehner, Robert Charles (English historian) |
1913-1974 |
Zaffany (or Zoffanji), John (German-born British painter) |
c.1733-1810 |
Zaghlul, Sa'd (Egyptian politician; prime minister 1924) |
1857-1927 |
Zagoskin, Lavrenty Alekseyevich (Russian explorer) |
1807-1890 |
Zagoskin, Mikhail Nikolayevich (Russian writer, 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 |
Zaldarriaga, Matias (Argentinian cosmologist) |
b.1971 |
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 writer, 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 |
Zani, Andrea Teodoro (Italian violinist, composer) |
1696-1757 |
Zanuck, Darryl Francis (American motion-picture producer) |
1902-1979 |
Zapata, Emiliano (Mexican revolutionary leader) |
1879-1919 |
Zapata, Luis (Mexican writer) |
b.1951 |
Zapf, Hermann (German typeface designer, calligrapher ) |
1918-2015 |
Zapotocky, Antonin (Czech politician) |
1884-1957 |
Zappa, Frank Vincent (American composer, musician) |
1940-1993 |
Zappa, Adelaide Gail Sloatman (American businesswoman) |
b.1945 |
Zappala, Vincenzo (Italian astronomer; asteroid) |
b.1945 |
Zarco, Joao Goncalves (Portuguese navigator) |
15th cent. |
Zare, Richard Neil "Dick" (American chemist) |
b.1939 |
Zariski, Oscar (born Oscher Zaritsky; Polish mathematician) |
1899-1986 |
Zarlino, Gioseffo (Italian composer, music theorist) |
1517-1590 |
Zarrinkelk, Noureddin (Iranian animator, concept artist) |
b.1937 |
Zavatta, Achille (Tunisian-born French clown, circus operator) |
1915-1993 |
Zavattini, Cesare (Italian screenwriter, Neorealist theorist) |
1902-1989 |
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 writer) |
1590-1661? |
Zdanevich, Ilia Mikhailovich "Iliazd" (Russian writer, artist) |
1894-1975 |
Zeami Motokiyo (Japanese playwright, drama theorist) |
1363-1443 |
Zechariah (aka Zacharias; Jewish prophet) |
fl. 520-518 BC |
Zedd, Nick (American filmmaker, writer, actor) |
b.1958/59 |
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 |
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (aka Johann; Czech composer) |
1679-1745 |
Zelenski, Tadeusz (pseudonym 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 |
Zelmanov, Efim Isaakovich (Russian mathematician in America) |
b.1955 |
Zelter, Carl Friedrich (German composer, conductor) |
1758-1832 |
Zeman, Karel (Czech animator, filmmaker) |
1910-1989 |
Zemlinsky, Alexander von (Austrian composer, conductor) |
1871-1942 |
Zemurray, Samuel née Zmuri (Ukrainian-born Am. businessman) |
1877-1961 |
Zenger, John Peter (German-born American printer, journalist) |
1697-1746 |
Zeno (born 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 |
Zepeda, Ofelia (American poet, linguist) |
b.1952 |
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;inv. phase contrast microscope) |
1888-1966 |
Zeromski, Stefan (Polish writer, poet, playwright) |
1864-1925 |
Zerzan, John (American anarchist, philosopher, writer) |
b.1943 |
Zesen, Philipp von (Herman rhetorician, writer) |
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 |
Zewail, Ahmed Hassan (Egyptian-born Am. chemist, physicist) |
b.1946 |
Zhang Chunqiao (Chinese politician; member of Gang of Four) |
1917-2005 |
Zhang Junxiang (Chinese playwright, motion-picture director) |
1910-1996 |
Zhang Tianyi (or Chang T'ien-i; Chinese writer) |
1906-1985 |
Zhao Shuli (or Chao Shu-li; Chinese writer) |
1906-1970 |
Zhao Ziyang (aka Chao Tzu-yang; Chinese Communist leader) |
1919-2005 |
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 |
Zielenski, Mikolaj (Polish composer) |
fl.c.1616 |
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 |
Zimbardo, Philip George (American psychologist) |
b.1933 |
Zimmermann, Arthur (German politician) |
1864-1940 |
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (German composer) |
1918-1970 |
Zimmermann, Philip R. Jr. "Phil" (American computer scientist) |
b.1954 |
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, choir master) |
1752-1837 |
Zinkernagel, Rolf Martin (Swiss immunologist) |
b.1944 |
Zinn, Howard (American political scientist, historian) |
1922-2010 |
Zinn, Johann Gottfried (German physician, botanist) |
1727-1759 |
Zinn, Walter Henry "Wally" (Canadian-born American physicist) |
1906-2000 |
Zinovieff, Peter (Brit. inv.; fd. Electronic Music Studios) |
b.1933 |
Zinovyev, Grigory Yevseyevich (Russian Communist leader) |
1883-1936 |
Zinsser, Hans (American bacteriologist) |
1878-1940 |
Zinsser, William Knowlton (American writer, editor, teacher) |
1922-2015 |
Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig von (German religious leader) |
1700-1760 |
Ziporyn, Evan (American composer, musician, teacher) |
b.1959 |
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 (pseudonym 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 |
Zog I (personal name Ahmed Bey Zogu; King of Albania 1928-1939) |
1895-1961 |
Zoilus (Greek rhetorician, critic) |
4th cent. BC |
Zola, Emile-Edouard-Charles-Antoine (French writer, critic) |
1840-1902 |
Zollinger, Albin (Swiss writer, 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, arranger, 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 writer) |
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 |
Zu Chong-Zhi (Chinese mathematician, astronomer; asteroid) |
429-500 |
Zuckerman, Buck Henry "Buck Henry" (Am. actor, writer, dir.) |
b.1930 |
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, Emilie (German choir conductor, songwriter, composer) |
1796-1857 |
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 |
Zweibel, Alan (American television producer, writer) |
b.1950 |
Zweig, Arnold (German writer, playwright, essayist) |
1887-1968 |
Zweig, George (Russian-born American physicist, neurobiologist) |
b.1937 |
Zweig, Stefan (Austrian poet, essayist, writer, dramatist) |
1881-1942 |
Zwicky, Arnold M. (American? linguist) |
b.1940 |
Zwicky, Fritz (Swiss astronomer, physicist; asteroid, galaxy) |
1898-1974 |
Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe (American violinist, composer) |
b.1939 |
Zwingli, Huldrych (Swiss religious reformer) |
1484-1531 |
Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma (Russian-born Am. engineer, inventor) |
1889-1982 |
Zygomalas, Theodore (Byzantine theologian) |
1544-1581? |