Names beginning with Z

• Z. A. BukhariHistorical figure
• Zac PrinceHistorical figure
• Zaha HadidIraqi British architect, designer and painter (1950–2016)

  October 31, 1950 – March 31, 2016
• Zaheer AbbasICC president & Pakistani cricketer

  b. July 24, 1947
• Zahida ParveenIndian actress
• Zahir RaihanBangladeshi novelist, writer & filmmaker (1935-1972)

  August 19, 1935 – January 30, 1972
• Zahoor ul AkhlaqArtist (1941-1999)

  February 4, 1941 – January 18, 1999
• Zaib-un-Nissa HamidullahPakistani writer

  December 25, 1921 – September 10, 2000
• Zainul AbedinBengali painter (1914–1976)

  December 29, 1914 – May 28, 1976
• Zaki ManianHistorical figure
• Zakir Husain3rd President of India (1897-1969)

  February 8, 1897 – May 3, 1969
• Zakir Hussain (tabla maestro)Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor, and composer (1951–2024)

  March 9, 1951 – December 15, 2024
• Zamad BaigPakistani singer who won the first and only season of Pakistan Idol in 2014
• Zamir NiaziPakistani journalist (1932–2004)

  1932 – 2004
• ZanabazarTibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

  1635 – 1723
• ZarsangaPashtun singer

  b. 1946
• Zawisza the BlackPolish diplomat and Knight

  1379 – 1428
• ZazFrench singer

  being archived
• Zdravko KrivokapićPrime Minister of Montenegro from 2020 to 2022

  b. September 2, 1958
• ZebaPakistani actress

  b. September 10, 1945
• ZedekiahHigh priest of Soloman's Temple
• Zeenat MahalEmpress Consort of the Mughal Empire

  1823 – July 17, 1886
• Zeke FauxAmerican investigative journalist and author
• ZendayaAmerican actress and singer (born 1996)

  being archived
• Zeno of CitiumGreek philosopher, founder of Stoicism

  334 BCE – 263 BCE
• Zenobia3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire

  240 CE – 274 CE
• Zera YacobHead of the House of Solomon

  b. August 15, 1953
• Zhang HengChinese scientist and statesman (78–139)

  78 CE – 139 CE
• Zhang QianResearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-8201-4603)
• Zhang YimingChinese Go player

  being archived
• Zhang YimouChinese filmmaker

  b. April 2, 1950
• Zhang ZiyiChinese actress and model

  being archived
• Zhelyu ZhelevPresident of Bulgaria (1935-2015)

  March 3, 1935 – January 30, 2015
• Zheng HeChinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

  1371 – 1433
• Zhong ShanshanChinese Billionaire

  being archived
• Zhou Enlai1st Premier of the People's Republic of China

  March 5, 1898 – January 8, 1976
• Zhu Rongji5th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003 (1928–2026)

  being archived
• Zhu XiChinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)

  October 18, 1130 – April 23, 1200
• ZhuangziChinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)

  369 BCE – 288 BCE
• Zhuge LiangChinese statesman and military strategist (181–234)

  181 CE – August 23, 234 CE
• Zia MohyeddinPakistani actor (1931–2023)

  June 20, 1931 – February 13, 2023
• Zia-ul-HaqResearcher
• Ziaur RahmanChief of Army Staff and President of Bangladesh (1936-1981)

  January 19, 1936 – May 30, 1981
• Zillur Rahman19th President of Bangladesh (1929-2013)

  March 9, 1929 – March 20, 2013
• Zimri-LimKing of Mari

  c. 1800 BCE – 1761 BCE
• Zinedine ZidaneFrench association football player and coach

  b. June 23, 1972
• Ziryab9th-century poet and musician

  777 CE – 857 CE
• Zlatan IbrahimovicSwedish association football player (born 1981)

  being archived
• Zlatko TomčićCroatian politician (born 1945)

  b. July 10, 1945
• Zoe PorphyrogenitaByzantine Empress

  978 CE – 1050
• Zong QinghouChinese businessman

  being archived
• Zooko Wilcox-O'HearnCypherpunk

  b. May 13, 1974
• Zora Neale HurstonAfrican American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)

  January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960
• Zoran MilanovićPresident of Croatia since 2020

  b. October 30, 1966
• Zoran TegeltijaChairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2019 to 2023

  b. September 29, 1961
• Zoran ZaevFormer prime minister of North Macedonia

  being archived
• Zorawar Singh KahluriaGeneral in the Sikh Empire military

  1786 – 1841
• ZoroasterFounder of Zoroastrianism

  628 BCE – 551 BCE
• Zoya AkhtarIndian film director

  being archived
• Zubeida AghaArtist (1922-1997)

  1922 – October 31, 1997
• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)

  January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979
• Zumbi dos PalmaresLeader of the Quilombo dos Palmares

  1655 – November 20, 1695
• Zuzana ČaputováSlovak lawyer, environmental activist and politician

  being archived