Zablocki, Franciszek Pol. comic dram. & satirist _1754-1821
Zacconi, Lodovico It. composer & music theorist _1555-1627
Zach, Baron Franz Xaver von Ger. astronomer _1754-1832
Zachary (also Zacharias) It. saint & pope 741-752 _6XX-752
Zadkine, Ossip Rus. sculptor _1890-1967
Zafy, Albert Malagasy polit.; pres. of Madagascar 1993-- _19XX--
Zaghlul, Saad (also Sa'ad Zaglul, Sa'd Zaghlul Pasha ibn Ibrahim) Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1924 _1860?-1927
Zaharias, Mildred Ella (nee Didrikson; Babe Didrikson Zaharias) US athlete _1914-1956
Zaharoff, Basil, Sir (orig. Zacharias Basileios) Fr. (Rus.-born) financier & munitions manufacturer _1850-1936
Zahir Shah, Muhammad last king of Afghanistan 1933-1973; overthrown; son of Muhammad Nadir Shah _1914--
Zahle, Carl Theodor Danish polit.; prime min. of Denmark 1909-1910, 1913-1920 _1866-1946
Zaimes, Alexandros (also Alexandros Zaimis) Gk. polit.; prime min. of Greece 1897-1899, 1901-1902, 1904-1906; pres. of Greece 1929-1935 _1855-1936
Zaldua, Francisco Javier Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1882 _1811-1882
Zaleucus Gk. lawgiver; devised 1st written Gk. law code (Locrian code) _6XXb
Zamenhof, [Lazarus] Ludwig (pseud. Dr. Esperanto) Pol. oculist & amateur linguist; devised artificial language Esperanto 1887 _1859-1917
Zamboni, Frank US inventor; invented zamboni 1949; source of word "zamboni" _1900?--
Zamyatin, Yegveny Ivanovich (also Evgeny Zamyatin) Rus. aut.; wrote anti-utopian novel "We" 1920 _1884-1937
Zanardelli, Giuseppe It. nationalist & polit.; prime min. of Italy 1901-1903 _1829-1903
Zangara, Giuseppe (also Joseph Zangara) It. attempted assassin of Franklin Roosevelt; assassinated Anton Cermak in attempt; executed _1900-1933
Zangwill, Israel Eng. dram., nov., & Zionist _1864-1926
Zanuck, Darryl Francis US movie businessman & producer; founded Twentieth Century Pictures 1933; produced movies "The Grapes of Wrath" 1940, "How Green Was My Valley" 1941, "All About Eve" 1950, "The Longest Day" 1962 _1902-1979
Zapata, Emiliano Mex. reformer & revolutionary; killed _1877?-1919
Zapolya, John Sigismund (John II) king of Hungary 1540-1571 _1540-1571
Zapotocky, Antonin Czechoslovakian polit.; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1948-1953; pres. of Czechoslovakia 1953-1957 _1884-1957
Zappa, Francis Vincent Jr. (Frank) US musician, singer, & songwriter _1940-1993
Zawadzki, Aleksander Pol. Communist polit.; head of state of Poland 1952-1964 _1899-1964
Zawditu (Woizero Zawditu; also Zauditu, Judith) empress of Ethiopia 1916-1930; daughter of Menelik II _1876-1930
Zayas [y Alonso], Alfredo Cuban gen. & polit.; pres. of Cuba 1921-1925 _1861-1934
Zechariah (also Zachariah) king of Israel 744b _7XXb-744b
Zedekiah (orig. Mattaniah) last king of Judah 597b-586b _6XXb-5XXb
Zedillo [Ponce de Leon], Ernesto Mex. polit.; Mex. planning & budget minister 1989-1992; Mex. education minister 1992-1993; pres.-elect of Mexico 1994 _1952?--
Zedlitz, Joseph Christian, Baron von Aus. dram. & epic poet _1790-1862
Zeeman, Pieter Dutch phys.; discoverer & eponym of Zeeman effect; NP Phys. 1902 _1865-1943
Zeffirelli, Franco (orig. Gian Franco Corsi) It. movie director; directed movies "La Boheme" 1965, "The Taming of the Shrew" 1967, "Romeo and Juliet" 1968, "La Traviata" 1982, "Otello" 1986, "Hamlet" 1990, "Sparrow" 1993 _1923--
Zeilin, Jacob US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1864-1876 _1806-1880
Zelaya, Jose Santos Nicaraguan polit.; pres. of Nicaragua 1893-1909 _1853-1919
Zeller, Eduard Ger. philos. & theol. _1814-1908
Zeller, Jules Sylvain Fr. historian _1819-1900
Zemeckis, Robert US movie director; directed movies "Romancing the Stone" 1984, "Back to the Future" 1985, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" 1988, "Death Becomes Her" 1992, "Forrest Gump" 1994 _1952--
Zenawi, Meles (also Meliss Zenaoui) Ethiopian Tigrean polit. & revolutionary; overthrew Haile Mengistu 1991; pres. of Ethiopia 1991-- _19XX--
Zener, Clarence Melvin US engineer & phys.; eponym of Zener diode _1905-1993
Zenger, John Peter American (Ger.-born) journalist; acquitted of libel in court case on freedom of press 1735 _1680-1746
Zenker, Friedrich Albert von Ger. pathologist _1825-1898
Zenker, Hans Ger. adm. _1870-1932
Zeno (also Zenon) Isaurian Rom. emperor of the E. 474-491 _426-491
Zeno of Elea Gk. philos.; student of Parmenides; formulater & eponym of Zeno's paradoxes _4XXb
Zeno of Citium Gk. philos.; founder of Stoicism _335b?-264b?
Zenobia queen of Palmyra 267?-271? _2XX
Zephyrinus It. saint & pope 199?-217? _1XX-217?
Zeppelin, Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich, Count von Ger. soldier, aviation pioneer, & inventor of rigid dirigible; source of word "zeppelin" _1838-1917
Zerbo, Saye Upper Volta army officer & polit.; pres. of Upper Volta 1980-1982 _1932--
Zermelo, Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Ger. math.; founder of axiomatic set theory; co-eponym of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory _1871-1953
Zernike, Frits Dutch inventor & phys.; invented phase contrast microscope; NP Phys. 1953 _1888-1966
Zeroual, Liamine Algerian gen. & polit.; Algerian defense minister 1993--; pres. of Algeria 1994-- _1941?--
Zeuss, Johann Kaspar Ger. historian & Celtic philologist _1806-1856
Zeuxis Gk. painter _4XXb
Zhang Heng Chinese sci.; invented 1st seismograph 132 _078-139
Zhao Ziyang (also Chao Tzu-yang; orig. Zhao Xiu-sheng) Chinese Communist polit.; premier of China 1980-1987; secy-gen. of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989 _1918--
Zhdanov, Andrei Alexandrovich Rus. Soviet polit. & Communist revolutionary; developed ideology of Stalinism _1896-1948
Zhelev, Zhelyu Bulgarian polit.; pres. of Bulgaria 1990-- _1935--
Zhirinovsky, Vladimir Volfovich Rus. (Kazakh-born) polit.; leader of Liberal Democratic Party 1990-- _1946--
Zhivkov, Todor Bulgarian polit.; secy-gen. of Bulgarian Communist Party 1954-1989; prime min. of Bulgaria 1962-1971; pres. of Bulgaria 1971-1989 _1911--
Zhivkovic, Petar (also Petar Zivkovic) Yugoslavian polit. & soldier; prime min. of Yugoslavia 1929-1932 _1880-1947
Zhu De (also Chy Teh) Chinese Communist gen. & guerrilla revolutionary; led Long March 1934-1935; acting head of state of China 1975-1976 _1885-1976
Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Rus. Soviet marshal in World War II; defeated Ger. siege of Moscow 1941; won battle of Stalingrad 1943; Soviet defense minister 1955-1957 _1895-1974
Zhukovski, Vasily Andreyevich Rus. poet; wrote imperial Rus. national anthem "Bozhe, tsarya khrani" (also "God Save the Tsar") _1783-1852
Zia, [Begum] Khaleda (also Khalida Zia) Bangladesh polit.; prime min. of Bangladesh 1991--; wife of Ziaur Rahman _1944--
Zia ul-Haq, Mohammed Pakistani (Indian-born) dictator, gen., & polit.; pres. of Pakistan 1978-1988; prime min. of Pakistan 1978-1988; assassinated _1924-1988
Ziaur Rahman (Zia; also Zia ur-Rahman) Bangladesh gen. & polit.; military prime min. of Bangladesh 1976-1981; pres. of Bangladesh 1977-1981; assassinated _1936-1981
Zibhebhu (also Usibepu) Zulu chief 1883-1884; son of Cetshwayo _1841?-1904
Ziegfeld, Florenz US theatrical producer of revues _1867-1932
Ziegler, Karl Ger. chem.; NP Chem. 1963 _1898-1973
Ziegler, Ronald Louis US admin.; White House press secretary 1969-1974 _1939--
Zijlstra, Jelle Dutch banker & polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1966-1967; pres. of Bank of Netherlands 1967-1981 _1918--
Zimmermann, Alfred von Ger. diplomat; Ger. foreign minister 1916-1917; intended recipient of Zimmermann Telegram 1917 _1864-1940
Zimmermann, Philip (Phil) US computer sci. & cryptographer; inventor of PGP cryptography 1991 _1954?--
Zingarelli, Nicolo Antonio It. composer _1752-1837
Zinoviev, Grigori Evseyevich (orig. Hirsch Apfelbaum; Ovsel Gershon Aronov Radomyslsky) Rus. Soviet polit. & Communist revolutionary; executed by Stalin _1883-1936
Zinsou, Emile Derlin Benin polit.; pres. of Benin 1968-1969 _1918--
Zinsser, Hans US bacteriologist _1878-1940
Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig Ger. religious reformer _1700-1760
Ziwar, Ahmad, Pasha Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1924-1926 _1864-1945
Zizka, Jan, Count Bohemian gen. & leader of Hussites _1376?-1424
Zlenko, Anatoly Maximovich Ukrainian diplomat; Ukrainian foreign minister 1990-- _1938--
Zmelik, Robert Czech track athlete; won gold medal in Olympic decathlon 1992 _19XX--
Zog I (orig. Ahmed Bey Zogu) Albanian polit.; premier of Albania 1922-1924; pres. of Albania 1925-1928; king of Albania 1928-1946; overthrown _1895-1961
Zoilus (Homeromastix; the Scourge of Homer) Gk. critic & rhetorician; harsh critic of Homer _3XXb
Zola, Emile Fr. Naturalist nov. _1840-1902
Zollner, Johann Karl Friedrich Ger. astrophysicist; studied optical illusions _1834-1882
Zonaras, Joannes Byzantine historian _11XX
Zorn, Anders Leonhard Swed. etcher, painter, & sculptor _1860-1920
Zorn, Max August US (Ger.-born) math.; stater & eponym of Zorn's lemma _1906--
Zoroaster (also Zarathustra, Zarathushtra) Persian prophet & religious leader; founder of Zoroastrianism _628b?-551b?
Zorrilla, Manuel Ruiz Sp. polit.; prime min. of Spain 1871, 1872-1873 _1834-1895
Zorrilla de San Martin, Juan Uruguayan epic poet _1855-1931
Zorrilla y Moral, Jose Sp. dram. & poet _1817-1893
Zoshchenko, Mikhail Mikhailovich Rus. aut. _1895-1958
Zosimus Gk. saint & pope 417-418 _3XX-418
Zosimus Byzantine historian _4XX
Zouche, Richard Eng. international jurist _1590-1661
Zrinyi, Miklos Hung. gen., patriot, & epic poet; opposed Turkish & Hapsburg rule of Hungary; wrote epic poem "Szigeti Veszedelem" 1645-1646 (also "The Peril of Sziget") _1620-1664
Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf Ger. (Aus.-born) chem.; studied colloids; NP Chem. 1925 _1865-1929
Zubatov, Sergei Vasilyevich Rus. police admin.; director of Okhrana 1896-1902; organized pro-government workers' organizations to channel protest away from agitation 1901-1903; suicide _1864-1917
Zuccaro, Taddeo It. painter _1529-1566
Zucker, David US movie director; directed movies "The Kentucky Fried Movie" 1977, "The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear" 1991, co-directed "Airplane!" 1980, "Top Secret!" 1984, "The Naked Gun" 1988; brother of Jerry Zucker _1947--
Zucker, Jerry US movie director; co-directed movies "Airplane!" 1980, "Top Secret!" 1984, "Ruthless People" 1986, directed "Ghost" 1990; brother of David Zucker _1950--
Zuckerman, Mortimer Benjamin US (Can.-born) magazine editor, publisher, & real estate businessman; pres. & chairman of Atlantic Monthly Co. 1980-- _1937--
Zueblin, Charles US sociologist _1866-1924
Zuloaga, Felix Mex. polit. & soldier; pres. of Mexico 1858; overthrown _1814-1876
Zuloaga, Ignacio Sp. painter _1870-1945
Zumarraga, Juan de Sp. Franciscan prelate; 1st bishop of Mexico _1468-1548
Zumwalt, Elmo Russell Jr. US adm.; chief of naval operations 1970-1974 _1920--
Zuniga y Azevedo, Gaspar de (Conde de Monterrey; Count of Monterey) Sp. colonial admin.; viceroy of Mexico 1595-1603 _1540?-1606
Zunser, Eliakim (Eliakim Badchen) Lithuanian Yiddish poet in US _1836-1913
Zunz, Leopold Ger. scholar of Judaism _1794-1886
Zurbaran, Francisco de Sp. painter _1598-1664?
Zverev, Arseni Grigoryevich Rus. Soviet admin.; Soviet finance minister 1938-1948, 1948-1960 _1900-1969
Zweig, Arnold Ger. dram., essayist, & nov.; brother of Stefan Zweig _1887-1968
Zweig, Stefan US (Aus.-born) aut.; suicide _1881-1942
Zwelithini, Goodwill Zulu chief 1968--; ruled under regency 1968-1971; son of Cyprian Bhekuzulu _1948--
Zwingli, Ulrich (also Huldreich Zwingli, Huldrych Zwingli) Swi. Protestant religious reformer; founder & eponym of Zwinglianism; killed at battle of Kappel _1484-1531
Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma US (Rus.-born) engineer & inventor; invented iconoscope; father of television _1889-1982
Zyl, Gideon Brand van Brit. admin. in S. Africa; gov-gen. of Union of S. Africa 1946-1950 _1873-1956
Zywny, Wojciech Adalbert Pol. pianist; 1st piano teacher of Frederic Chopin _1756-1840
