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Zak Ford-Williams
Zak Ford-Williams, British actor born near Manchester in 1999, distinct from Robin Williams's son Zak Williams; known for Bridgerton's Lord Remington, Better, The Hardacres, and playing Joseph Merrick as a disabled actor with cerebral palsy.
Zak Starkey
Zak Richard Starkey (born 1965, London), English rock drummer, son of Ringo Starr; drummer for the Who 1996–2025, Oasis 2004–2008, Johnny Marr & the Healers, and Mantra of the Cosmos.
Zak Sutcliffe
Zak Sutcliffe (Zachary Sutcliffe), English actor born 2001 in Bradford, known for Peter Pan in Peter and Wendy, Luke in Grimsby, Evan in 4 O'Clock Club, Schuey Weever in Waterloo Road, and Bobby Costello in Hollyoaks.
Zakaria Ghafouli
Zakaria Ghafouli (Zakaria El Ghafouli) is a Moroccan pop singer who modernizes Moroccan heritage styles, from Amazigh melodies to chaabi and rai, and became nationally known with his 2018 hit "Hobino".
Zakaria Tamer
Zakaria Tamer (زكريا تامر, born 1931 in Damascus) is a Syrian short-story writer, regarded as a leading figure of Arabic short fiction, known for Tigers on the Tenth Day.
Zakes Mda
Zakes Mda, pen name of Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (born 1948), is a South African novelist, playwright, and painter considered among the foremost post-apartheid writers.
Zakhar Berkut
Zakhar Berkut (Захар Беркут) is an 1883 historical novella by the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko, set among the Carpathian mountain Tukholtsy during the Mongol invasion of 1241.
Zakhm
Zakhm (ज़ख़्म, "Wound") is Mahesh Bhatt's 1998 Hindi drama, produced by Pooja Bhatt, starring Ajay Devgn, about a Muslim mother's burial wish during the 1993 Bombay riots; autobiographical, National Award winner.
Zakir Hussain (ज़ाकिर हुसैन) (actor)
Zakir Hussain (ज़ाकिर हुसैन), Hindi film, TV and streaming character actor, NSD-trained, distinct from the tabla maestro; known for Sarkar, Johnny Gaddaar, Andhadhun and Farzi (2023).
Zakir Hussain (ज़ाकिर हुसैन) (musician)
Zakir Hussain (ज़ाकिर हुसैन), 1951–2024, Indian tabla virtuoso, son of Alla Rakha, Punjab gharana; Shakti co-founder with John McLaughlin, Planet Drum with Mickey Hart, first Indian musician to win three Grammys in one year (2024).
Zakir Khan (ज़ाकिर ख़ान) (comedian)
Zakir Khan (ज़ाकिर ख़ान), born 1987 in Indore, is an Indian Hindi-language stand-up comedian, writer, and poet, winner of Comedy Central India's Best Stand-up Comedian 2012, with six specials including Tathastu and Papa Yaar, and the first Indian comedian to perform entirely in Hindi at Madison Square Garden.
Zakk Wylde
Zakk Wylde, American metal guitarist, Ozzy Osbourne's axeman from No Rest for the Wicked (1988) and founder of Black Label Society; known for pinch harmonics, bullseye Les Pauls, Marshall JCM800 tone, Zakk Sabbath, and Pantera celebration tours.
Zal Batmanglij
Zal Batmanglij, American film director and screenwriter born in France to Iranian parents; co-writer with Brit Marling of Sound of My Voice (2011), The East (2013), The OA (2016–19), and A Murder at the End of the World (2023).
Zalando
Zalando SE, Berlin-based European fashion and lifestyle e-commerce platform founded 2008 by Robert Gentz and David Schneider; 62 million active customers, 29 markets, 2025 revenue 12.3 billion euros, ABOUT YOU acquired July 2025.
Zaldy
Zaldy (Zaldy Goco) is an American Filipino-origin fashion and costume designer, three-time Emmy winner for RuPaul's Drag Race, head designer of the ZALDY label (2002), tour designer for Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and others, and creator of the 2024 Victoria's Secret show.
Zalman Shneour
Zalman Shneour (זלמן שניאור), born Shneur Zalkind, was a Hebrew and Yiddish poet, novelist, and playwright from Shklov who died in New York in 1959.
Zama (2017 film)
Zama (2017) is Lucrecia Martel's fourth feature, an adaptation of Antonio Di Benedetto's 1956 novel, premiering at Venice. It stars Daniel Giménez Cacho as a colonial magistrate waiting for a royal transfer that never comes.
Zamasu (ザマス)
Zamasu (ザマス), also rendered Zamas, is a Dragon Ball Super villain: Universe 10's North Kaiō who swaps bodies with Goku via the Super Dragon Balls to become Goku Black and runs the Human Zero Plan.
Zambetas
Giorgos Zambetas (Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας) was a Greek laiko composer, singer, and bouzouki virtuoso, born in Athens in 1925 and died there in 1992. He wrote more than 250 songs and music for over 100 films.
Zameer (ज़मीर)
Zameer (ज़मीर) is a 1975 Hindi action-drama directed by Ravi Chopra, produced by B.R. Chopra, starring Shammi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, and Saira Banu; a criminal poses as a horse-breeder's lost son. Distinct from the 1997 film of the same name.
Zamil
Zamil (Arabic: زامل) is a traditional Saudi group chanting art from Aseer and Najran provinces, in which five to sixty performers chant occasion-specific poems in call-and-response.
Zamolxe
Zamolxe, Zalmoxis in English, is a 1921 dramatic poem in three acts by Romanian poet and philosopher Lucian Blaga, his debut play, centered on the god of the Geto-Dacians.
Zanabazar
Zanabazar, known in Tibetan as Blo bzang bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan, was the First Jebtsundamba Khutuktu of Khalkha Mongolia, famed for gilded bronze Buddhas and Taras.
Zanabazar school
The Zanabazar school is a school of Mongolian Buddhist sculpture founded in the late seventeenth century by Zanabazar, regarded as the beginning of native Mongolian sculpture.
Zanabazar's White Tara
Zanabazar's White Tara, or Tsagaan Dar Ekh, is a gilt bronze sculpture of the Buddhist goddess White Tara made in the late 17th century by Zanabazar, Mongolia's most celebrated sculptor.
Zandra Rhodes
Dame Zandra Rhodes (born 1940, Chatham, Kent), British fashion and textile designer, 'Princess of Punk', founder of London's Fashion and Textile Museum, known for hand-screen-printed fabrics and clients from Princess Diana to Freddie Mercury.
Zane Grey
Zane Grey (Pearl Zane Gray, 1872-1939), American dentist-turned-novelist, author of Riders of the Purple Sage; most successful American author of the 1920s and record-holding big-game fisherman.
Zang Kejia
Zang Kejia (1905–2004) was a Chinese poet and editor called the founder of modern native-soil poetry; his first collection, Brand, appeared in 1933, and "Some People" commemorates Lu Xun.
Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर) (1973 film)
Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर), 1973 Hindi action film directed by Prakash Mehra, written by Salim-Javed, starring Amitabh Bachchan as Inspector Vijay Khanna; established the Angry Young Man persona and was a blockbuster.
Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर) (2013 film)
Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर), also Thoofan in Telugu, is Apoorva Lakhia's 2013 remake of the 1973 Amitabh Bachchan classic, starring Ram Charan in his Bollywood debut with Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, and Prakash Raj; released 6 September 2013 to mixed-to-negative reviews.