General articles: Arts and culture

Zoetrope

Zoetrope ("wheel of life"): 19th-century optical toy by William George Horner (c. 1833–1834), a spinning slitted drum whose inner image strip appears to move through persistence of vision; on sale from 1867, succeeded by Reynaud's praxinoscope and Muybridge's zoopraxiscope.

Zoey 101

Zoey 101 (2005-2008) is a Nickelodeon teen series created by Dan Schneider, starring Jamie Lynn Spears at Pacific Coast Academy boarding school; 65 episodes, Emmy-nominated, followed by the 2023 Paramount+ film Zoey 102.

Zoey 102

Zoey 102 is a 2023 Paramount+ comedy-drama film continuing Nickelodeon's Zoey 101, reuniting Jamie Lynn Spears and original cast at Quinn and Logan's Malibu wedding; directed by Nancy Hower, released July 27, 2023.

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch is an American actress and producer born 1994 in Los Angeles, daughter of Lea Thompson and Howard Deutch, known for Set It Up, Not Okay, The Politician, Juror #2, and as Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague.

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is an NBC musical dramedy (2020-2021, 25 episodes) created by Austin Winsberg, starring Jane Levy as a coder who hears people's thoughts as pop "heart songs"; canceled after two seasons, followed by Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas.

Zofia Borucka

Zofia Borucka, born 1972 in London, is a British model and actress, wife of Jean Reno since 2006, known for K-PAX and small 2000s roles.

Zog Nit Keyn Mol

"Zog Nit Keyn Mol" (Never Say), also known as the Partisans' Song, is a Yiddish song written in 1943 by Hirsh Glik in the Vilna ghetto.

Zograf Gospel

The Zograf Gospel (Зографско евангелие) is an 11th-century Glagolitic manuscript of the four Gospels, named for the Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos and held in the National Library of Russia.

Zohaib Kazi

Zohaib Kazi is a Pakistani musician, producer, and multimedia creator based in Karachi, known for Coke Studio Pakistan and the sci-fi album-graphic novel Ismail Ka Urdu Sheher.

Zohra Sehgal

Zohra Sehgal, born Sahibzadi Zohra Mumtazullah Khan Begum, was an Indian actor, dancer, and choreographer, the "grand old lady of Bollywood", whose career spanned seven decades.

Zohre and Tahir

Zohre and Tahir (Tâhir ile Zühre) is a love dastan, a prosimetric epic often likened to Romeo and Juliet, circulating across Turkic traditions from Central Asia to Turkey.

Zoidberg

Dr. John A. Zoidberg is the lobster-like Decapodian staff doctor at Planet Express in the animated series Futurama, voiced by Billy West. Created by David X. Cohen from a Star Trek gag and named after his unreleased game Zoid, he is poor, homeless, and famously incompetent with human anatomy.

Zoids (ゾイド)

Zoids (ゾイド) is a Japanese media franchise by Takara Tomy, a portmanteau of "zoic" and "android." It features motorized plastic kits of biomechanical creatures and has expanded into anime and games.

Zoie Palmer

Zoie Palmer, English-Canadian actress (born 1977, England), known as Dr. Lauren Lewis on Lost Girl and the Android on Dark Matter; 2014 Canadian Screen Awards Fan Choice winner; distinct from production staffer Zoe Palmer.

Zōjōji Temple in Snow

Zōjōji Temple in Snow (増上寺之雪) is a 1925 woodblock print by Kawase Hasui showing a lone woman with an umbrella before Zōjōji temple in Tokyo.

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Zokie of Planet Ruby

Zokie of Planet Ruby (Zokie z Planety Ruby) is a Canadian animated Nickelodeon buddy comedy by Brian Morante: vlogger Ruby's only follower is alien Zokie Sparkleby from Planet Pudge; 26 episodes, Amazon Prime Video debut December 31, 2023.

Zola (film)

Zola (2020) is Janicza Bravo's A24 comedy-drama, the first narrative feature adapted from a Twitter thread: A'Ziah King's viral 148-tweet #TheStory about a Tampa strip-club trip turned sex-trafficking ordeal, starring Taylour Paige and Riley Keough.

Zola (musician)

Zola, also known as Zola 7 and Bonginkosi Dlamini, is a South African kwaito musician and actor from Soweto whose debut album Umdlwembe went double platinum in 2002.

Zola Taylor

Zola Taylor (1938 or 1943-2007), American singer, female member of The Platters on 1950s hits like "The Great Pretender"; later a Frankie Lymon widow claimant, portrayed by Halle Berry in 1998.

Zolotoe Koltso

Zolotoe Koltso (Золотое кольцо, "Golden Ring") is a Russian estrada folk ensemble founded in 1988 at the Smolensk Philharmonic, known for Kadysheva's folk-pop hits and a 2024 viral revival.

Zoltan Bathory

Zoltan Bathory, also known as Báthory Zoltán, is a Hungarian-born American musician. He founded Five Finger Death Punch in 2005 and has won 17 Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one singles.

Zoltán Kodály

Zoltán Kodály (Kodály Zoltán, 1882–1967) was a Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist who, alongside Béla Bartók, collected folk songs and created the Kodály method of music education.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (ゾン100〜ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと〜)

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (ゾン100) is a 2018 Shogakukan zombie comedy manga by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata about office worker Akira's 100-item bucket list, adapted into a 2023 anime and Netflix live-action film.

Zomato

Zomato, now Eternal Limited, is India's leading food delivery platform founded in 2008 as Foodiebay by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah; IPO 2021, Blinkit acquired 2022, renamed Eternal 2025.

Zombeavers

Zombeavers is a 2014 American comedy-horror film directed by Jordan Rubin in which college students at a riverside cabin are attacked by zombie beavers created from spilled toxic waste.

Zombeid

Zombeid (زومبائیڈ), 2026 Pakistani Urdu zombie thriller directed by Nabeel Qureshi, produced by Fizza Ali Meerza, starring Fahad Mustafa and Mehwish Hayat; billed as Pakistan's first zombie film, released Eid-ul-Azha, 27 May 2026, set in a Karachi gym.

Zombi 2

Zombi 2, also called Zombie Flesh Eaters or Zombie, is Lucio Fulci's 1979 Italian horror film about a zombie epidemic on a Caribbean island, famous for its shark fight and unofficial Dawn of the Dead sequel marketing.

Zombie

Zombie: reanimated corpse or virus-infected human in horror fiction, Haitian Creole zonbi, Haitian French zombi. Word recorded 1819 by Robert Southey; raised by a bokor in Haitian folklore; remade as flesh-eater by Romero's 1968 Night of the Living Dead.

Zombie (album)

Zombie is a 1976 album by Fela Kuti & Africa '70 whose title track mocked blind military obedience; the army banned it and burned Fela's compound in 1977.