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Zhanna Volkova
Zhanna Volkova, sometimes given as Zhanna Shamalova (unverified), is a Russian socialite in London who in February 2022 alleged publicly that Kirill Shamalov was keeping their surrogate-born daughter in Moscow; distinct from a Moscow marketing namesake.
Zhe Zeng (曾喆)
Zhe Zeng (曾喆), 1972–2001, Guangzhou-born Chinese American Bank of New York employee and certified rescuer who died giving first aid in the 9/11 World Trade Center collapse; honored with Zeng Zhe Way in Manhattan Chinatown.
Zheng (surname)
Zheng (郑/鄭, Zhèng) is a Chinese surname from the ancient state of Zheng, destroyed by Han in 375 BC. Main origin via Lord Huan of Zheng of the Ji clan; leading junwang Xingyang; ranks 21st in mainland China, 12th in Taiwan, 5th in Korea.
Zhuang people
Zhuang people (壮族), China's largest ethnic minority, a Tai-Kadai-speaking group aboriginal to Guangxi; about 14.82 million in Guangxi (2010), strongly influenced by Han culture, with an Old Zhuang sinogram script.
Ziauddin Yousafzai
Ziauddin Yousafzai (born 1969) is a Pakistani educator and co-founder, with daughter Malala Yousafzai, of Malala Fund (2013); he kept his Swat Valley school open under the Taliban and wrote the memoir Let Her Fly.
Zillennials
Zillennials (also Zennials) are a micro-generation born about 1993-1998 on the cusp of Millennials and Gen Z; an informal, self-applied label with no official standing, defined by shared-computer childhoods, smartphones in school, and Covid-19 at the start of working life.
Zimbardo time perspective inventory
The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) is a 56-item questionnaire measuring how people orient to past, present, and future, introduced by Zimbardo and Boyd in 1999.
Zionist Occupation Government conspiracy theory
ZOG, Zionist Occupation Government or Zionist Occupied Government, is a white supremacist antisemitic conspiracy theory, originating in 1970s America and popularized by The Turner Diaries, falsely claiming Jews secretly control the U.S. and Western governments.
Zizi Lambrino
Jeanne "Zizi" Lambrino (1898–1953), Romanian first, morganatic wife of Crown Prince Carol II of Romania; 1918 Odessa marriage annulled 1919; son Mircea Grigore recognized as Carol's descendant in 1955.
Zizians
Zizians: a small cultlike group formed around blogger Jack "Ziz" LaSota as a splinter of the Bay Area rationalist community, linked by authorities to six deaths in California, Pennsylvania, and Vermont between 2022 and 2025, including a Border Patrol agent; members shared veganism, anarchism, and AI-risk beliefs.
Zomi people
The Zomi are a self-identifying people of the Zo (Chin-Kuki-Mizo) ethnolinguistic group of the India–Myanmar–Bangladesh borderlands, comprising tribes such as Paite, Simte, Sukte, Vaiphei, and Zou, who prefer the name Zomi over the colonial labels Chin, Kuki, and Lushai.
Zoophilia
Zoophilia, also called zoophilism, is a paraphilia involving intense persistent sexual interest in animals; bestiality is the act itself. DSM-5 codes it 302.89 as other specified paraphilic disorder when distress lasts six months.
Zoosk
Zoosk is a behavioral-matchmaking dating site and app founded in 2007, acquired by Spark Networks in 2019 for $258M, now under MGG-owned Spark Networks; freemium with subscriptions and coins, 80+ countries.
Zübeyde Hanım
Zübeyde Hanım (1857, Langaza – 14 January 1923, İzmir), mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Yörük Turkmen descent; married Ali Rıza Efendi in 1871; buried at Karşıyaka, İzmir.
Zulu people
The Zulu people (amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group of South Africa, about 12 million strong, formed under Shaka's 1816-1828 kingdom; isiZulu is the country's most spoken language and the monarchy is centered in KwaZulu-Natal.
Zuṭṭ
Zuṭṭ (al-Zutt, الزطّ), the Arabized form of Jat, were people from northwestern India (Sindh, Punjab) settled in Sasanian and early Islamic Iraq, Syria, and Cilicia; they staged revolts in lower Iraq and were deported to the Byzantine frontier in 835 CE.
Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017), Polish-British sociologist at Leeds, theorist of liquid modernity and author of Modernity and the Holocaust; prolific, translated into 35 languages.
ǃKung people
ǃKung, now generally called Ju/'hoansi, are San hunter-gatherers of northeastern Namibia and northwestern Botswana, the most studied Bushman group, central to the Kalahari Debate over isolation versus incorporation.