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- Zafar Ali KhanPoet and journalist (1874-1956)
- Zagwe dynastyKingdom in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea (1137–1270)
- Zahi HawassEgyptian Egyptologist (born 1947)
- Zakaullah DehlviIndian Urdu writer, scholar and historian (1832–1910)
- Zand dynastyIranian royal dynasty (1751–1794)
- Zbigniew BrzezinskiPolish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)
- Ze'ev JabotinskyRussian Revisionist Zionist leader (1880–1940)
- ZengziChinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius (505–435 BC)
- Zeno (emperor)Eastern Roman emperor (474–475; 476–491)
- Zhang ChunqiaoMember of the Gang of Four (1917–2005)
- Zhang ShengminChinese military officer (born 1958)
- Zhang YaolingZhang Yaoling (Chinese: 張曜靈; 344–355), courtesy name Yuanshu (元舒), formally Duke Ai of Xip
- Zhang Yi (Warring States period)Zhang Yi (before 329 BC – 309 BC) was a Chinese military strategist and philosopher. He wa
- Zhang YouxiaChinese general (born 1950)
- Zhao PuchuChinese activist (1907–2000)
- Zhaozhou CongshenChinese Chan Buddhist monk (778–897)
- Zhi DunChinese Buddhist philosopher (314–366)
- Zhou–Chu WarThe Zhou–Chu War was a military conflict between the Zhou dynasty under King Zhao and the
- Zhuge Liang's Southern CampaignZhuge Liang's Southern Campaign, also known as the War of Pacification in Nanzhong, was a
- Ziauddin AhmadIndian mathematician and philosopher (1873–1947)
- Ziauddin BaraniIndian Muslim historian and political thinker (1285–1357)
- Zinovy ReichsteinZinovy Reichstein (born 1961) is a Russian-born American mathematician. He is a professor
- ZiusudraKing of Shuruppak (c. 2900 BC)
- Ziyadid dynastySunni Muslim dynasty in Yemen (819–1018)
- Zo d'AxaAlphonse Gallaud de la Pérouse (28 May 1864 – 30 August 1930), better known as Zo d'Axa (F
- Zoé de GamondBelgian educator and feminist (1806–1854)
- ZollvereinEconomic union of German states (1834–1919)
- Zonguldak (electoral district)Zonguldak is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 5 m
- ZopfiellaZopfiella is a genus of fungi within the Lasiosphaeriaceae family.
- Zora Neale HurstonAmerican author, anthropologist, filmmaker (1891–1960)
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
- Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat JungMughal noble and general (1649/1657–1713)