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- Zeki Velidi ToganBashkir historian and politician
- Zeng GuofanChinese politician and military commander (1811–1872)
- Zeng GuoquanZeng Guoquan (12 October 1824 – 13 November 1890), courtesy name Yuanfu, art name Shuchun,
- Zhang ChengzhiZhang Chengzhi (Xiao'erjing: ﺟْﺎ ﭼْﻊ جِ, born 10 September 1948) is a contemporary Hui Chi
- Zhang JueChinese Yellow Turban Rebellion leader (died 184)
- Zhang Liang (Western Han)Chinese strategist (c. 251 BC - 189 BC)
- Zhang XianzhongChinese peasant leader and ruler in Sichuan (1606–1647)
- Zhou YuChinese general (175–210)
- Zhu DeChinese general and politician (1886–1976)
- Zorawar Chand BakhshiIndian Army general
- Zubayr ibn al-AwwamArab Muslim military commander (594–656)
- ZumbiAfro-Brazilian freed slave; king of Quilombo dos Palmares (r. 1680–95)