Famous People: Z

		Zacara da Teramo	Composer	Italian composer, singer, and papal secretary	1350	1413
		Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow	Composer	Handel's first music teacher	1663	1712
		Babe Zaharias	Golf	Best female athlete of all time	1911	1956
		Paula Zahn	Journalist	CNN's Paula Zahn Now	1956
		Steve Zahn	Actor	Glenn in Out of Sight	1967
		Ivan Zajc	Composer	Dominated Croatia's musical culture	1832	1914
		Yevgeny Zamyatin	Author	We	1884	1937
		Riccardo Zandonai	Composer	Italian opera composer	1883	1944
		Israel Zangwill	Playwright	Children of the Ghetto	1864	1926
		Frank Zappa	Musician	The Mothers of Invention	1940	1993
		Abraham Zapruder	Cinematographer	Documented JFK's assassination on film	1905	1970
		Peter Nivio Zarlenga	Author	The Orator	0000
		Abu Musab al- Zarqawi	Terrorist	Former top al Qaeda operative in Iraq	1966	2006
		Joe Zawinul	Jazz Musician	Birdland	1932	2007
		Richard Zayre	Educator		0000
		Zeami Motokiyo	Playwright	The Feather Mantle	1363	1443
		Zelda	Poet	Israeli poet	1914	1984
		Jan Dismas Zelenka	Composer	Czech Baroque composer	1679	1745
		Carl Zeller	Composer	Austrian composer of operettas	1842	1898
		Renée Zellweger	Actor	Bridget Jones' Diary	1969
		Jiang Zemin	Head of State	President of China 1993-2003	1926
		Alexander von Zemlinsky	Composer	Lyric Symphony (1923)	1871	1942
		Hans Zender	Composer	German conductor and composer	1936
		Zeno of Citium	Philosopher	Founder of the Stoic school of philosophy	0334 BC	0262 BC
		Catherine Zeta-Jones	Actor	Chicago	1969
		Zeuxis	Painter	Zeus Enthroned	0464 BC	BC
		Warren Zevon	Musician	Werewolves of London	1947	2003
		Zheng He	Explorer	Zheng He to the Western Ocean	1371	1435
		Todor Zhivkov	Head of State	Leader of Bulgaria, 1954-89	1911	1998
		Zhou Enlai	Head of State	Mao's right-hand man	1898	1976
		Zhu Xi	Philosopher	Neo-Confucian	1130	1200
		Khaleda Zia	Head of State	Prime Minister of Bangladesh	1945
		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	Head of State	Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88	1924	1988
		Carl Michael Ziehrer	Composer	Austrian composer and military bandmaster	1843	1922
		Zig Ziglar	Author	Motivational speaker	1926
		Madeline Zima	Actor	Grace Sheffield on The Nanny	1985
		Efrem Zimbalist	Musician	Concert violinist	1889	1985
		Stephanie Zimbalist	Actor	Remington Steele	1956
		Don Zimmer	Baseball	Red Sox, Padres, Cubs, manager	1931
		Charles A. Zimmerman	Composer	Anchors Aweigh	1862	1916
		Bernd Alois Zimmermann	Composer	Die Soldaten	1918	1970
		Udo Zimmermann	Composer	German composer	1943
		David Zinman	Conductor	Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich	1936
		Fred Zinnemann	Film Director	From Here to Eternity	1907	1997
		Domenico Zipoli	Composer	Jesuit Musician	1688	1726
		Zog I	Royalty	King of Albania	1895	1961
		Emile Zola	Novelist	J'Accuse	1840	1902
		Eric Zorn	Columnist	Chicago Tribune	1958
		John Zorn	Composer	Prolific avant-garde composer	1953
		Zoroaster	Religion	Founder of Zoroastrianism	0600 BC	0550 BC
		Diana Zubiri	Actor	Danaya in the Encantadia fantasy series	1985
		Pinchas Zukerman	Violinist		1948
		Carl Zwanzig			0000
		Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	Composer	Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1)	1939
		Huldrych Zwingli	Religion	Leader of Protestant Reformation in Switzerland	1484	1531
		Vladimir Zworykin	Inventor	Patented color televison	1889	1982