Pia Zadora, Actor; Pia Schipani (Hoboken, New Jersey 4 May 1954).

"Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, Athlete, Mildred Ella Didrikson, (USA, 1913-1956).

Tony Zale, Boxer; Anthony Florian Zaleski (Gary, Indiana 29 May 1913 - 20 March 1997).

L. L. Zamenhof, Physicist and developer of Esperanto; Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof (Bialystok, Poland 15 December 1859 - 14 April 1917).

Billy Zane, Actor; William George Zane, Jr. ( Chicago, Illinois 24 February 1966).

Darryl F. Zanuck, Film producer and employer of the casting couch; Darryl Francis Zanuck (Wahoo, Nebraska 5 September 1902 - 22 December 1979).

Emiliano Zapata, Revolutionary; Emiliano Zapata Salazar (Anenecuilco, Mexico 8 August 1879 - 10 April 1919).

Frank Zappa, Musician; Francis Vincent Zappa, Jr., (Baltimore 21 December 1940 - 4 December 1993). Later in life, he stated that his first name was Frank.

Franco Zeffirelli, Film Director; Gianfranco Corsi (Florence 12 February 1923).

Si Zentner, Jazz trombonist; Simon Hugh Zentner (Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. 1918 - 31 January 2000).

Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Inventor of the Airship; Count Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin (Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 8 July 1838 - 8 March 1917).

Émile Zola, Novelist; Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (Paris, France 2 April 1840 - 29 September 1902).

Rob Zombie, Singer; Robert Cummings (Haverhill, Massachusetts 12 January 1966).

Vera Zorina, Dancer and actor; Eva Brigitta Hartwig (Berlin 2 January 1917 - 9 April 2003).

Zulu, Actor; Gilbert Kauhi (Rainbow Falls, Hilo, Hawaii 17 October 1937).

Buckwheat Zydeco, Singer / musician; Stanley Joseph Dural, Jr. (Lafayette, Louisiana 14 November 1947).