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- Zach Braff1975Actor and director, star of Scrubs and Garden State
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- Zanvil Cohn1926Cell biologist regarded as a founder of modern macrophage biology
- Zara Nelsova1918Classical cellist
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- Zelda Nisanilevich Treger1920Zelda Treger was born in Vilna, Lithuania, which was occupied by the Germans beginning in…
- Zelda Rubinstein1933Actress iconic as the diminutive medium Tangina in the 'Poltergeist' films.
- Zelig Eshhar1941Immunologist who invented the CAR-T cell, the basis of modern cancer immunotherapy.
- Zellig Harris1909Linguist who developed structural and distributional linguistics
- Zena Harman2014Zena Harman, diplomat, parliamentarian and social innovator, helped lay the foundation…
- Zeppo Marx1901Actor and member of the legendary Marx Brothers comedy team.
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- Zero Mostel1915Actor, original Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof
- Zeruya Shalev1959Internationally acclaimed Israeli novelist.
- Zhores Alferov1930Physicist
- Zick Rubin1970Social psychologist who created the first scientific scale of romantic love
- Ziggy Elman1914Jazz trumpeter of the big-band swing era.
- Zipporah Nunes Machado JacobsZipporah Nunes was born a Conversa in Portugal circa 1710.
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- Zivia Lubetkin1943Only woman on the ZOB high command
- Zoe Benjamin1882Zoe Benjamin was a twentieth-century Australian teacher who pioneered liberal ideas in…
- Zoë Kravitz1988Actress known for 'Big Little Lies' and playing Catwoman in 'The Batman'.
- Zoe Wanamaker1949Zoë Wanamaker is one of Britain’s most enduringly popular and talented actors.
- Zoey Deutch2016American actress and producer
- Zohar Strauss1972Israeli stage and screen actor known for dramatic roles in films such as Eyes Wide Open.
- Zohra El FassiaZohra El Fassia was a renowned singer and recording artist in twentieth-century Morocco.
- Zora Arkus-Duntov1909Belgian-born American engineer, 'father of the Chevrolet Corvette'
- Zosha PosnanskaA left-wing political activist and Soviet intelligence recruit, Zosha Posnanska was a…
- Zosia Mamet1988Actress known for 'Girls' and 'Mad Men', daughter of playwright David Mamet.
- Zoya Cherkassky1976Zoya Cherkassky (b. 1976 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a prominent Israeli artist.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor1917Hungarian-American actress and socialite, an enduring icon of Hollywood glamour.
- Zsófia Balla1949In Hungary, Zsófia Balla is considered one of the greatest women poets.
- Zuzana Ruzickova1927Harpsichordist
- Zvi Greengold1973Tank officer awarded the Medal of Valor for holding the Golan line (1973)
- Zvi Griliches1930Econometrician known for research on technological diffusion, R&D and productivity
- Zvi HashinContinuum mechanics
- Zvi KohaviComputer & information scientist
- Zvika Brakerski2022Israeli pioneer of fully homomorphic encryption — computing on encrypted data
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- Zygmunt Bauman1925Polish-British sociologist who developed the concept of 'liquid modernity'