| Author Name | Profession | Nationality |
| Zac Efron | Actor | American |
| Zac Hanson | Musician | American |
| Zahi Hawass | Scientist | Egyptian |
| Zalmay Khalilzad | ||
| Zelda Fitzgerald | Writer | American |
| Zhou Enlai | Statesman | Chinese |
| Zoe Kazan | Actress | American |
| Zona Gale | Playwright | American |
| Zooey Deschanel | Actress | American |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | Actress | Hungarian |
“The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage.”