People

Tim and Nina Zagat

Restaurant critics Born Eugene H. Zagat Jr., c. 1940, in New York; son of Eugene Zagat, Sr.; married Nina Safronoff (an attorney), 1965; children: Ted, John. Educa...

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

August 4, 1960 • Valladolid, Spain Prime minister Just three days after a series of bomb blasts killed nearly two hundred in Madrid in March of 2004, Spanish voters...

Mao Zedong

Born: December 26, 1893 Shaoshan, Hunan, China Died: September 9, 1976 Beijing, China Chinese statesman Mao Zedong wa...

Jiang Zemin

Born: August 17, 1926 Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China Chinese political leader Hand picked by Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) to be built up as ...

Elias A. Zerhouni

United States government official Born Elias Adam Zerhouni, April 12, 1951, in Nedroma, Algeria; married to Nadia Azza (a pediatrician); children: three. Education...

Chapter Zero

Communication and Internet

Chapter Zero enabling non-executive directors in UK boardrooms to engage effectively in a strategic debate about the climate challenge for their businesses, and how they will contribute to achieving t

Dieter Zetsche

German automotive executive Dieter Zetsche (born 1953) was credited with a sharp improvement of the fortunes of the United States-based Chrysler division of the DaimlerChrysler aut...

Warren Zevon

Born Warren William Zevon, January 24, 1947, in Chicago, IL; died of lung cancer, September 7, 2003, in Los Angeles, CA. Singer and songwriter. Acclaimed musician Warren Zevon was best kno...

Ziyi Zhang

Actress Born Zhang Ziyi, February 9, 1979, in Beijing, China; daughter of Zhang Yuan Xiao (a government economist) and Li Zhou Sheng (a kindergarten schoolteacher). ...

Zinédine Zidane

Zinédine Zidane (born 1972) was the toast of France after leading that country to its only World Cup soccer championship in 1998. The midfielder, nicknamed "Zizou," scored twice in...

Paul Zindel

Born: May 15, 1936 Staten Island, New York American playwright, screenwriter, and author From Pulitzer prize-winning playwright to young adult fiction ...

Slavoj Zizek

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek (born 1949) is an academic star, the "Elvis of Cultural Studies," according to one often-quoted journalistic formulation. His lectures, dealing i...

Zizzi

Consumer goods

Zizzi is a chain of Italian-inspired restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In February 2015, Bridgepoint Capital completed a £250 million acquisition of ASK Italian&

Zoopla

The property

The Zoopla this is a property website and app, where there are more than a million objects to view with help tools that let filter them in all kinds of clever ways. Also reliable home price estimates.