Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה), with many variant forms and spellings such as Zachariah and Zacharias, is a

theophoric A theophoric name (from Greek: , ''theophoros'', literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or a god's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that de ...

masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "

God In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...

/YHWH remembers". It comes from the Hebrew root זכר, meaning to remember, and ''yah'', one of the names of the

God of Israel In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator deity, creator, and principal object of Faith#Religious faith, faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a Deity, god is "a spirit or being believed to have creat ...

. Though Zechariah is the original transliteration of the name and used in the English translation of the

Book of Zechariah The Book of Zechariah is a Jewish text attributed to Zechariah, a Hebrew prophet of the late 6th century BC. In the Hebrew Bible, the text is included as part of the Twelve Minor Prophets, itself a part of the second division of that work. In ...

, Zachariah, spelled with the letter A instead of the letter E, is more popular, with a common diminutive being Zach (also Zac, Zack, Zackie, and Zak). Due to its religious significance, variants of the name exist in numerous languages, and it is also used as a monastic or papal name. The Arabic form of the name, Zakariya, with spelling variants (Zakariyya, Zakaria, Zekaria), is dealt with on a separate dedicated page, Zakariya.

Variants

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Zaharía, Zakaría, Zeqeríja, Zekeríja *

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: ዘካርያስ (Zäkkarəyas) *

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: (Zakaria) *

Aramaic Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...

( Syriac): ܙܟ݂ܲܪܝܵܐ (Zkharya) *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

: Զաքարիա, Զաքար, Զաքարէ (Zakʿaria, Zakʿar, Zakʿarē) * Azerbaijani: Zəkəriyyə *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

: Захар (Zachar) *

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

: যাকারিয়া, জাকারিয়া (Zakariya, Jakariya) * Bulgarian: Захария (Zahari) * Bosnian: Zekerijah * Catalan: Zacaries *

Chinese Simplified Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters. Their mass standardization during the 20th century was part of an initiative by th ...

: 撒迦利亚 (Sājiālìyǎ) *

Chinese Traditional Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages. In Taiwan, the set of traditional characters is regulated by the Ministry of Education and standardized in the ''Standard Form of ...

: 撒迦利亞 (Sājiālìyǎ) *Czech: Zachariáš * Danish: Sakarias, Zacharias, Zakarias * English: Zachary, Zachery, Zachare, Zacharia, Zachariah, Zackary, Zackery, Zaqueri, Zechariah, Zacharias * Faroese: Sakarias, Sakaris, Sakir, Ziska * Filipino: Zacarias * Finnish: Sakari, Sakke, Saku * French: Zacharie *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

: Zacharias * Georgian: ზაქარია (Zakaria, ZakCaria), ზაქრო (Zakro), შაქრო (Shakro) *

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

: Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias) *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

: (Zechariah, Zekharyah) *

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

: ज़कारिया (Zaʾkāriyā) * Hungarian: Zakariás *

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

: Zakaria, Zakharia, Zakariya *

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

: Zaccaria *

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: ザカリア (Zakaria) *

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

: ಜಚರಿಯ (Jacariya) *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...

: 즈카르야 (Jeukarya) or 스가랴 (Seugarya) *

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...

: Zekerîya *

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

: Zacharias * Lithuanian: Zakaras, Zakarijas, Zacharijas, Zacharijus, Zakys *

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

: Захариј (Zaharij) * Malay: Zakaria *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

(

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

, India): Skaria, Scaria, Sakaria, Sakariah, Cherian, Kuncherian *

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

: Hakaraia *

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: (Zakariya, Zechariah, Zachariah) *

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

: Zachariasz * Portuguese: Zacarías * Punjabi: ਜ਼ਕਰਯਾਹ (Zakarayāha) *

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

: Zaharia *

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: Захарий (Zakhariy), Захария (Zakhariya), Захар ( Zakhar) *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

: Sachairi, Sagairi, Sagaire *

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...

: Захарије (Zaharije), Захарија (Zaharija), Зарија (Zarija), Зарије (Zarije) * Slovak: Zachariáš * Slovenian: Zaharija * Somali: Sakariye, Sekaryaah *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: Zacarías * Sindhi: (Zaʾkāriyā) *

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language officially used in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes. * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa. * Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili p ...

: Zakaria * Swedish: Sakarias, Zacharias, Zakarias *

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

: ஜக்கரியா (Jakkariyā) * Thai: ซาคาเรีย (Sākhāreīy) * Turkish: Zekeriya, Zekeriyya * Ukrainian: Захар ( Zakhar), Захарій (Zakhariy), Захарія (Zakhariya) *

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: (Zakaryyah) *

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

: זכריה

People

The list includes people with the monastic or papal name Zacharias or Zachariah. For people with the Arabic variants of this name, see Zakariya (includes the variants Zakariyya, Zakaria, Zekaria).

Biblical

Zechariah (Hebrew prophet) Zechariah was a person in the Hebrew Bible traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Prophet The Book of Zechariah introduces him as the son of Berechiah#In scripture, Berechiah, ...

, a prophet of the kingdom of Judah *

Zechariah (New Testament figure) Zechariah was a Jewish priest mentioned in the New Testament and the Quran, and venerated in Christianity and Islam.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, '' The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary'', Note. 905: "The third group consists not of men of ac ...

, the father of John the Baptist, also mentioned in the

Quran The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...

as Zakariya *Minor Bible characters ** Zechariah (list of biblical figures)#Minor characters lists several minor figures **

Zechariah ben Jehoiada Zechariah ben Jehoiada is a figure in the Hebrew Bible described as a priest who was stoned to death by Jehoash of Judah, and may possibly have been alluded to in the New Testament. Lineage Zechariah was the son of Jehoiada, the High Priest ...

, son of the High Priest from the times of Ahaziah and Joash, martyred by the latter ** Zechariah of Israel, king of Israel (reigned for 6 months in c. 752 BCE), son of Jeroboam

Orthodox saints, venerables, martyrs

* Venerable Martyr Zacharias, by drowning in the sea, Orthodox saint and

hosiomartyr The saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church (and of the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite) have various customary saint titles with which they are commemorated on the liturgical calendar and in Divine Services. Many of the titles can ...

commemorated on 21 October *Zacharias the Martyr, by drowning in the sea, Orthodox martyr, commemorated on October 22 (either same as, or different from, saint commemorated on 21 October)Holy Martyr Zacharias
at johnsanidopoulos.com, retrieved 7 August 2021. * Zachariah (d. 724), one of the 63 Martyrs of Jerusalem, Orthodox saint and martyr commemorated on October 21 *Venerable

Zachariah the Recluse Venerable Zachariah the Recluse of Egypt was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 4th century in Scetis, Lower Egypt. He is the patron saint of society's outcasts. He served the homeless and poor, and is remembered as a Christian monast ...

of Egypt, Orthodox saint commemorated on 24 March * Venerable Zachariah,

Faster Faster or FASTER may refer to: Music * "Faster" (George Harrison song) * "Faster" (Matt Nathanson song) * "Faster" (Within Temptation song) * "Faster" (Manic Street Preachers song), a double A-side single by Manic Street Preachers * "Faster", ...

of the Kiev Caves (12th century), Orthodox saint commemorated on 24 March * New Martyr Zachariah of

Patrai Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...

Morea Morea ( or ) was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The name was used by the Principality of Achaea, the Byzantine province known as the Despotate of the Morea, by the O ...

(d. 1782)

Antiquity through early modern period

In chronological order: * Zacharias of Vienne (died 106), Bishop of Vienne *

Zacharias Rhetor Zacharias of Mytilene (Ζαχαρίας ό Μιτυληναίος; c. 465, Gaza City, Gaza – after 536), also known as Zacharias Scholasticus or Zacharias Rhetor, was a bishop and ecclesiastical historian. Life The life of Zacharias of Mytile ...

or Scholasticus (c. 465-after 536), bishop of Mytilene and author of the ''Historia Ecclesiastica'' *

Zacharias of Jerusalem Zacharias of Jerusalem was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Church of Jerusalem from 609 to 632. Zacharias spent most of his patriarchate as a prisoner of the Sasanian Emperor Khosrow II following the Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem. He is comme ...

( 609–632), patriarch of Jerusalem, Orthodox saint *

Pope Zachary Pope Zachary (; 679 – March 752) was the bishop of Rome from 28 November 741 to his death in March 752. He was the last pope of the Byzantine Papacy. Zachary built the original church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, forbade the traffic of sla ...

(679–752), also known as Zacharias (Gr., Lat.), the last Greek bishop of Rome (741–752) * Zacharias I of Makuria (c. 722), Nubian ruler *

Zachariah (Khazar) Zachariah, or Zacharias, was a Khagan of the Khazars The Khazars ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section ...

, 9th-century Khagan of the Khazars known to have ruled c. 861 * Zacharias I of Makuria ( 722), Nubian king *

Zacharias III of Makuria Zacharias III (; ) (c. 795c. 856) was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Life Zacharias was born around 795 in Dongola, probably the son of the nobleman Ioannes and an anonymous woman of the Makurian royal family. Ioannes ascended to th ...

(c. 822-c. 854), Nubian ruler *

, 9th century khagan of the Khazars known to have ruled c. 861 * Zacharias I of Armenia (died 876), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Pope Zacharias of Alexandria (1004–1032), Coptic pope * Zacharias Chrysopolitanus (died 1155), Greek scholar * Zacharias Ferreri (1479–1524), Italian monk and papal legate * Zacharias Calliergi ( 1499–1515), Greek Renaissance humanist and scholar *

Zacharias Ursinus Zacharias Ursinus (born Zacharias Baer; 18 July 1534 – 6 May 1583) was a German Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer. He became the leading theologian of the Reformed Protestant movement of the Palatinate, serving both at the University ...

(1534–1583), German theologian *

Zacharias Stopius Zacharias Stopius (; 1535late 16th or early 17th century) was a Baltic German medical doctor, astronomer and astrologer, mainly active in present-day Latvia. He was ennobled by the King of Poland in 1570. His daughter Catharina Stopia was one o ...

(born 1535), Latvian astronomer * Zacharias Dolendo (1561–1601), Dutch engraver * Zacharias Heyns (1566–1630), Dutch printer and engraver * Zacharias Paulusz ( 1580–1648), Dutch Golden Age portrait painter *

Zacharias Janssen Zacharias Janssen; also Zacharias Jansen or Sacharias Jansen; 1585 – pre-1632) was a Dutch spectacle-maker who lived most of his life in Middelburg. He is associated with the invention of the first optical telescope and/or the first truly ...

(1585– 1632), Dutch scientist * Zacharias Traber (1611–1678), Austrian physician *

Zacharias Wagenaer Zacharias Wagenaer (also known as ''Wagener'', ''Wagenaar'' and ''Wagner'') (10 May 1614 – 12 October 1668) was a German-born Dutch clerk, illustrator, merchant, member of the Court of Justice, Opperhoofd in Japan, opperhoofd of Deshima and th ...

(1614–1668), German governor *

Zacharias Blyhooft Zacharias Blyhooft (or Zacharias Blijhooft; c. 1630 – 1681, Middelburg Middelburg may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Europe * Middelburg, Zeeland, the capital city of the province of Zeeland, southwestern Netherlands ** Roman Catholic D ...

( 1630–1681), Dutch painter *

Zacharias Longuelune Zacharias Longuelune (1669 — 30 November 1748) was a French architect and master builder who worked in the second half of his life for the royal court in Dresden. His design style was French Baroque and Classicism. Longuelune was born in Paris. ...

(1669–1748), French architect * Zacharias Allewelt (1682–1744), Danish-Norwegian sea captain *

Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach (22 February 1683 – 6 January 1734) was a German scholar, bibliophile, book-collector, traveller, palaeographer, and consul in Frankfurt am Main who is best known today for his published travelogues. Biography ...

(1683–1734), German book collector *

Zacharias Hildebrandt Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688, Münsterberg, Silesia – 11 October 1757, Dresden, Saxony) was a German organ builder. In 1714, his father Heinrich Hildebrandt, a cartwright master, apprenticed him to the famous organ builder Gottfried Silberma ...

(1688–1757), German organ builder

Single name (modern)

*Zacharia, pen name of

Paul Zacharia Mundattuchundayil Paul Scaria (born 5 June 1945), popularly known as Paul Zacharia or Zacharia, is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. Known for his body of literary works composed of short stories, novellas, travelogues, screenplays, ess ...

(born 1945), Indian writer of Malayalam literature *Zachariah or

Zachariah Selwyn Zachariah "Zach" Selwyn (born April 23, 1975), also known as simply Zachariah, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, host and writer best known for hosting the series ''America's Secret Slang'', ''Guinness World Records Gone Wild!'', ''Atta ...

(born 1975), American singer-songwriter, actor, and writer * Zacarias, stage name of Brazilian comedian Mauro Faccio Gonçalves, cast member of comedy series ''

Os Trapalhões Os Trapalhões () was a Brazilian comedy group and a television series of the same name created by Wilton Franco. Its members Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó (Renato Aragão). The name ''Os Trapalhões'' (which can ...

'' *Zacarías (el Perico), performing name of Mexican professional wrestler

Mini Máximo The Mini is a very small two-door, four-seat car, produced for four decades over a single generation, with many names and variants, by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors British Leyland and the Rover Group, and finally (br ...

(born 1989) * Zacharias (klepht), (1759–1804), Greek klepht *Zakarias, pen-name of Finnish writer Adéle Weman (1844-1936)

Late modern and contemporary (born after 1750)

Arranged by order of the last name. * Zacharias Adoni (born 1999), Cypriot footballer * Zacharias Aprem (born 1966), Indian bishop * Zacharias Athanasios (1909–1977), Syro-Malankara Catholic bishop * Zacharias Barbitsiotis (1759–1804), Greek revolutionary * Zaqueri Black (born 1992), a.k.a. Aphromoo, e-Sports support *Zackery Bowen (died 2006), whose murder of Adriane "Addie" Hall and subsequent suicide are prominently featured in Ethan Brown's 2009 book '' Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans'' * Zacharias Chaliabalias (1946–2020), Greek footballer * Zacharias Charalambous (born 1971), Cypriot footballer * Zacarías Colque (born 1967), Bolivian politician * Zacharias Dase (1824–1861), German mental calculator * Zacharias "Zack" de la Rocha (born 1970), American singer-songwriter and activist; vocalist of

Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to Rage) was an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1991. It consisted of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim ...

* Zaachariaha Fielding, Australian musician in the duo

Electric Fields Electric Fields is an Australian electronic music duo made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboard player and producer Michael Ross. Electric Fields combine modern electric-soul music with Aboriginal culture and sing in Pitjantjatj ...

Zecharias Frankel Zecharias Frankel (30 September 1801 – 13 February 1875) was a Bohemian-German rabbi and a historian who studied the historical development of Judaism. He was born in Prague and died in Breslau. He was the founder and the most eminent member o ...

, (1801–1875), Bohemian-German rabbi and historian * Zacharias Hackzell (1751–1804), Swedish chief of police *

Zacharias Heinesen Zacharias Heinesen (born 1936 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese painter. He is the son of the writer and artist William Heinesen. He attended Myndlistaskóli Íslands in Reykjavik between 1957 and 1958. In 1959–1963 he attended the Royal Danish Aca ...

(born 1936), Danish painter * Zacharias Jimenez (1947–2018), Filipino Roman Catholic bishop *

Zacharias Kavousakis Zacharias Kavousakis (, born 11 January 1989) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League 2 club Panserraikos. Career Kavousakis started his career with local Heraklion-based Superleague club Ergotelis and si ...

(born 1989), Greek footballer *

Zacharias Kunuk Zacharias Kunuk (, born November 27, 1957) is a Canadian Inuk producer and director, most notable for his film '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.'' It is the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced entirely in Inuktitut with an all Indige ...

(born 1957), Canadian Inuk producer and director * Zacharias Lewala ( 1908), Namibian miner * Zacharias Richard Mahabane (1881–1971), South African politician * Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews (1901–1968), Tswana South African anthropologist *

Zacarias Moussaoui Zacarias Moussaoui (, '; born 30 May 1968) is a French member of al-Qaeda who pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to conspiring to kill citizens of the United States as part of the 9/11 attacks. He is serving life imprisonment without the ...

(born 1968), French-Moroccan man convicted of participation in the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...

Zacharias Mellebye Zacharias Mellebye (20 December 1781 – 9 November 1854) was a Norwegian farmer and non-commissioned military officer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. Biography Zacharias Rasmussen Mellebye was born on ...

(1781–1854), Norwegian politician *

Zacharias Papantoniou Zacharias Papantoniou (, ''Zacharias Papandoniou'') was a Greek writer. He was born in Karpenissi of Evrytania in February 1877 and died in Athens in 1940. He spent the first years of his life in Granitsa, where his father was a teacher. Apart f ...

(1877–1940), Greek writer and journalist *

Zechariah Puoric Matuong Zechariah Puoric Matuong Biet is a South Sudanese politician. He was elected to the Lakes State Legislative Assembly in 2010. In January 2010 he was named as the SPLM candidate for the Malek seat of the Lakes State Legislative Assembly by the SPLM ...

, South Sudanese politician *

Zecharia Sitchin Zecharia Sitchin (July 11, 1920 – October 9, 2010) was an author of a number of books proposing an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. Sitchin attributed the creation of the ancient Sumerian culture to the ''Anunnaki'' ...

(1920–2010), American author promoting the ancient astronaut theory * Zacarías Supisiche (1843-1897), Argentinian general *

Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military officer and politician who was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States ...

(1784–1850), 12th

president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...

(1849–1850) * Zacharias Theodorou (born 1993), Cypriot footballer *

Zacharias Topelius Zacharias Topelius (; 14 January 181812 March 1898) was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. He wrote his works exclusively in Swedish, although th ...

(1818–1898), Finland-Swedish author *

Zacharias Werner Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (18 November 1768 – 17 January 1823) was a German poet, dramatist, and preacher. As a dramatist, he is known mainly for inaugurating the era of the so-called "tragedies of fate". Biography Werner was born at K ...

(1768–1823), German poet and priest

Fictional characters

*Zachariah in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle *Brother Zachariah, the name taken on by James Carstairs in the series ''

The Infernal Devices ''The Infernal Devices'' is a trilogy by author Cassandra Clare, centring on a race called the Shadowhunters introduced in her ''The Mortal Instruments'' series. The trilogy is a prequel series to ''The'' ''Mortal Instruments'' series. Cassandr ...

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