Zora or Zorah is a female given name of

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origin meaning "dawn", "dawn's eye".

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Zora Andrich ''Joe Millionaire'' is an American reality television, reality Dating game show, dating show that premiered on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox in 2003. The first two seasons of the series followed a group of single women, competing for the affect ...

, American model and actress *

Zora Arkus-Duntov Zora Arkus-Duntov (December 25, 1909 – April 21, 1996) was a Belgian-born American engineer whose work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette." He is sometimes erroneously referred to as the inventor of the C ...

(1909–1996), American engineer *

Zora Kramer Brown Elzora Mae Kramer Brown (March 20, 1949 – March 3, 2013) was an American breast cancer awareness advocate. Brown worked to improve awareness of breast cancer in the African-American community. She was the first African American woman to serve on ...

(1949–2013), American breast cancer awareness advocate *

Zora Brziaková Zora Brziaková (born 14 March 1964) is a Slovak basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known a ...

(born 1964), Slovak basketball player *

Zora G. Clevenger Zora G. Clevenger (December 12, 1881 – November 24, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and pioneering athletic director. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University (1908–1910), t ...

(1881–1970), American football, basketball, and baseball player *

Zora Cross Zora Bernice May Cross (18 May 1890 – 22 January 1964) was an Australian poet, best-selling novelist and journalist. Life Zora Bernice May Cross was born on 18 May 1890 at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, to Earnest William Cross and Mary Louisa Eliza ...

(1890–1964), Australian poet and author * Zora Dirnbach (1929–2019), Croatian writer * Zora Fair (died 1865), American spy * Zora Folley (1931–1972), American boxer * Zora Howard, American actress and writer *

Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four ...

(1891–1960), American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker *

Zora Jandová Zora Jandová (born 6 September 1958) is a Czech singer, actress, radio presenter and tai chi practitioner. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre (Prague), Faculty of Theatre in Prague, graduating in 1982. She acted at the National Theatre (Pragu ...

(born 1958), Czech singer and actress *

Zora Jiráková Zora may refer to: *Zora (given name), a female name of Slavic origin *Zora language, a Kainji language of Nigeria. * ''Zora'' (spider), a genus of spider in the family Zoridae * ''Zora'' (TV series), a Kenyan soap opera-drama series *Zoras, a fic ...

, Czech actress * Zora Kerova (born 1950), Czech actress *

Zora Kolínska Zora Kolínska (27 July 1941 – 17 June 2002) was a Slovakia, Slovak actress and singer. She studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). At the 1998 DOSKY Awards she won in the category of Best Actress, for her performances in ...

(1941–2002), Slovak actress and singer *

Zora Kostková Zora Kostková (also known as Zorka Kostková; born 16 February 1952) is a Czech actress. She joined the J. K. Tyl Theatre in 1974. Kostková was awarded the Vendelín Budil Prize in 2005, later being recognised with the Bohumil Kulhánek plaque ...

(born 1952), Czech actress * Zora Singh Maan (born 1940), Indian politician *

Zora Martin-Felton Zora Martin-Felton (sometimes written Zora Martin Felton or Zora Felton) was an American museum director and curator. She established the education department at the Anacostia Community Museum, which is a museum in the Smithsonian Institution an ...

, American museum director *

Zora Mintalová-Zubercová Zora Mintalová-Zubercová ( Zubercová; born 7 June 1950) is a Slovak ethnographer, historian, museologist and popular science author, best known for her study of food history and material culture of Slovakia and the history of the Slovak Red ...

(born 1950), Slovakian ethnographer, historian and museologist *

Zora J. Murff Zora J. Murff (born 1987) is an American photographer, curator, and educator. He is currently based in Fayetteville, Arkansas and teaches photography at the University of Arkansas. Murff's work focuses on social and cultural constructs including r ...

(born 1987), American photographer *

Zora Palová Zora Palová (born 1947) is a Slovak glass artist. Biography Palová was born in Bratislava, Slovakia and attended the applied arts school there. She later became a teacher at the public art school in Nitra, and worked as a designer, before retur ...

(born 1947), Slovakian glass artist * Zora Petrović (1894–1962), Serbian painter *

Zora Plešnar Zora Plešnar (30 June 1925 – 24 March 2021) was a Slovenian photographer. She received over 100 awards for her works and had numerous exhibitions. She was seen as the most prominent Slovenian photographer of the 1970s and 1980s. Her work is i ...

(1925–2021), Slovenian photographer *

Zora Rozsypalová Zora Rozsypalová (3 September 1922 – 23 January 2010) was a Czech stage and film actress. At the 1994 Thalia Awards she was honoured in the lifetime achievement in theatre category. She acted 230 roles at theatres in the cities of Jihlava, Olomo ...

(1922–2010), Czech actress * Zora Šemberová (1913–2012), Czech dancer, educator and choreographer *

Zora Simčáková Zora Simčáková (born 27 March 1963) is a Slovak cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 15 kilometre classical event at the 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = ...

(born 1963), Slovak cross-country skier *

Zora Singh Zora Singh (June 15, 1928 - October 9, 2005) was an Indian sportsperson, athlete. He represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Rome Olympic games and got 8th position in the Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres ...

(1928–2005), Indian athlete *

Zora Tavčar Zora Tavčar (born 2 October 1928) is a Slovene writer, essayist and translator, living in Opicina ( Slovenian: Opčine) in the suburbs of Trieste, Italy. She was married to a notable member of the Slovene minority in Italy, writer Alojz Rebula ...

(born 1928), Slovene writer, essayist and translator *

Zora Vesecká Zora Vesecká (born 3 March 1967) is a Czech actress. Rising to national attention as a child actor, she gave up on her acting career, eventually becoming a dentist. Selected filmography *'' Neohlížej se, jde za námi kůň'' (1979) *''Brontosa ...

(born 1967), Czech actress *

Zora Wolfová Zora Wolfová (20 February 1928 — 29 November 2012) was a Czech translator (from English) and publishing editor. Her early translations are credited under her maiden surname, Bartošová. A native of the Czech capital, Prague, Wolfová translate ...

(1928–2012), Czech translator * Zora Young (born 1948), American singer

Fictional characters

Princess Zora is a high-fantasy video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments have been outsourced to Capcom, Vanpool and Gre ...

,, a character in ''The Legend of Zelda'' * Zora (vampire), an Italian comic book erotic character * Zora Crane, a character played by Patti LuPone in ''Frasier'' *

Zora Ideale The ''Black Clover'' manga and anime series features an extensive cast of fictional characters created by Yūki Tabata. ''Black Clover'' focusses on Asta’s journey on becoming a wizard king in a world where everyone has magic, whereas Asta has n ...

, a character in ''Black Clover'' voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa and Johnny Yong Bosch * Zora Lancaster, a character played by Allisyn Ashley Arm in ''Sonny With a Chance''

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Anna Lacková-Zora Anna Lacková-Zora (born Anna Domková; 7 August 1899 – 8 September 1988) was a Slovak author. She published under the pseudonyms of ''Zora-Lacková'', ''aunt Zora'', ''Zora'' and ''Lacková-Zora''. She was born in Mosóc (present-day Mo� ...

(1899–1988), Slovak author * Hanna Zora (1939–2016), Chaldean Catholic archbishop

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