Zora is a female given name of Slavic origin. In Slavic languages word "Zora" means Dawn. "Zoran" is a male version of the same name.https://www.behindthename.com/name/zora

People with the name

Given name

Zora Andrich ''Joe Millionaire'' is an American reality television series broadcast by the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox). The series premiered on January 6, 2003, and concluded with the finale of its second season on November 24, 2003. Both seasons followed ...

, American model and actress *

Zora Arkus-Duntov Zachary "Zora" Arkus-Duntov (born Zachar Arkus; December 25, 1909 – April 21, 1996) was a Russian"U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," digital images, ''Ancestry.com'' (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed May 21, 2024), Zachar A ...

(1909–1996), American engineer * Zora Kramer Brown (1949–2013), American breast cancer awareness advocate * Zora Brziaková (born 1964), Slovak basketball player *

Zora G. Clevenger Zora Goodwin 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 (1908–191 ...

(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 Cross was born on 18 May 1890 at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, to Sydney-born accountant Ernest William Cross and Mary Louisa El ...

(1890–1964), Australian poet and author * Zora Dirnbach (1929–2019), Croatian writer * Zora Fair (died 1865), American spy *

Zora Folley Zora "Bell" Folley (May 27, 1931 – July 7, 1972) was an American heavyweight boxing, boxer who was a top 10 contender for eleven years in a row from 1956 to 1966 and a nine-time top 5 contender throughout his career, reaching a peak as number ...

(1931–1972), American boxer *

Zora Howard Zora Howard is an American actress and writer. Her debut play, ''STEW'', premiered off-Broadway in February 2020 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. She also co-wrote and starred in the 2019 drama ''Premature''. Early life and ...

, American actress and writer *

Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo ...

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

Zora Jandová Zora Jandová (born 6 September 1958) is a Czech 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 (Prague), Na ...

(born 1958), Czech singer and actress *

Zora Jaurová Zora Jaurová (, born 20 January 1973) is a Slovak politician. Since 2023 she has served as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia. Biography Early life and education Zora Jaurová was born on 20 January 1973 in Bratislava. Her father wa ...

(born 1973), Slovak politician. *

Zora Kerova Zora Ulla Keslerová (born 11 August 1950) is a Czech actress, dancer, singer and model. Often credited under the names Zora Kerova, Zora Kerowa or Zora Keer, she became known for starring in numerous Italian horror films during the 1980s. Born ...

(born 1950), Czech actress *

Zora Kolínska Zora Kolínska (27 July 1941 – 17 June 2002) was a 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 the play ...

(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 Zora Singh Maan (born 18 June 1940) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Firozpur constituency of Punjab and was a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal ...

(born 1940), Indian politician *

Zora Martin-Felton Zora Martin-Felton (sometimes written Zora Martin Felton or Zora Felton; June 22, 1930 – March 11, 2022) was an American museum director and curator. She established the education department at the Anacostia Community Museum, which is a museum ...

(1930–2022), 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), Slovak ethnographer, historian and museologist * Zora J. Murff (born 1987), American photographer *

Zora Palová Zora Palová (22 December 1947 – 11 January 2025) was a Slovak glass artist. Biography Palová was born in Bratislava, Slovakia on 22 December 1947, and attended the applied arts school there. She later became a teacher at the public art scho ...

(born 1947), Slovak glass artist *

Zora Petrović Zora Petrović (Dobrica, May 17, 1894 – Belgrade, May 25, 1962) was a Serbs, Serbian painter. Her notable works can be seen in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, and in Pavle Beljanski Memorial Coll ...

(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 Zora Šemberová (March 13, 1913 – October 9, 2012) was a Czech dancer, educator and choreographer. She was the first person to dance the role of Juliet in Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. She is considered one of the most important int ...

(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 The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and ...

(born 1963), Slovak cross-country skier *

Zora Singh Zora Singh (June 6, 1928 - October 9, 2005) was an Indian athlete. He represented India in the 1960 Rome Olympic games The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), wer ...

(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 Republic, 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'' (19 ...

(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 translat ...

(1928–2012), Czech translator *

Zora Young Zora Young (born January 21, 1948, West Point, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues singer. She is distantly related to Howlin' Wolf. Young's family moved to Chicago when she was seven. She began singing gospel music at the Greater ...

(born 1948), American singer

Fictional characters

Zora (vampire) Zora (Italian: Zora la Vampira) is an Italian comics, Italian comic book erotic character from the 1970s. Zora la Vampira ("Zora the vampiress") is one of many such characters from the Italian ''Italian comics, fumetti'' tradition. Other figures f ...

, an Italian comic book erotic character *

Zora Crane The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' (1993–2004) and the 2023 revival ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, his brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his father's live- ...

, 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'' focuses 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'' * Zora Blackwood, a character in the 2019 video game

The Outer Worlds ''The Outer Worlds'' is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Private Division. Set in an alternate future, the game takes place in Halcyon, a distant star system colonized by megacorporations. In ...

Surname

* Anna Lacková-Zora (1899–1988), Slovak author *

Hanna Zora Hanna Zora (15 March 1939, Batnaia, Tel Keppe, Iraq – 2 October 2016) was a Chaldean Catholic archbishop. He died in Tbilisi. Ordained to the priesthood in 1962, Zora served as archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans, Iran, from 1974 to 2011. ...

(1939–2016), Chaldean Catholic archbishop

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