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Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Zacharias to Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma.
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Title Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Zacharias (New Testament)
Zanuck, Darryl Francis (American filmmaker)
Zapata, Emiliano (Revolutionary)
Zebedee (in the New Testament)
Zebulon (Bible)
Zechariah (Hebrew prophet of the sixth century)
Zedekiah (king in the Old Testament)
Zeeman, Pieter (Dutch physicist)
Zenger, John Peter (American journalist)
Zeno of Citium (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Zeno of Elea (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Zephaniah (prophet in the Bible)
Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von (German military leader, inventor & aviator)
Zeuxis (Ancient Greek painter)
Zhao Kuangyin (Chinese emperor)
Zhao Ziyang (Chinese politician)
Zhou (Chinese dynasty)
Zhou Enlai (Chinese politician & statesman)
Zhu De (Chinese military leader, politician & statesman)
Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich (Military Leader / World War II Figure)
Zia ul-Haq, Mohammad (Pakistani military leader & politician)
Ziegfeld, Florenz (American dramatist & entertainer)
Ziegler, Karl Waldemar (German chemist)
Zimbalist, Efrem (Russian-American musician)
Zinoviev, Grigori Evseyevich (Russian politician)
Zinsser, Hans (American microbiologist)
Zog I (Albanian king)
Zola, Émile (Writer)
Zorach, William (American sculptor)
Zoroaster (Religious Figure / Philosopher)
Zorrilla y Moral, José (Spanish poet & dramatist)
Zukerman, Pinchas (Israeli musician)
Zukor, Adolph (Hungarian-born American film producer)
Zukovsky, Louis (American poet and translator)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (Spanish painter)
Zurbriggen, Pirmin (Swiss alpine skier)
Zuse, Konrad (German engineer)
Zweig, Arnold (German novelist & dramatist)
Zweig, Stefan (Austrian non-fiction writer, poet & novelist)
Zwingli, Ulrich (Theologian)
Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma (American-Russian physicist)