# Aphabetic letter pairs in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 136
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2701 "2017-04-04T13:47:01Z")
ZE = Zac Efron ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2702 "2017-04-04T16:24:27Z")
ZF = Zora Folley, heavyweight KOed by Muhammed Ali in world title bout. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2703 "2017-04-04T17:50:33Z")
ZG- Zane Grey, Western novelist ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2704 "2017-04-04T20:02:48Z")
ZH = Zac Hanson of the band _Hanson_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2705 "2017-04-05T02:48:31Z")
ZI- Zahedan, Iran ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2706 "2017-04-05T03:24:59Z")
ZJ = Zach Johnson, PGA golfer won two tournaments. Or Zarqa, Jordan, second largest city ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2707 "2017-04-05T08:37:06Z")
ZK - Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish WWII resistance fighter ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2708 "2017-04-05T10:11:47Z")
ZL = Zohra Lampert, wonderful character actress with a 50 year career. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2709 "2017-04-05T11:30:42Z")
ZM = Zero Mostel ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2710 "2017-04-05T12:03:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > ZM = Zero Mostel Very Cool, though I’d have said Zubin Mehta. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2711 "2017-04-05T12:10:21Z")
ZN- Zack Norman, actor/comedian ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2712 "2017-04-05T12:12:56Z")
ZO = Zerrin Ozer “Turkey’s Janis Joplin” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2713 "2017-04-05T16:06:27Z")
ZP = Zelda Popkin, mystery writer ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2714 "2017-04-05T16:40:06Z")
ZQ = Zachary Quinto the present Mr. Spock in the Star Trek films ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2715 "2017-04-05T19:08:38Z")
ZR- Zelda Rubinstein, tiny psychic in “Poltergeist” movies ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2716 "2017-04-05T20:28:14Z")
ZS = Zvi Schreiber, Israeli high-tech entrepreneur ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2717 "2017-04-05T20:35:45Z")
ZT = Zachary Taylor POTUS ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2718 "2017-04-05T21:50:49Z")
For ZT, there are also three people named Zoltan Toth, all football players. Two in Hungary, of different generations, apparently unrelated, and one was a running back for five years in the NFL. I actually knew a person with initials ZU, my son’s best friend, but not famous enough to be eligible here. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2719 "2017-04-05T22:27:43Z")
ZU = Zacharias Ursinus 16th Century German theologian ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2720 "2017-04-06T03:04:26Z")
ZV = Zach Vincej, a minor league shortstop currently in the Cincinnati Reds organization. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=137)