Aphabetic letter pairs in words

ZE = Zac Efron

ZF = Zora Folley, heavyweight KOed by Muhammed Ali in world title bout.

ZG- Zane Grey, Western novelist

ZH = Zac Hanson

of the band Hanson

ZI- Zahedan, Iran

ZJ = Zach Johnson, PGA golfer won two tournaments. Or Zarqa, Jordan, second largest city

ZK - Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish WWII resistance fighter

ZL = Zohra Lampert, wonderful character actress with a 50 year career.

ZM = Zero Mostel

Very Cool, though I’d have said Zubin Mehta.

ZN- Zack Norman, actor/comedian

ZO = Zerrin Ozer

“Turkey’s Janis Joplin”

ZP = Zelda Popkin, mystery writer

ZQ = Zachary Quinto

the present Mr. Spock in the Star Trek films

ZR- Zelda Rubinstein, tiny psychic in “Poltergeist” movies

ZS = Zvi Schreiber, Israeli high-tech entrepreneur

ZT = Zachary Taylor

POTUS

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.

ZU = Zacharias Ursinus

16th Century German theologian

ZV = Zach Vincej, a minor league shortstop currently in the Cincinnati Reds organization.