Zaharije Orfelin was a Serbian polymath who lived and worked in the Habsburg monarchy and Venice. Considered a Renaissance man, he is variously described as a theologist, scientist, poet, engraver, painter, lexicographer, herbalist, oenologist, historian, publisher and translator.

Taj Al-Din Ebrahim ibn Rushan Amir Al-Kurdi Al-Sanjani ‎, titled Sheikh Zahed Gilani, was an Iranian Grandmaster of the famed Zahediyeh Sufi order at Lahijan. He is also known as Sultân-ûl Khalwatiyya and Tadj’ad-Dīn Ebraheem Zāheed al-Geylānī as well.

Mohammad Zahirullah, known as Zahir Raihan, was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is most notable for his documentary Stop Genocide (1971), made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was posthumously awarded Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Day Award in 1992 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Zareh Yaldizciyan, Զարէհ Եալտըզճեան, better known by his pen name Zahrad, was a poet who lived in Turkey and wrote poems in the Armenian language.

Zaid Melikovich Orudzhev is an Azerbaijani-born Russian academic specialising in the history of philosophy, dialectical logic and sociological methodology. He is a doctor of philosophy and currently a professor at the Moscow State Academy for Business Administration.

Zainab Biisheva (Bashkir: Зәйнәб Биишева, real name Zainab Abdullovna Biisheva, 15 January 1908, village of Tuembetovo, was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.

Zakaria Ariffin is a Malaysian playwright, theater director and educator.

Zakaria Chichinadze was a self-educated Georgian literary critic, bibliophile, historian, and a book publisher.

Muhammed Zakaria Goneim was an Egyptian archaeologist, known for his discoveries in and around Saqqara. He is best known for discovering the Step Pyramid of Sekhemkhet.

Zakaria Tamer, also spelled Zakariya Tamir, is a Syrian short story writer.