Zachary

Zachary
Pronunciation	/ˈzækəri/
Gender	Male
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	Remembered by God
Region of origin	Ancient Israel
Other names
Variant form(s)	Zechariah, Zakariya
Nickname(s)	Zack, Zach, Zak, Zac

Zachary is a male given name, a variant of Zechariah – the name of several Biblical characters.

People

• Pope Zachary (679–752), Pope of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752
• Zachary of Vienne (died 106), bishop of Vienne (France), martyr and Roman Catholic saint
• Zachary Babington (died 1745), High Sheriff of Staffordshire and barrister
• Zak Bagans (born 1977), American television host, author, documentary filmmaker and paranormal investigator
• Zachary James Baker, stage name Zacky Vengeance, rhythm guitarist for American rock band Avenged Sevenfold
• Zachary Bell (born 1982), Canadian racing cyclist
• Zachary Bennett (born 1980), Canadian actor and musician
• Zachary Boyd (1585–1653), Scottish religious writer
• Zachary Brooke (theologian) (1716–88), English clergyman and academic
• Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883–1946), British medieval historian and writer
• Zachery Ty Bryan (born 1981), American actor
• Zachary Adam Chesser (born 1989), American convert to Islam who pleaded guilty to aiding a terrorist organization
• Zachary Taylor Davis (1872–1946), American architect
• Zach Dasher (born 1978), American politician
• Zachary Donohue (born 1991), American ice dancer
• Zac Efron (born 1987), American actor and singer
• Zachary Fisher (1910–99), Jewish American philanthropist and real estate developer
• Zachary Gordon (born 1998), American actor
• Zachary Gray, a member of the Canadian indie rock band The Zolas
• Zack Hample (born 1977), Major League baseball collector
• Zac Hanson (born 1985), American musician, member of the pop rock band Hanson
• Zachary "Zach" Hyman (born 1992), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
• Zachary Knighton (born 1978), American actor
• Zachary Lansdowne (1888–1925), US Navy officer and early naval aviator
• Zachary Lemnios (born 1955), American scientist, inventor and former US government Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
• Zachary Levi (born 1980), American actor, director and singer best known as the star of the TV series Chuck
• Zachary Macaulay (1768–1838), Scottish abolitionist
• Zachary "Zack" Merrick (born 1988), bassist for All Time Low
• Zachary Mudge (1770–1852), Royal Navy admiral
• Zachary Pearce (1690–1774), Anglican bishop and writer
• Zachary Quinto (born 1977), American actor and producer
• Zachary Smith Reynolds (1911–32), American amateur aviator and youngest child of R. J. Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Zachary Richard (born 1950), American Cajun singer-songwriter and poet
• Zachary Scott (1914–65), American actor
• Zachary Cole Smith (born 1984), singer and frontman of DIIV
• Zachary Stevens born 1966), American heavy metal and rock singer
• Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), 12th President of the United States and US Army major general
• Zachary Taylor (Tennessee), (1849–1921), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• Zachary Taylor (baseball), American first baseman in the National Association for the 1874 Baltimore Canaries
• Zachary Test (born 1989), American rugby union player
• Zachary Turner (2002–03), one-year-old murdered by his mother (see Murder of Zachary Turner)
• Zachary "Zack" Weiss (born 1992), American Major League Baseball player
• Zachary Wohlman (born 1988), American boxer
• Zachary Wyatt (born 1984), former member of the Missouri House of Representatives and only openly gay American Republican legislator

Fictional characters

• Zachary Hale Comstock in the video game BioShock Infinite
• Zachary Gray in the young adult novels of Madeleine L'Engle
• Zachary "Zack" Morris in the sitcoms Good Morning, Miss Bliss and the Saved by the Bell series
• Dr. Zachary Smith in the 1960s TV show Lost in Space
• Zachary "Zack" Taylor in the Power Rangers universe
• Zachary Zatara in the DC Comics universe

See also

• Zacharie
• Zechariah (given name)
• Zack (personal name)
• Zackary