Zachary

For other uses, see Zachary (disambiguation).

Zachary

Icon of Prophet Zachary (Zechariah)
Pronunciation	/ˈzækəri/
Gender	Male
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	Remembered by God
Region of origin	Ancient Israel
Other names
Alternative spelling	Zackary, Zacary, Zakary, Zakkary
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
• 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 politician), (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, primary antagonist of the video game BioShock Infinite
• Zachary “Zach” Dempsey, a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
• 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
• Zackary Marker, the Cardcaptors name for the Cardcaptor Sakura character Takashi Yamazaki, voiced by Andrew Francis

See also

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