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 Abel (born 1980), American actor
• Zachary Aston-Reese (born 1994), American ice hockey player
• Zachary Babington (1690–1745), 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 Bayly (military officer) (1841–1916), South African colonial military commander
• Zachary Bayly (planter) (1721–1769), planter and politician in Jamaica
• Zachary Bell (born 1982), Canadian racing cyclist
• Zachary Bennett (born 1980), Canadian actor and musician
• Zachary Blount (born 1977), American biologist
• Zachary Borovay, multi-media designer
• Zachary Boyd (1585–1653), Scottish religious writer
• Zachary Braiterman, American philosopher
• Zachary Brault-Guillard (born 1998), Canadian soccer player
• Zachary Breaux (1960–1997), American jazz guitarist
• Zachary Breganski, Canadian soccer player
• Zachary Brooke (theologian) (1716–1788), English clergyman and academic
• Zachary Brooke (historian) (1883–1946), British medieval historian and writer
• Zachary Browne (born 1985), American actor
• Zachary Bruenger (born 1990), American stock car racing driver
• Zachery Ty Bryan (born 1981), American actor
• Zachary Burns (born 1996), American rower
• Zachary Cairncross (born 1989), Australian footballer
• Zachary Carrettin (born 1972), American musician, conductor, and music educator
• Zachary Carter (born 1999), American football player
• Zachary Catazaro (born 1989), American ballet dancer
• Zachary Adam Chesser (born 1989), American convert to Islam who pleaded guilty to aiding a terrorist organization
• Zachary Clay (born 1995), Canadian artistic gymnast
• Zachary Cooke-Collis (1754–1834), Irish archdeacon
• Zachary Cradock (1633–1695)
• Zachary Taylor Davis (1872–1946), American architect
• Zachary DeVille (born 1993), Guamanian footballer
• Zachary Donohue (born 1991), American ice dancer
• Zac Efron (born 1987), American actor and singer
• Zachary Fisher (1910–1999), Jewish American philanthropist and real estate developer
• Zachary Gordon (born 1998), American actor
• Zachary Gramlich, American politician
• 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 band Hanson
• Zachary "Zach" Hyman (born 1992), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
• Zachary D. Kaufman (born 1979), professor
• Zachary Knighton (born 1978), American actor
• Zachary Lansdowne (1888–1925), US Navy officer and early naval aviator
• Zachary Lemnios (born 1954), American scientist, inventor and former US government Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
• Zachary Levi (born 1980), American actor, director, and singer
• Zachary Alakaʻi Lum, Kānaka Maoli musician, composer, and hula dancer
• Zachary Macaulay (1768–1838), Scottish abolitionist
• Zachary "Zack" Merrick, (born 1988), bassist for All Time Low
• Zachary Mudge (1770–1852), British Royal Navy admiral
• Zachary Pearce (1690–1774), Anglican bishop and writer
• Zachary Quinto (born 1977), American actor and producer
• Zachary Smith Reynolds (1911–1932), American amateur aviator and youngest child of R. J. Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Zachary Rhyner (born 1986), U.S. Air Force Combat Controller and Air Force Cross recipient
• Zachary Richard (born 1950), American Cajun singer-songwriter and poet
• Zachary Scott (1914–1965), American actor
• Zachary Cole Smith (born 1984), singer and frontman of DIIV
• Zachary T. Space (born 1961), American lawyer and politician
• Zachary Stevens (born 1966), American heavy metal and rock singer
• Zachary Swain (born 1977), American drummer
• 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) (1850–1917), American first baseman in the National Association for the 1874 Baltimore Canaries
• Zachary Test (born 1989), American rugby union player
• Zachary Turner (2002–2003), one-year-old murdered by his mother
• Zachary "Zack" Weiss (born 1992), American Major League Baseball player
• Zachary Wohlman (1988–2021), American boxer
• Zachary Wyatt (born 1984), former member of the Missouri House of Representatives and only openly gay American Republican legislator

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 "Owl Man" Dowling in the Zom-B novel series
• Zachary Gray in the young adult novels of Madeleine L'Engle
• Zackary Marker, the Cardcaptors name for the Cardcaptor Sakura character Takashi Yamazaki, voiced by Andrew Francis
• 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