Billy Van Zandt (born 1957) is an American playwright, actor, and director known for numerous stage comedies including Love, Sex and the I.R.S. and for television writing and development, with frequent collaborator Jane Milmore.
Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979) was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who co-founded Twentieth Century Fox and produced influential films including The Grapes of Wrath, All About Eve, and The Sound of Music.
Richard D. Zanuck (1934–2012) was an American film producer and studio executive who led production at Twentieth Century Fox and later produced major films including Jaws, Driving Miss Daisy, Big Fish, and Road to Perdition.
Dean Zanuck (born 1972) is an American film producer and studio executive who continued the Zanuck family’s Hollywood legacy, producing films including Road to Perdition, Get Low, and The Zero Theorem.
Bernard “Bernie” Zondervan (1910–1966) was an American religious book publisher who co-founded Zondervan Corporation with his brother Peter in 1931, building one of the largest Christian publishing houses in the United States.
Peter “Pat” Zondervan (1909–1993) was an American publisher who co-founded Zondervan Corporation with his brother Bernard in 1931, helping build one of the largest Christian publishing houses and producing the influential New International Version Bible.
Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an American inventor whose 1906 creation of the Audion vacuum tube revolutionized radio and helped launch the electronic age. A Yale-trained physicist, he also pioneered sound-on-film technology, later earning an Academy Award for his contribution.
