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Zak (given Name)
Zak is the given name or nickname of: * Zak Abel (born 1995), English singer/songwriter, musician, and Cadet national table tennis champion * Zak Ansah (born 1994), English-born Ghanaian footballer * Zak Bagans (born 1977), American paranormal investigator, actor and author, host of the television series ''Ghost Adventures'' * Zak Boggs (born 1986), American soccer player * Zak Brown (born 1971), American businessman and former racing driver * Zachariah Zak Chappell (born 1996), English cricketer * Zak Cummings (born 1984), American mixed martial artist * Zakkari Zak Dempster (born 1987), Australian racing cyclist * Zackary Zak DeOssie (born 1984), American National Football League player * Isaac Fe'aunati (born 1973), former rugby union player from New Zealand * Zak Hardaker (born 1991), English rugby league footballer * Zak Hill (born 1981), American football coach * Zak Ibsen (born 1972), American retired soccer player * Zak Jones (born 1995), Australian rules footballer * Zak Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Abel
Zak David Zilesnick (born 1 March 1995 in London), better known as Zak Abel, is an English-Moroccan singer, songwriter and musician. He has also been an English Cadet national table tennis champion. Early and personal life His father, who had been born in Morocco and emigrated to Israel, died when Zilesnick was 12 years old. Zilesnick is Jewish. He grew up in Hendon with his mother Rachel, and attended the Jewish state school Matilda Marks, and University College School, from which he graduated in 2013. He has moved to Hackney. Zilesnick is a vegan. Musician Zilesnick won a competition to sing at a ''Yom Haatzmaut'' celebration in Wembley Stadium when he was in primary school. He is most notable for his featured appearance on the UK top 20 hit " Unmissable" with Gorgon City. He has also released two extended plays, entitled ''Joker presents Zak Abel'' and ''One Hand on the Future''. In 2016, he worked with producers such as Kaytranada and Wookie on his debut album, ''Onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Knutson
Zak Knutson (born January 4, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan) is a director, producer, writer, and actor. Career 1990s Starting in 1993, Knutson acted in multiple television programs including ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''Coach'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', and ''The John Larroquette Show''. 2000s In 2000, Knutson landed an assistant role at View Askew Productions. In 2005, he created the production company Chop Shop Entertainment with longtime friend Joey Figueroa. 2010s The last Chop Shop project was '' Milius'', a documentary on Hollywood rebel John Milius. The film opened at the SXSW Film Festival in 2013. The film also played at the Telluride Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival. In 2014, Knutson directed ''Marvel 75: From Pulp to Pop'' for Marvel and ABC Television. Knutson directed ''Shock the World'', a documentary about Jesse Ventura's path from professional wrestler to governor of Minnesota. ''Shock the World'' premiered April 2015 at the Tribeca/ESPN Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zechariah (given Name)
Zechariah, with many variant forms and spellings such as Zachariah and Zacharias, is a theophoric masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God remembers". It comes from the Hebrew word '' zakar'', meaning to remember, and ''yah'', one of the names of the God of Israel. Though Zechariah is the original transliteration of the name and used in the English translation of the Book of Zechariah, Zachariah, spelled with the letter A instead of the letter E, is more popular, with a common diminutive being Zach (also Zac, Zack, Zacki and Zak). Due to its religious significance, variants of the name exist in numerous languages, and it is also used as a monastic or papal name. The Arabic form of the name, Zakariya, with spelling variants (Zakariyya, Zakaria, Zekaria), is dealt with on a separate dedicated page, Zakariya. Variants *Albanian:(Zeqiri,Zekiri) *Arabic: (Zakaria) *Aramaic (Syriac): ܙܟ݂ܲܪܝܵܐ (Zkharya) *Armenian: Զաքարիա (Zakʿaria) * Azerbaijani: Zəkər ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack (personal Name)
Zack (and variant spellings Zach, Zac, Zak, Zakk) is sometimes a given name, but more often it is a hypocorism or short form of another given name, usually Zachary in the English speaking world, which derives from Zechariah. Name * Zach Allen (born 1997), American football player * Zach Aguilar (born 1998), American voice actor * Zach Banner (born 1993), American football player * Zack Baun (born 1996), American football player * Zach Boren (born 1991), American football player * Zach Borenstein (born 1990), American baseball player * Zach Braff (born 1975), American actor known for his role in television series ''Scrubs'' * Zac Brown (born 1978), lead singer in American country music band Zac Brown Band * Zach Callison (born 1997), American voice actor * Zac Champion (born 1984), American footballer * Zack Conroy (born 1985), American actor * Zack Cozart (born 1985), American Major League Baseball player * Zach Cunningham (born 1994), American football player * Zach Curlin (1890– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Yacoob
Zak may refer to: People * Zak (surname), a surname of Russian origin * Żak, a Polish surname * Žák, a Czech surname * Zak (given name) Fictional characters * Zak Adama, in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise * Zak Dingle, in UK TV ''Emmerdale'' * ''Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders'' video game * Zak Ramsey, in UK TV ''Hollyoaks'' * Zak Silver, in the comic ''El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie'' Other uses * Zak, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province * LWD Żak, a 1940s Polish aircraft * FK ŽAK Kikinda, a football club in Serbia * ŽAK Subotica, a football club 1921–1945, Yugoslavia * ZAK a human gene * ISO 639-3 code for the Zanaki language of Tanzania See also * Zac, a given name * Zach or Zack (other) Zack or Zach may refer to: People * Zach (surname), various people * Zack (surname), various people * Zack (personal name), lists of people and fictional characters named Zack, Zach, Zac, Zak or Zakk * Záh (gens) or Zách, a ''gens'' (clan) in th ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Whitbread
Zak Benjamin Whitbread (born January 10, 1984) is an American-English retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Early life Although born in Houston, Texas, United States, Whitbread has spent most of his life in England and Singapore. He has lived in Runcorn for the majority of his life, except for the five years he spent in Singapore when his father, Barry Whitbread, was the coach of the Singapore national football team during the late 1990s. While in Singapore, Whitbread attended St Stephen's School and then United World College of South East Asia. Club career Liverpool While growing up in Runcorn, Whitbread was a fan of Manchester United, but joined Liverpool's Centre of Excellence at the age of eight, and then working his way through the Academy from under-15s through under-19s before joining the reserve team in 2003. His first match in a Liverpool jersey took place in 2003 in an exhibition match against Thailand during the club's Far East Tour. He came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Waters
Zak Waters (born January 22) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, he is also prominently known by the stage name Pretty Sister. Waters began his music career forming the band Blueskyreality. After the group disbanded, Waters started his solo music career, releasing his debut extended play (EP), ''New Normal'' (2011). He featured on Madeon's 2012 multi-platinum single "The City", to positive acclaim, charting at number 20 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and number 16 on the UK Dance Chart. He released his debut studio album, ''Lip Service'', on September 9, 2013. The following year, he released his second EP, ''Now // Later'' on Rostrum Records. He collaborated on Adventure Club's single "Fade", which became certified gold by the RIAA. He also collaborated on other popular singles including Adventure Club and David Solano's "Unleash (Life In Color 2014)" and Alex Gaudino and Manufactured Superstars's 2015 single "Ligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Surety
Zak Surety (born 4 October 1991) is an English professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Stuart Bingham and Allan Taylor. Career As an amateur, Surety based in Basildon entered in Players Tour Championship events from their establishment in 2010, with his best result as an amateur being a run to the last 32 stages of the 2012 UKPTC 3, with wins over Jack Lisowski and Oliver Lines in the main stages. Surety also entered Q School in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in the hope of winning a place on the main tour; however, he was unsuccessful, but came close in the second event in 2013, losing 4–1 to Ryan Clark in the final stage. His Q School performances however won him a top up place in four professional ranking events in 2013–14, but he failed to qualify for all four, winning only one match, 5–4 over Patrick Einsle in the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open. In April 2014, Surety won a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Starkey
Zak Richard Starkey (born 13 September 1965) is an English rock drummer who has performed and recorded with English rock band the Who since 1996. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with English rock band Oasis. In 2020, Starkey toured Brazil with U-Roy as guitarist. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, the Icicle Works, the Waterboys, Bobby Womack, ASAP, the Lightning Seeds, John Entwistle, Sly & Robbie, Toots & The Maytals, Mykal Rose, Freddie McGregor, Big Youth, Jesse Royal, Tanya Stevens, Cecile and Sshh Liguz. Starkey is a son of the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr. Early life Zak Richard Starkey was born on 13 September 1965, at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London, to the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) and Maureen Starkey, Starr's first wife. He grew up at Sunny Heights at St George's Hill in Surrey and Tittenhurst Park at Sunninghill, Berkshire, and attended Highgate School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Smith
Zak Smith (born July 16, 1976), also known as Zak Sabbath, is an American artist, role-playing game author, and adult actor. Early life and education Smith was born in Syracuse, New York and grew up in Washington, D.C. After receiving a BFA from Cooper Union in 1998, he studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine and went on to receive an MFA from Yale University in 2001. Career Apart from his work as role-playing game author and artist Smith is also known as a hardcore porn actor. Public collections containing Smith's art include the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center and Saatchi Gallery. Some of his works are shown on Artsy. Zak Smith is represented by Fredericks & Freiser Gallery in New York City. Personal life Smith lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York until October 2007, when he moved to Los Angeles. He was formerly in a long-term relationship with adult industry performer Mandy Morbid. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Sally
Zak Sally is an American musician and comic artist. He was the bass guitarist for the bands Low (1995 to 2004) and Enemymine (1998 to 2000) and is the singer and guitar player in The Hand. Sally is from Duluth, Minnesota, and owns and operates his own press, La Mano, in Minneapolis. La Mano serves as a publisher for Sally's works as well as those of other comic artists, including John Porcellino and William Schaff. Sally is also a comics art professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In July 2009, it was reported that Sally was selling Low album artwork on eBay to raise money to fund a new solo album. The album, ''Fear of Song'', was released by La Mano in 2009. Works * ''Like a Dog'' (2009), published by Fantagraphics Books (collects ''Recidivist'' #1–2 and more) * ''Sammy the Mouse Vol. 1'' (2007), published by Fantagraphics Books * ''Sammy the Mouse Vol. 2'' (2008), published by Uncivilized Books * ''Mome'' (Fall 2006 and Fall 2007) * ''Recidivist 3'' (2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Penn
Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter. Penn wrote and directed ''Incident at Loch Ness'' and ''The Grand (film), The Grand'', wrote the script for The Incredible Hulk (film), ''The Incredible Hulk'', co-wrote the scripts for ''X2 (film), X2'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', and the story for ''The Avengers (2012 film), The Avengers''. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the TV series ''Alphas'' on the Syfy network. Early life Penn was born in New York (state), New York. He is the son of New York businessman and lawyer Arthur Penn, who led the acquisition of the Capital Markets Assurance Corporation from Citicorp. Zak Penn graduated from Wesleyan University in 1990. His screenplay for ''PCU (film), PCU'' was based on his experiences at the Eclectic Society (Fraternity), Eclectic Society house. Career Films that Penn has been involved in writing include ''Last Action Hero'', ''X2 (film), X2'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', and ''Elektra (2005 film), Elek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
