Zed is the pronunciation of the letter '' Z'' in Commonwealth English ("zee" in American English). Zed or ZED may also refer to:

Entertainment

Characters

Zed (comics) The following is a list of characters in the Hellblazer mythos published by Vertigo imprint. John Constantine A Liverpudlian magician and conman, and the main character in the series. He first appeared in ''Swamp Thing'' (vol. 2) #37 in June ...

, a character from the ''Hellblazer'' comic series * Zed (Kiba), the main character of the anime series ''Kiba'' *Zed, a character in the

comics a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...

and film ''

Men in Black In popular culture and UFO conspiracy theories, men in black (MIB) are purported men dressed in black suits who claim to be quasi-government agents, who harass, threaten, or sometimes even assassinate unidentified flying object (UFO) witnesses t ...

'' *Zed, a character in the film ''

Pulp Fiction ''Pulp Fiction'' is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary.See, e.g., King (2002), pp. 185–7; ; Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhame ...

'' *Zed, a character in the film ''

Zardoz ''Zardoz'' is a 1974 science fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling. It depicts a post-apocalyptic world (which Boorman says, in the audio commentary, may or may not be ma ...

'' played by Sean Connery *Zed (Zetto), a character in the film '' One Piece Film: Z'' *Zed Necrodopolis, a main character in the film

Zombies (2018 film) ''Zombies'' is an American musical and dance Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on Disney Channel on February 16, 2018. The film is based on the unaired pilot ''Zombies & Cheerleaders'' by David Light and Joseph Raso, and stars Milo ...

and it’s sequels,

Zombies 2 ''Zombies 2'' is an American musical and dance Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on Disney Channel on February 14, 2020. A sequel to the 2018 Disney Channel Original Movie ''Zombies'', the film stars Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly, and ...

and

Zombies 3 ''Zombies 3'' is a 2022 American science fiction musical film that premiered on Disney+ on July 15, 2022 and Disney Channel on August 12, 2022. A sequel to the 2018 film ''Zombies'' and the 2020 film ''Zombies 2'', it stars Milo Manheim and Meg ...

Music

Zed (band) Zed is a New Zealand pop rock group, which formed as Supra in 1996 in Christchurch by Ben Campbell on bass guitar, Nathan King on lead vocals and guitar, and Adrian Palmer on drums. In 2000 they added a second guitarist, Andrew Lynch. Their d ...

, a pop-rock group from New Zealand *

Zed Radio Zed Radio "The Online Party Station" was a very popular online Dance Hits web radio station based in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. It was founded in June 2003 and operated only a few hours per week. In June 2004, after a legal dispute over an American gr ...

, radio station in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine * Zeds Dead, an electronic music duo from Toronto

Other entertainment

* ''Zed'' (Cirque du Soleil), a Cirque du Soleil production in Japan *

Zed Group Zed Group is a large organisation of privately held interlocking European companies that provide mobile phone and internet entertainment, film animation and video game production. Besides the main company also named Zed, other important companie ...

, a Spanish company that markets entertainment products to the mobile phone industry *

Zed Books Zed Books is an independent non-fiction publishing company based in London, UK. It was founded in 1977 under the name Zed Press by Roger van Zwanenberg. Zed publishes books for an international audience of both general and academic readers, co ...

, an independent academic publishing company based in London *''

ZeD Zed is the pronunciation of the letter ''Z'' in Commonwealth English ("zee" in American English). Zed or ZED may also refer to: Entertainment Characters *Zed (comics), a character from the ''Hellblazer'' comic series *Zed (Kiba), the main chara ...

'', a Canadian variety television series *''

Zed Plus ''Zed Plus'' is a 2014 Bollywood comedy-drama film directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The film features Adil Hussain as one of many lead characters, including Mona Singh, Mukesh Tiwari, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sanjay Mishra, Shivani Tanksale, V ...

'', a 2014 Bollywood drama film directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi

People

Given name

Zed Bias Dave Jones, better known as Zed Bias, is an English electronic musician based in Manchester, who operates within the UK garage/ 2-step, broken beat and UK funky genres, as a producer and as a DJ. He has also released material under various ps ...

(born 1969), English musician *

Zed Coston Fred Monroe "Zed" Coston (July 12, 1915 – March 23, 2003) was an American football player of the National Football League (NFL) who was drafted in the fifth round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles ...

(1915-2003), American football player *

Zed Key Zed Key (born April 4, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference. Early life and high school career Key was born on April 4, 2002 in Bay Shore, New York. He was raised in Bay Shore and we ...

(born 2002), American basketball player *

Zed Ndamane Zama Thembekile Anderson Ndamane (born 3 July 1964), commonly known as Zed Ndamane, is a South African cricket umpire and a former cricketer Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the ce ...

(born 1964), South African cricket umpire *

Zed Al Refai Zed "Zeddy" Al Refai (born October 28, 1966) is a Kuwaiti climber. He was the first Arab to climb Mount Everest and the 46th person to climb all seven highest summits in the seven continents of the world. Biography Al Refai spent part of his ...

(born 1966), Kuwaiti business person *

Zed Saad Zed Saad Aboulos ( ar, زيد سعد أبو الروس; born 24 May 1997), is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League side Al-Shamal Al Shamal ( ar, ٱلشَّمَال, Ash Shamāl) is a municipality ...

(born 1997), Qatari footballer *

Zed Seselja Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja (born 27 March 1977) is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the Pa ...

(born 1977), Australian politician *

Zed Shaw Zed A. Shaw is a software developer best known for creating the ''Learn Code the Hard Way'' series of programming tutorials, as well as for creating the Mongrel web server for Ruby web applications. He is also well known for his polemical views o ...

, American software developer * Zed S. Stanton (1848-1921), American attorney and judge

Surname

David Zed David Kirk Traylor, best known by his stage names David Zed and Mr. Zed, is an American mime, actor and singer, and comedian mainly active in Italy and the United States. His mime work involves portraying "Mr. Zed", a fictional human-like robot. ...

(born 1960), American actor *

Paul Zed Paul Zed (born December 31, 1956) is a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician. Early life and education Paul Zed was born in Toronto and received his early education from local Saint John, New Brunswick schools, graduating from St. Malachy ...

(born 1956), former Liberal member of the Parliament of Canada *

Gordon Penrose Gordon William Gavin Penrose CM (July 24, 1925 – December 16, 1997), nicknamed the ''Zany Dr. Zed'', was a Canadian scientist, educator, and author of children's science books. His works have been featured in OWL magazine and ChickaDEE magaz ...

(aka ''Dr. Zed'', born 1925), Canadian science educator

Other uses

Z notation The Z notation is a formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is targeted at the clear specification of computer programs and computer-based systems in general. History In 1974, Jean-Raymond Abrial ...

, a formal specification language *

Zero energy development A Zero Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero Energy (NZE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy ...

Zonal Employee Discount {{unreferenced, date=October 2011 Zonal Employee Discount (ZED) is a multilateral agreement for reduced rate personal travel by airline employees and other travelers. Airlines may bilaterally agree to apply one of three fare levels (Low, Medium, H ...

, a multilateral agreement for reduced rate personal travel by airline employees *Zed card or

comp card A comp card (also called composite card, Z card, zed card or Sed card) is a marketing tool for actors and especially models. They serve as the latest and best of a model's portfolio and are used as a business card. A Z-CARD is also a folded leafl ...

, a "portfolio on a card" used by models and actors *

Kawasaki Z series The Kawasaki Z series is a family of standard/ naked bikes manufactured by Kawasaki since 1972. Single cylinder * Z200/KZ200 (1977-1984) * Z125 (2018–present) * Z125 PRO (2015–present) * Z250SL (2014–present) Parallel-twin * Z250 (2 ...

, a motorcycle series