Zac is a masculine given name, often a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

) of Zachary or

Zechariah Zechariah most often refers to: * Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), author of the Book of Zechariah * Zechariah (New Testament figure), father of John the Baptist Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may also refer to: People *Zechariah ...

. It may refer to: People: *

Zac Alexander Zac Alexander (born 11 February 1989) is a professional squash (sport), squash player who represented Australia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 36 in September 2012 and has won a total of 26 PSA titles. Zac won a gold meda ...

(born 1989), Australian professional squash player *

Zac Brooks Zac Brooks (born February 1, 1993) is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round, 247th overall, of the 2016 NFL draft. He played colleg ...

(born 1993), American National Football League player *

Zac Brown Zachry Alexander Brown (born July 31, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and co-founder and lead singer of the country–rock Zac Brown Band, as well as electronic dance music group Sir Rosevelt. In 2019, Brown released a pop su ...

(born 1978), lead singer and guitarist of the American country music band Zac Brown Band * Zac Clarke (born 1990), Australian rules footballer * Zac Curtis (born 1992), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Zac Dalpe Zac Dalpe (born November 1, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Charlotte Checkers in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NH ...

(born 1989), Canadian National Hockey League player * Zac Dawson (born 1986), Australian rules footballer *

Zac Dysert Zac Dysert (born February 8, 1990) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the Miami RedHawks. He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft, and subsequently played for a num ...

(born 1990), American National Football League quarterback *

Zac Efron Zachary David Alexander Efron (; born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the ''High School Musical'' trilo ...

(born 1987), American actor and singer *

Zac Elkin Zac Elkin (born 21 June 1991 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer, who played four games of first-class cricket for Cardiff MCCU. He won a gold medal with Team South Africa at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.Zac Evans (born 1991), Welsh footballer * Zac Goldsmith (born 1975), British Conservative politician and journalist *

Zac Guildford Zachary Robert Guildford (born 8 February 1989) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Waikato in the Mitre 10 Cup. A wing, he has won 11 caps for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, including during their victorious 2011 ...

(born 1989), New Zealand rugby union player *

Zac Hanson Zac is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Zachary or Zechariah. It may refer to: People: * Zac Alexander (born 1989), Australian professional squash player * Zac Brooks (born 1993), American National Football League play ...

(born 1985), American musician, best known as a member of the pop rock band Hanson * Zac Henderson (1955–2020), American former National Football League and Canadian Football League player *

Zac Holtzman Zac Holtzman is an American guitarist and co-founder of the band Dengue Fever. Dieselhed From 1989-2000 Holtzman was guitarist, co-vocalist, and co-songwriter for the group Dieselhed, a San Francisco-based rock band. Dengue Fever Holtzman forme ...

, American guitarist and co-founder of the band Dengue Fever * Zac Kerin (born 1991), American National Football League player *

Zac Lubin Zac Lubin (born August 19, 1989) is an American former professional soccer player who is currently the goalkeeping coach for Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC in USL League One. Career College and Amateur Lubin spent his entire college career at S ...

(born 1989), American soccer player * Zac MacMath (born 1991), American soccer player * Zac Morris (born 1978), English former cricketer *

Zac Posen Zachary E. Posen (; born October 24, 1980) is an American fashion designer. Early life Posen was born and raised in a Jewish family in New York City, residing in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan. He is the son of Susan (née Orzack), ...

(born 1980), American fashion designer * Zac Rinaldo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Zac Rosscup (born 1988), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Zac Santo (born 1993), Australian rugby league footballer * Zac Smith (born 1990), Australian rules footballer * Zac Sunderland (born 1991), American sailor, first person under the age of 18 to sail solo around the world * Zac Taylor (born 1983), American football coach and former quarterback * Zac Williams (cyclist) (born 1995), New Zealand cyclist *

Zac Zorn Zachary Zorn (born March 10, 1947) is an American former competition swimming (sport), swimmer. In 1968 he set a World record progression 100 metres freestyle, world record in the 100 m freestyle at the Olympic Trials. The same year he won the 10 ...

(born 1947), American former swimmer Fictional characters: *

Zac MacGuire Zac MacGuire is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Home and Away'', played by Charlie Clausen. The actor successfully auditioned for the role in 2012 and was told he had won the role on his birthday. Clausen began filming alm ...

in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' * Zac Smith (Shortland Street) in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' *

Zac (Battlestar Galactica) ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction television series created by Glen A. Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, and Dirk Benedict. The series follows the surviving humans as they flee in the fictional spacecraft o ...

in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series * Zac (Shimmer and Shine), in the TV series '' Shimmer and Shine'' * Zac, the Secret Weapon, a playable character in multiplayer online battle arena video game '' League of Legends''

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