Zena is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Zena Cardman Zena Maria Cardman (born October 26, 1987) is an American geobiologist and NASA astronaut. Early life and education Cardman was born on October 26, 1987. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina ...

(born 1987) American

marine biologist Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others th ...

and a

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

astronaut candidate *

Zena Dare Zena Dare (born Florence Hariette Zena Dones; 4 February 1887 – 11 March 1975) was an English singer and actress who was famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other musical theatre and comedic plays in the first half of ...

(1887–1975), English singer and actress *

Zena Edwards Zena Edwards (born 1960s) is a British writer, poet, performer and multidisciplinary collaborator, who explores her African roots in work that utilises her musical talents. She has performed internationally at festivals, as well as in schools and ...

(born 1960s), British performance poet *

Zena Keefe Zena Virginia Keefe (June 26, 1896 – November 16, 1977) was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s.Vazzana, Eugene MichaelSilent film necrology: births and deaths of over 9000 performers, directors, producers, and oth ...

(1896–1977), American silent film actress * Zena Mahlangu (born 1984), Swazi royal *

Zena Marshall Zena Moyra Marshall (1 January 1926 – 10 July 2009) was a British actress of film and television, who was born in Kenya. Early years Marshall was of English, Irish and (on her mother's side) French descent. Though born in Kenya, after her ...

(1925–2009), British actress *

Zena McNally Zena McNally (born 8 March 1979) is an English radio presenter and one of the original members of girl-group Mis-Teeq. She left in early 2001, just before the group had real chart success. She featured on their first single. McNally married f ...

(born 1979), English singer *

Zena Skinner Zena Skinner (27 February 1927 – 6 March 2018) was a British chef, writer, and cookery expert on television and radio. Early life Skinner was from Luton, Bedfordshire. Her father owned an electroplating company. Career Skinner served in ...

(1927–2018), English chef and television presenter * Zena Tooze (born 1955), Canadian biologist and conservationist *

Zena Tsarfin Zena Tsarfin is an American journalist best known as managing editor of the magazines ''High Times'', ''XXL (magazine), XXL'', and ''Cracked (magazine), Cracked''. As a journalist, her work has appeared in publications including ''Revolver (maga ...

, American journalist * Zena Upshaw or Zeke Upshaw (1991–2018), American men's basketball player *

Zena Walker Zena Cecilia Walker (7 March 1934 – 24 August 2003) was an English actress in film, theatre and television. Biography Walker was born in the Selly Oak district of Birmingham, the daughter of George Walker, a grocer, and his wife Elizabeth Lo ...

(1934–2003), English actress *

Zena Werb Zena Werb (24 March 1945 – 16 June 2020) was a professor and the Vice Chair of Anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco. She was also the co-leader of the Cancer, Immunity, and Microenvironment Program at the Hellen Diller Fa ...

(1945–2020), cell biologist at University of California, San Francisco *

Zinaida Kupriyanovich Zinaida Alexandrovna Kupriyanovich, Łacinka: ''Zinaída Alaksándraŭna Kupryjanóvič''; russian: Зинаи́да Алекса́ндровна Куприяно́вич, Zinaída Aleksándrovna Kupriyanóvich. (born 17 September 2002), sometimes ...

(born 2002), Belarusian singer, sometimes known as Zena

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