Zoya (russian: Зоя, links=no) is a feminine Russian and Ukrainian first name, a variant of Zoe, meaning "life", from Greek ζωή (zoē), "life".

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* Zoya (born 1993), American singer *

Zoya Afroz Zoya Afroz, (born 10 January 1994) is an Indian actress, model and a beauty pageant titleholder. Afroz won the title of Miss India International 2021 competing at the Glamanand Supermodel India contest and will represent India at the Miss I ...

(born 1994), Indian actress and model *

Zoya Akhtar Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. After completing a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, she assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before becomin ...

(born 1972), Indian film director and screenwriter * Zoya Barantsevich (1896–1952), Russian actress * (born 1987), Russian actress on the TV series '' Fartsa'' * Zoya Buryak (born 1966), Russian actress * Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi (born 1976), Israeli artist *

Zoya Douchine Zoya Alexeevna Douchine, sometimes written Zoja Duschin, married surname Barkenstein (born 24 October 1983) is a German former competitive figure skater. The 2000 national silver medalist, she represented Germany at the 2000 European Champions ...

(born 1983), German figure skater *

Zoya Fyodorova Zoya Alekseyevna Fyodorova (russian: Зоя Алексеевна Федорова; 11 December 1981) was a Russian film star who had an affair with American Navy captain Jackson Tate in 1945 and bore a child, Victoria Fyodorova in January 1946. ...

(1909–1981), Russian actress * Zoya Hussain (born 1990), Indian actress, writer and director * Zoya Ivanova (born 1952), retired long-distance runner from Kazakhstan *

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya ( rus, Зо́я Анато́льевна Космодемья́нская, p=ˈzojə kəsmədʲɪˈmʲjanskəjə; September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941) was a Soviet partisan. She was executed after acts of s ...

(1923–1941), Soviet partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union *

Zoya Krakhmalnikova Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (russian: Зоя Александровна Крахмальникова; January 14, 1929 – April 17, 2008) was a Russian Christian writer, of Ukrainian origin. She was an activist and former Soviet dissident ...

(1929–2008), Russian Christian writer, activist and Soviet dissident * Zoya Klyuchko (1933–2016), Ukrainian entomologist *

Zoya Mironova Zoya Sergeyevna Mironova (née ''Noskova'', russian: Зоя Сергеевна Миронова, 10 May 1913 – 4 May 2008) was a Russian speed skater and sports surgeon, one of the founders of the sports traumatology in the Soviet Union. She w ...

(1913–2008), Russian speed skater and surgeon *

Zoya Nasir Zoya Nasir () is a Pakistani actress, entrepreneur, model and beautician. She made her acting debut with a lead role in ARY Digital's crime drama ''Hania'' and later appeared in '' Deewangi''. Zoya then did the role of Narmeen in Hum TV Hum ...

(born 1990), Pakistani television actress and beautician *

Zoya Phan Zoya Phan (born 27 October 1980) is a Burmese political activist. She resides in the United Kingdom, and is the Campaign Manager of the human rights organization Burma Campaign UK. She was an outspoken critic of the Burmese government when it ...

(born 1980), political activist for the Karen people of Burma currently living in the UK *

Zoya Pirzad Zoya Zana Pirzad (also spelled as Zoyā Pirzād; fa, زویا زانا پیرزاد; hy, Զոյա Փիրզադ; born 1952 in Abadan, Iran, Abadan) is an Iranian-Armenians, Armenian writer and novelist. Her mother is Iranian Armenian and her father ...

(born 1952), renowned Iranian-Armenian writer and novelist * Zoya Schleining (born 1961), German chess player *

Zoya Semenduyeva Zoya Yunoevna Semenduyeva (russian: Зоя Юноевна Семендуева, translit=; he, זויה סמנדואב; born 20 October 1929 – 9 April 2020) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Israeli poet. She wrote in a language of the Mountain J ...

(1929–2020), Soviet and Israeli poet *

Zoya Smirnow Zoya Smirnowa (1897/98 – after 1916) was a Russian woman who fought during World War I disguised as a man. She and 11 other schoolmates disguised themselves as men so that they could fight in the war. Smirnowa was 16 when she enlisted; two of the ...

, survivor of a corp of twelve Russian girls who disguised themselves as boys to join the army *

Zoya Spasovkhodskaya Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (born March 31, 1949) is a former heptathlete from the Soviet Union, who was born as Zoya Baykalova. A winner of the bronze medal at the 1974 European Championships, she set the first world best year performance in 1980, gaini ...

(born 1949), Soviet heptathlete *

Zoya Svetova Zoya Feliksovna Svetova (; born March 17, 1959) is a Russian journalist and human rights defender, producer, author of the documentary novel ''Innocent Found Guilty (''). Biography In 1982 she graduated from the Maurice Thorez Moscow State ...

(born 1959), Russian journalist and author *

Zoya Voskresenskaya Zoya Ivanovna Voskresenskaya (russian: Зоя Ивановна Воскресенская; in marriage – Rybkina, Рыбкина; 28 April .s. 151907 – 8 January 1992) was a Soviet diplomat, NKVD foreign office secret agent and, in the 1960s ...

(1907–1992), Soviet diplomat and author * (born 1950), Persian-Armenian playwright, lyricist, and poet; see

Iranian rock Iranian rock (also known as Rocka red) refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since the late forties, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and ...

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Shaalin Zoya Shaalin Zoya also known as Shalu is an Indian actress, dancer and anchor. She is best known for playing the negative role of ''Deepa Rani'' in Asianet TV's soap opera Autograph and a supporting role of Jessy in ''Elsamma Enna Aankutty''. Ear ...

(born 1997), Indian actress, dancer and anchor * (born 1998), Canadian rapper and performer at the 2021 Osheaga Get Together

Fiction

* ''Zoya'' (film), a 1944 Soviet film * ''Zoya'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Danielle Steel ** , a 1995 TV film based on the novel with

Melissa Gilbert Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1963) is an American actress, television director, producer, politician, and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous co ...

* Zoya, a nurse and doctor in training in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel ''

Cancer Ward ''Cancer Ward'' (russian: links=no, italics=yes, Раковый корпус, Rakovy korpus) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Completed in 1966, the novel was distributed in Russia t ...

'' * Zoya Farooqui, a character on ''

Qubool Hai ''Qubool Hai'' () is an Indian soap opera that was produced by 4 Lions Films and broadcast on Zee TV. The series focused on the Muslim community and initially aimed to dispel stereotypes regarding Islam,Times News Network. and had been credit ...

'', an Indian soap opera * Zoya Lott, a character in ''

Gossip Girl ''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six sea ...

'' * Zoya Nazyalensky, a character in Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse novels; see '' King of Scars'' * Zoya Qureshi, a character in ''

Ishaqzaade ''Ishaqzaade'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film written and directed by Habib Faisal, and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars debutant Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra in the lead roles, wit ...

'', an Indian movie * Zoya Siddiqui, the female protagonist of ''

Bepannah ''Bepannah'' ( Endless) is a romantic drama television series that aired from 19 March to 30 November 2018 on Colors TV. Produced under Cinevistaas Limited, it starred Harshad Chopda and Jennifer Winget. ''Timeslot'': The Show was Launched at ...

'', a soap opera airing on Colours TV * Zoya Singh Solanki, the titular character of ''The Zoya Factor'', an Indian movie * Zoya the Destroya, alter ego of Ruth Wilder, a fictional wrestler in ''GLOW'' * Zoya the Thief, a main character in ''Trine'', a video game

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Zöyä Sviyazhsk (russian: Свия́жск; tt-Cyrl, Зөя, ''Zöya'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga River, Volga a ...

, the Tatar name of the village of Sviyazhsk * 1793 Zoya, an asteroid named after Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

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