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 ...

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Zachary Zachary is a male given name, a variant of Zechariah – the name of several Biblical characters. People *Pope Zachary (679–752), Pope of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752 * Zachary of Vienne (died 106), bishop of Vienne (France), martyr a ...

or 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 college f ...

(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 Zachary Clarke (born 28 March 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Clarke was born in Au ...

(born 1990), Australian rules footballer *

Zac Curtis Zachary Aaron Curtis (born July 4, 1992), is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Ra ...

(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 Zachary Samuel Dawson (born 22 February 1986) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club, St Kilda Football Club and Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. In March 2019, he was a ...

(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 Zacharia Douglas Evans (born 3 May 1991) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for Newtown. Playing career On 13 August 2010, Presteigne-born Evans joined Hereford United of League Two on a one-year deal. He made his debut in the F ...

(born 1991), Welsh footballer *

Zac Goldsmith Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith of Richmond Park, (born 20 January 1975) is a British politician, life peer and journalist serving as Minister of State for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment si ...

(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 201 ...

(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 Zachary Ryall Henderson (October 14, 1955 – April 20, 2020) was an American professional football player who played in the Canadian Football League for four years. Henderson played defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argona ...

(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 (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 F ...

, American guitarist and co-founder of the band Dengue Fever *

Zac Kerin Zachary Todd Kerin (born August 13, 1991) is an American football guard who is a free agent. He played college football at Toledo. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Early years Kerin attended Olentangy ...

(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 Zachary Michael MacMath (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer for Real Salt Lake. MacMath was drafted No. 5 overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by the Philadelphia Union. ...

(born 1991), American soccer player *

Zac Morris Zachary Clegg Morris (born 4 September 1978 in Barnsley) is a former English cricketer who captained England Under-19 team on one occasion. He also played two first-class matches for Hampshire scoring 11 runs at an average of 2.75 and despit ...

(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 Zachary Rinaldo (born June 15, 1990) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. His career ended in 2021 when he admitted he was scared of needles. He has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Fl ...

(born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player *

Zac Rosscup Zachary Martin Rosscup (born June 9, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and ...

(born 1988), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Zac Santo Zachary Santo (born 8 April 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship. He plays at and , and formerly played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the ...

(born 1993), Australian rugby league footballer *

Zac Smith Zac Smith (born 22 February 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns and the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for Gold Coast from 2011 to 2015 and 202 ...

(born 1990), Australian rules footballer *

Zac Sunderland Zachary Tristan Sunderland (born November 29, 1991) is an American former sailor who was the first person under the age of 18 to sail solo around the world. Sunderland completed his trip after 13 months and 2 days at sea on July 16, 2009 at age ...

(born 1991), American sailor, first person under the age of 18 to sail solo around the world *

Zac Taylor Zachary William Taylor (born May 10, 1983) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). Beginning his NFL career as an offensive assistant, he was the quarterbacks coach f ...

(born 1983), American football coach and former quarterback *

Zac Williams (cyclist) Zachary Williams (born 21 July 1995) is a New Zealand cyclist. Williams was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland. Williams won the 1000 m time trial at the 2016 Oceania Championships and was fourth in the keirin at the World Cup in H ...

(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) ZacharySmith is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera '' Shortland Street'' who has been portrayed by Mike Edward in multiple guest stints since mid 1995. The character returned in a more central role for the shows 20th anniversary i ...

in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' * Zac (Battlestar Galactica) in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series * Zac (Shimmer and Shine), in the TV series ''

Shimmer and Shine ''Shimmer and Shine'' is an American animated television series created by Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz and produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It premiered on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block on August 24, 2015, and ran for four seasons. The sh ...

'' * Zac, the Secret Weapon, a playable character in multiplayer online battle arena video game ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for War ...

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