Zed or ZED may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

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 ...

, a pop-rock group from New Zealand * Zed Radio, radio station in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine * Zeds Dead, an electronic music duo from Toronto, Canada

Fictional 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 Men in Black'' comics and ''

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) witnesse ...

'' film series * Zed, an Anubian Baskurr in '' Ben 10: Omniverse'' * 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, Vin ...

'' * 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 mat ...

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

Zombies A zombie (Haitian French: , ht, zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in wh ...

'' and its sequels, '' Zombies 2'' 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 ...

'' * Zed McGlunk is a character from the Police Academy movies.

Other entertainment

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

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

Technology and engineering

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 Abria ...

, a formal specification language * Zed (text editor), a successor to the Atom text editor *

Nissan Z The Nissan Z-series is a model series of sports cars manufactured by Nissan in seven generations since 1969. The original Z was sold in October of 1969 in Japan as the at Nissan Exhibition dealerships that previously sold the Nissan Bluebi ...

, a Nissan sports car *

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

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 p ...

(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 (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 The Qatar Stars League ( ar, دوري نجوم قطر), or the QSL, also called QNB ...

(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 ...

(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 Canadians, 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 S ...

(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 book A science book is a work of nonfiction, usually written by a scien ...

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

Other uses

* Z (named ''zed'' in Commonwealth English), a letter of the Latin alphabet * Zero-energy development, in architecture *

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 ...

, for reduced rate personal travel by airline employees * Zed card, a "portfolio on a card" used by models and actors