Zack (and variant spellings Zach, Zac, Zak, Zakk) is sometimes a given name, but more often it is a hypocorism or short form of another given name, usually Zachary in the English speaking world, which derives from Zechariah.
Name
edit- Zach Allen (born 1997), American football player
- Zach Aguilar (born 1998), American voice actor
- Zack Annexstad (born 2000), American football player
- Zack Bailey (born 1995), American football player
- Zach Banner (born 1993), American football player
- Zack Baun (born 1996), American football player
- Zach Boren (born 1991), American football player
- Zach Borenstein (born 1990), American baseball player
- Zach Braff (born 1975), American actor known for his role in television series Scrubs
- Zac Brown (born 1978), lead singer in American country music band Zac Brown Band
- Zach Callison (born 1997), American voice actor
- Zach Calzada (born 2000), American football player
- Zac Champion (born 1984), American football player
- Zach Charbonnet (born 2001), American football player
- Zach Collins (born 1997), American basketball player
- Zack Conroy (born 1985), American actor
- Zack Cozart (born 1985), American baseball player
- Zach Cunningham (born 1994), American football player
- Zach Curlin (1890–1970), American football and basketball player and coach
- Zach Davidson (born 1998), American football player
- Zach Day (born 1978), American baseball player
- Zach Edey (born 2002), Canadian basketball player
- Zac Efron (born 1987), American actor
- Zach Tyler Eisen (born 1993), American voice actor
- Zach Ertz (born 1990), American football player
- Zach Evans (born 2001), American football player
- Zac Farro (born 1990), American drummer for Paramore
- Zac Foley (1970–2002), British musician, bass guitarist for EMF
- Zack Fleishman (born 1980), American tennis player
- Zach Galifianakis (born 1969), American comedian
- Zack Gelof (born 1999), American baseball player for the Oakland A's
- Zach Gentry (born 1996), American football player
- Zack Golditch (born 1995), American football player
- Zac Goldsmith (born 1975), English environmentalist and politician
- Zack Greinke (born 1983), American Major League Baseball player
- Zack O'Malley Greenburg (born 1985), American writer, journalist, and former child-actor
- Zach Hankins (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Zac Hanson (born 1985), American musician, drummer for Hanson
- Zach Harrison (born 2001), American football player
- Zach Hill (born 1979), American multi-instrumentalist and visual artist
- Zach Hyman (born 1992), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
- Zach Iscol (born 1978), American entrepreneur, US Marine, and candidate in the 2021 New York City Comptroller election
- Zach Jackson (born 1983), American former Major League Baseball player
- Zach Jackson (born 1994), American minor league baseball player
- Zack Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Zack Kassian (born 1991), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
- Zak Keith, British guitarist
- Zach King (born 1990), American internet personality, filmmaker, and illusionist
- Zach Kosnitzky, American participant in Kid Nation
- Zack Kuntz (born 1999), American football player
- Zach LaVine (born 1995), American basketball player
- Zach Lowe (born 1977), American sportswriter
- Zack Martin (born 1990), American National Football League player
- Zach McCambley (born 1999), American baseball player
- Zach McCloud (born 1998), American football player
- Zach McWhorter (born 1999), American pole vaulter
- Zack Mesday (born 1994), American football player
- Zach Mettenberger (born 1991), American National Football League quarterback
- Zack Morris (born 1998), English actor
- Zack Moss (born 1997), American football player
- Zach Myers (born 1983), American former bass player and current guitarist for rock band Shinedown
- Zach Norton (born 1981), American football player
- Zach Parise (born 1984), American ice hockey player
- Zach Penprase (born 1985), Israeli-American baseball player for the Israel National Baseball Team
- Zach Pfeffer (born 1995), American soccer player
- Zacch Pickens (born 2000), American football player
- Zack Pinsent (born c. 1994), British costumer
- Zac Posen (born 1980), American fashion designer
- Zac Purton (born 1983), horse racing jockey
- Zach Randolph (born 1981), American basketball player
- Zack de la Rocha (born 1970), American lead singer of Rage Against the Machine
- Zack Rosen (born 1989), All-American basketball player at Penn; plays for Maccabi Ashdod in Israel
- Zack Sanchez (born 1993), American football player
- Zack Shada (born 1992), American actor
- Zach Sieler (born 1995), American football player
- Zack Snyder (born 1966), American film director and screenwriter
- Zac Stacy (born 1991), American football player
- Zak Starkey (born 1965), English drummer for The Who and Oasis
- Zack Tabudlo (born 2001), Filipino singer-songwriter and producer
- Zack Test (born 1989), American rugby union player
- Zach Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
- Zack Thornton (born 1988), American baseball player
- Zach Tom (born 1999), American football player
- Zach Triner (born 1991), American football player
- Zach VanValkenburg (born 1998), American football player
- Zach Villa (born 1987), American actor, singer, songwriter, dancer, and musician
- Zach Weiner (born 1982), American webcomic author of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
- Zack Weiss (born 1992), American-Israeli Major League Baseball player
- Zack Werner, Canadian artist, producer, lawyer and manager in the music industry
- Zack Wheat (1888–1972), American Major League Baseball player
- Zach Whitmarsh (born 1977), Canadian track and field athlete
- Zach Williams (born 1981), American Christian musician
- Zach Wilson (born 1999), American football player
- Zach Wood (born 1993), American football player
- Zakk Wylde (born 1967), American guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of Black Label Society
In fiction
edit- Zack Addy, in the television series Bones
- Zack Allan, in the television series Babylon 5
- Zak Dingle, in the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Zach Florrick, the eldest of Alicia's children in The Good Wife
- Zack Fair, in the role-playing game Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs
- Zach Girdle in the animated TV series Louds
- Zack Hudson, in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Zack Johnson, in The Big Bang Theory
- Zack Lane, in the novel Zack by William Bell
- Zack Martin, in the television series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and its sequels.
- Zak McKracken, hero of the adventure game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
- Zack Mooneyham, a character in School of Rock
- Zack Morris (Saved by the Bell), in television series Saved by the Bell
- Zach Nichols, in the American police procedural television drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Zak Saturday, one of the main characters in the cartoon series The Secret Saturdays
- Zac, a main character in the Nickelodeon series Shimmer and Shine
- Zach Stevens, in The O.C.
- Zach Stone, the titular character of the MTV series Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous
- Zack Taylor, in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Zack Underwood, one of the main characters in Milo Murphy's Law
- Zach Varmitech, one of the antagonists in Wild Kratts
- Zak (Battlestar Galactica)
- Zack, in the computer game The Daedalus Encounter
- Zack (Dead or Alive), in the video game series Dead or Alive
- Zak (TUGS), in the television series TUGS
- Zack, one of the title characters of the video game Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
- Zack, Kamen Rider Knuckle in Kamen Rider Gaim
- Zack, the main character in Zack & Quack, an animated television series
- Zakk, one of the protagonists of the film Deathgasm