Zacharias (surname)

The surname Zacharias and various related forms are derived from the Hebrew given name Zechariah. Notable people with this surname or its variants include:

Medieval period

• Bartolomeo Zaccaria (d. 1334), Margrave of Bodonitsa
• Benedetto I Zaccaria (c. 1235–1307), Lord of Phocea and Chios
• Paleologo Zaccaria (d. 1314), Lord of Phocea and Chios
• Benedetto II Zaccaria (d. 1330), Lord of Phocea and Chios
• Martino Zaccaria (d. 1345), Lord of Phocea and Chios
• Nicolaus Zacharie (c.1400–1466), Italian composer
• Stephen or Stefano Zaccaria, Latin Archbishop and Baron of Patras (1405–1424)
• Zaharia family, Albanian noble family of the 14th and 15th century
• AbÅ« Bakr Muhammad ibn ZakarÄ«ya al-Rāzi (865–925 AD), also known as Razi and Rhazes, Persian (Iranian) physician, philosopher and scholar

Early Modern period

• Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502–1539), Italian priest and Roman Catholic saint
• Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (1714–1795), Italian theologian and historian

Modern times

Zacarías

• Miguel Zacarías (1905–2006), Mexican film director

Zaccaria

• Nicola Zaccaria (1923–2007), Greek opera singer

Zacharia

• Janine Zacharia, American journalist
• Paul Zacharia (born 1945), Indian writer and activist

Zachariae

• Karl Eduard Zachariae (1812–1894), German jurist

Zacharias

• Christian Zacharias (born 1950), German pianist and conductor
• Ernst Zacharias (1924–2020), German musician
• Helmut Zacharias (1920–2002), German violinist and composer
• Jerrold R. Zacharias (1905–1986), American scientist and engineer
• Otto Zacharias (1846–1916), German biologist and popular scientific journalist
• Ravi Zacharias (1946–2020), Canadian-American author and Christian apologist
• Sascha Zacharias (born 1979), Swedish actress
• Thomas Zacharias (baseball) (died 1892), American baseball umpire
• Thomas Zacharias (high jump) (born 1947), German high jumper
• Willi Zacharias (1914–2006), Romanian handball player, Nordic combined skier, and cross-country skier

Zachary

• Chris Zachary (1944–2003), American baseball player
• Tom Zachary (1896–1944), American baseball player

Zachery

• James Zachery (1958–1994), American football player

Zachry

• Pat Zachry (born 1952), American baseball player

Zaharia

• Zaharia, dedicated article for the Albanian and Romanian variant of the name

Zaharias

• Mildred "Babe" Zaharias (1911–1956), versatile American athlete

Zakaria

• Fareed Zakaria (born 1964), Indian-American journalist
• Rafiq Zakaria (1920–2005), Indian politician and Islamic scholar

See also

• Zacharias (given name), the main article about the name Zacharias and its many variants (Zechariah, Zachariah, Zachary, etc.)
• Zakariya, Arabic form of the name
• Zakaryan, Eastern Armenian form of the name