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- Yvette Marie Alex-Assensoh and A.B. Assensoh
- Yvonne A. Owuor
- Z. Pallo Jordan
- Zac Crellin
- Zachary Lomo
- Zacharys Anger Gundu
- Zackie Achmat
- Zahid Rajan and Zarina Patel
- Zahra Moloo
- Zaina Nyiramatama
- Zainab Bangura
- Zaki El-Salahi
- Zaki Harare
- Zaki Laïdi
- Zama Mthunzi
- Zarina Geloo
- Zarina Patel
- Zawadi Nyong'o
- Zaya Yeebo
- Zaya Yeebo and Scholastica Marenya
- ZCTU
- Zeinab Kamil Ali
- Zemdena Abebe
- Zen Zappa
- Zenaida Machado
- Zetho Cunha Gonçalves
- Zetho Gonçalves
- Zhang Ke
- Ziallo Gogui