| Pierre Zaccone | 1817–1895 | 2 |
| Marie E. (Marie Elizabeth) Zakrzewska | 1829–1902 | 1 |
| Eduardo Zamacois | 1873–1971 | 1 |
| L. L. (Ludwik Lejzer) Zamenhof | 1859–1917 | 5 |
| Zamin Ki Dost | 1866–1947 | 1 |
| Israel Zangwill | 1864–1926 | 8 |
| Pu Zeng | 1872–1935 | 1 |
| James Slough Zerbe | 1849–1921 | 4 |
| Hasse Zetterström | 1877–1946 | 2 |
| Chao Zhang | born 1650 | 4 |
| Dai Zhang | 1597–1679 | 1 |
| Zhang, Zhongjing, active | 168–196 | 1 |
| Zhao, Chongzuo, active | 934–965 | 1 |
| Yi Zhao | 1727–1814 | 1 |
| V. P. (Vera Petrovna) Zhelikhovskaia | 1835–1896 | — |
| Zhong, Rong, active | 502–519 | 2 |
| Xi Zhu | 1130–1200 | 4 |
| Yongchun Zhu | 1617–1689 | 1 |
| Ziqing Zhu | 1898–1948 | 1 |
| Zumou Zhu | 1857–1931 | 1 |
| G. A. (Gustav Adolf) Zimmermann | 1850–1903 | 1 |
| Alfred Zimmern | 1879–1957 | 1 |
| Helen Zimmern | 1846–1934 | 1 |
| Zitkala-Sa | 1876–1938 | 2 |
| Émile Zola | 1840–1902 | 60 |
| Gulielma Zollinger | 1856–1917 | 2 |
| José Zorrilla | 1817–1893 | 1 |
| Heinrich Zschokke | 1771–1848 | 5 |
| active Zuiyueshanren | 1804–1876 | 1 |
| Jovan Zujovic | 1856–1936 | 1 |
| Karl Gottlob Zumpt | 1792–1849 | 1 |
| Otto Zur Linde | 1873–1938 | 1 |
| Stefan Zweig | 1881–1942 | 1 |
| Amy E. Zwemer | 1865–1937 | 1 |
| Samuel Marinus Zwemer | 1867–1952 | 1 |
| Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann | 1714–1740 | 1 |
| Michel Zévaco | 1860–1918 | 6 |
| Luciano Zùccoli | 1868–1929 | 2 |
| Stefan Żeromski | 1864–1925 | — |