ZADIG, the title-character of a novel by Voltaire, dealing with the
fatalistic aspect of human life
Zephon, the cherub sent with Ithuriel by Gabriel to find out the
whereabouts of Satan after his flight from hell
Zimri in Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel stands for the second Duke of
Buckingham (for the original see 3 Kings xvi. 9)