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Rafael Miguel Zayas was active in the Cuban sugar industry and was a leading expert on the global sugar trade.

Eduardo Zayas-Bazán is a Bay of Pigs veteran, political prisoner, and professor of Spanish at East Tennessee State University who authored "The Flying Fish", a historical fiction novel based on his experiences with Brigade 2506.

Frederic Zeigen is known as "The Forgotten Man" in University of Miami history. While he played a vital role in the founding of UM—becoming its pro bono administrator, the secretary of the Board of Regents, and spokesperson—few people know the level of his involvement. A successful banker, world traveler and writer, Mr. Zeigen devoted much of his time and his own money to help create the University of Miami. His greatest feat was convincing George Merrick to give the nascent university 160 acres, fund the first building, and create a $4 million endowment.

Herbert Zim was born in 1909 in New York before he moved to Southern California. He started writing in 1934 while conducting research in studying children's education and interests in the sciences. He eventually earned a doctorate degree from Columbia University in 1940 after writing his dissertation on "Science Interests and Activities of Adolescents." He continued to write and publish several science books throughout his life and also served as both an educational consultant for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and a professor in education at the University of Illinois. He eventually passed away in 1994 in Plantation Key, Florida.