Zappa (disambiguation)

Zappa most commonly refers to Frank Zappa (1940–1993), an American musician, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer and film director.

Zappa may also refer to:

People with the surname

• Ahmet Zappa (born 1974), Frank's son
  • Shana Muldoon Zappa (born 1977), American writer and designer of Disney Star Darlings, wife of Ahmet Zappa
• Claudio Zappa (born 1997), Italian professional football defender
• Diva Zappa (born 1979), Frank's daughter
• Dweezil Zappa (born 1969), Frank's son
• Francesco Zappa (1717–1803), Italian composer and cellist of the 18th century
• Gail Zappa (1945–2015), Frank's wife
• Giacomo Zappa Costa (born 1988), Italian midfielder football player
• Gino Zappa (1879–1960), Italian economist
• Gō Zappa (雑破 業, Zappa Gō, born 1970), Japanese author and anime screenwriter
• Guido Zappa (1915–2015), Italian mathematician
• Lenny Zappa (BORN 1987), Australian professional boxer of Italian descent.
• Moon Zappa (born 1967), Frank's daughter

Fiction

• Zappa, a character from the Chrono Cross RPG
• Zappa (Guilty Gear), a character from the 2-D fighting game series Guilty Gear
• Zappa (film), a 1983 Danish coming-of-age film directed by Bille August
• Zappa, a group of meerkats featured in Meerkat Manor

Science and technology

• Zappa–Szép product, a way in which a group can be constructed from two subgroups. It is a generalization of the direct and semidirect products
• Zappa confluentus, a goby from Papua New Guinea
• Pachygnatha zappa, a spider
• Zappa confluentus, the New Guinea slender mudskipper, endemic to New Guinea
• Zappa (chess), the computer chess program that won the 13th World Computer Chess Championship

Other

• Zappa, demo by Italian artist Caparezza