Zeno (name)

Zeno is the common anglicised form of the name Zenon (Ancient Greek: Ζήνων), derived from the theonym Zeus.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Ana María Zeno (1922–2011), Argentine professor and gynaecologist
• Antonio Zeno (1326–1402), Venetian navigator
• Antonio Zeno (bishop) (died 1530), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
• Apostolo Zeno (1669–1750), Italian poet
• Carlo Zeno (1333–1418), Venetian admiral
• Giovanni Battista Zeno (1440–1501), Venetian cardinal
• Joseph Zenon (1900–1968), American musician
• Marco Zeno (1585–1641), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
• Miguel Zenón (born 1976), Puerto Rican saxophonist
• Mohamed Al Zeno (born 1983), Syrian footballer
• Muhammad bin Jamil Zeno (1922–2010), Syrian islamicist
• Nicolò Zeno (fl. 1558), Venetian cartographer
• Nicolò Zeno (died 1403), Venetian navigator
• Paul Zenon (born 1964), English street magician
• Pietro Zeno (died 1427), Venetian lord of Andros and Syros
• Reniero Zeno (fl. 1240–1268), Doge of Venice
• Thierry Zéno (born 1950), Belgian filmmaker
• Tony Zeno (born 1957), American basketball player
• Zeno family, a Venetian family

Given name

• Zenon Caravella (born 1983), Australian footballer
• Zenon Grocholewski (born 1939), Polish cardinal
• Zenon Jaskuła (born 1962), Polish cyclist
• Zenon Konopka (born 1981), Canadian/Polish hockey player
• Zenon B. Lukosius (1918–2006), American World War II veteran
• Zenon Mikhailidis, Greek shooter
• Zenon Pylyshyn (born 1937), Canadian cognitive scientist
• Zeno Roth (1956–2018), German musician
• Zenon de Souza Farias (born 1954), Brazilian footballer
• Zénon Trudeau (1748–1813), French colonial administrator

Fictional characters

• Great Demon King Zenon, leader of the demons in the manga and anime Devilman
• Overlord Zenon, antagonist from the video game Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
• Zeno, the Yellow Dragon Warrior in the manga Akatsuki no Yona: Yona of the Dawn
• Zen'ō, the supreme god of the multiverse in the anime and manga Dragon Ball Super
• Zeno Bell, a demon that uses spells in the anime Zatch Bell
• Zeno Cosini, the protagonist of Italo Svevo's novel La Coscienza di Zeno
• Zenon Kar, character in the film Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
• Zénon Ligre, alchemist, the protagonist of Marguerite Yourcenar's novel The Abyss
• Zenon Zogratis, antagonist and human host of a demon, of the manga Black Clover