Zayn Malik
1. Zayn Malik was born on 12th January 1993 in St Luke�s Hospital, Bradford.
He�s the second oldest member of One Direction behind Louis.
3. Zayn fancies the pants off Megan Fox and has a secret man crush on Justin Timberlake.
4. Zayn�s favourite book is Harry Potter.
5. Zayn has a soft spot for intelligent girls.
6. Zayn can�t swim and is scared of open water. Despite this he likes sharks � especially hammerheads!
7. Zayn�s favourite band of all time is NSYNC.
8. Zayn�s X Factor audition wasn�t broadcast on the main show. When he had progressed further it was shown retrospectively on spinoff The Xtra Factor.
9. Malik in Arabic means �king� or �chieftain�.
10. Zayn�s name is actually spelt with an �i� (Zain). He reckons �Zayn� looks more original and adopted it as his stage name.
11. Zayn has three sisters but no brothers. They�re called Doniya, Waliyha and Safaa.
12. Zayn�s middle name is Javadd (often wrongly written as Javaad, Jawadd or Jawaad).
13. Zayn�s favourite song of all time is �Thriller� by Michael Jackson.
14. Zayn was born to British Pakistani father Yaser and an English mother Tricia Malik (maiden name Brannan).
15. During his time on The X Factor, Zayn�s granddad sadly passed away. In tribute, Zayn has his granddad�s name Walter tattooed on his chest in Arabic.
16. Zayn means �beautiful� in Arabic.
17. Zayn is a cat lover. His favourite animal is a lion.
17. Zayn says he�s the neatest member of One Direction and jokingly described his bandmates as �pigs.�
18. Zayn says that if he wasn�t in One Direction he�d like to be an English teacher.
19. Asked what the best part of a girl�s body is, Zayn said: �I�m very attracted to a girl�s eyes. They don�t have to be a certain colour.
I think you can tell a lot by a girl�s eyes.�
20. Zayn loves drawing when he has the spare time.
21. Zayn lists as intelligence as the most important thing he looks for in a girl.
22. When Harry has his star tattoo done on his arm, ink veteran Zayn held his hand!
23. In early 2012, Zayn was the butt of a hilarious prank played by Harry. When Zayn was asleep, Harry shaved his initials �H.S.� into Zayn�s leg hair.
A shocked Zayn commented afterwards �it wasn�t too attractive.�
24. If Zayn could have dinner with anyone dead or alive it would be Michael Jackson.
25. Zayn�s fans mean a LOT to him. He explains: �Fans aren�t just fans � they�re part of my family.�
26. Zayn believes that the two things that make the world go round are �peace and love.�
27. When he gets bored on the tour bus, Zayn keeps himself entertained by playing the Nintendo 3DS game console.
28. Zayn says the craziest thing he�s ever seen a fan do is hide in a bin to avoid security.
29. Asked if he ever has nightmares, Zayn said that when he was eight he had a pretty weird one. "I had a dream a giant power ranger was chasing me," he said.
30. One of Zayn�s most memorable mottos is: �Never live life in the fear of death, no matter how hard life gets, don�t lose hope.�
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