Ball (name)

This is a list of notable people with the given name Ball.

• Alan Ball, Sr. (footballer) (1924-1982)
• Alan Ball, Jr. (footballer) (1945-2007)
• Alan Ball (screenwriter) (born 1957)
• Alan Ball (American football) (born 1985)
• Angeline Ball, actress
• Catie Ball, Olympian
• Christopher Ball, British composer
• Clifford Ball, author
• David Ball (musician) (born 1959), English electronic musician (usually known as Dave)
• Dave Ball (musician) (born 1950), Guitarist formerly of Procol Harum, Bedlam Long John Baldry, etc.
• David Ball (country musician) (born 1953), American country musician
• David Ball (wide receiver) (born 1984), New York Jets NFL football player
• Dave Ball (defensive end) (born 1981), Tennessee Titans NFL football player
• David Standish Ball, Episcopal bishop
• Donna Ball, writer
• Ed Ball (musician), London musician and executive of Creation Records
• Edward Ball (American author) (1958- )
• Edward Ball (businessman) (1888-1981), Florida businessman and reformer of the Florida East Coast Railway
• Edward Ball (congressman) (1811-1872), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Ernie Ball, American entrepreneur and Guitar accessory salesman
• Estil C. Ball, American folk musician
• Greg Ball, New York State Assemblyman
• Harvey Ball, designer of the smiley
• Jeff Ball (baseball), baseball player
• John Ball (priest) (d. 1381), active in Peasants' Revolt
• John Ball (Puritan) (1585–1640), British
• John Ball (pioneer) (1794–1884), American pioneer
• John Ball (naturalist) (1818–1889), Irish politician
• John Ball (golfer) (1861–1940), British
• John Ball (American author) (1911–1988), American author
• John Ball (soccer), American soccer player playing for the Rochester Rhinos
• John M. Ball (born 1948), British mathematician
• Johnny Ball (born 1938), British children's television presenter
• Kenny Ball, jazz musician
• Kevin Ball, soccer player
• Lloy Ball, American Olympian
• Lucille Ball (1911-1989), American actress
• Martin Ball, actor
• Michael Ball (singer), singer and actor
• Michael Ball (footballer), English football (soccer) player
• Michael Ball (clergyman), Bishop of Truro 1990-1997
• Mottrom D. Ball, American government official
• Neal Ball, baseball player
• Nicholas Ball (British actor) (born 1946), a British actor
• Nicholas Ball (Irish lawyer) (died 1865), a nineteenth-century Irish lawyer and judge and the father of the naturalist John Ball (1818-1889)
• Phil Ball, writer
• Robert James Ball, British M.P.
• Roger Ball, industrial designer
• Sam Ball, NFL lineman
• Samuel Ball (actor), American actor
• Samuel Ball (educator), Australian educator
• Thomas Ball (artist) (1819–1911), American sculptor
• Thomas Henry Ball (1859–1944), U.S. Representative from Texas from Harris County, 1897–1903
• Thomas R. Ball (1896–1943), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• Walter Ball (baseball player) (1877-1946), Negro League baseball player
• Walter Ball (cartoonist) (born 1911)
• Webster Clay Ball (1847-1922), American watchmaker
• William Ball (stage director), American stage director (1931–1991)
• William Ball (astronomer) (or Balle), British astronomer; Founder Fellow of the Royal Society (c. 1627–1690)
• William Ball (footballer), English footballer (1886–1942)
• William L. Ball III, United States Secretary of the Navy
• William Lee Ball, Virginia congressman (1781-1824)
• William Macmahon Ball, Australian academic and diplomat (1901–1986)