Ball (name)
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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 (politician) (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
- 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, iconic American actress
- Martin Ball, local actor
- Michael Ball (singer), a singer and actor
- Michael Ball (footballer), an English football (soccer) player
- Michael Ball (clergyman), Bishop of Truro 1990-1997
- Neal Ball, baseball player
- Nicholas Ball (British actor) (b. 1946), a British actor
- Nicholas Ball (Irish lawyer) (d. 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), a Negro League baseball player
- Walter Ball (cartoonist) (born 1911)
- 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)
