Ball (name)
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This is a list of notable people with the given name Ball.
- Alan Ball, Sr. (footballer)Alan Ball, Sr.James Alan Ball Sr. was an English footballer and manager.Born in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, Ball played as an inside-forward for Bolton Boys Federation, Southport , Birmingham City , Oldham Athletic and Rochdale.He managed Halifax Town in two separate spells...
(1924-1982) - Alan Ball, Jr. (footballer) (1945-2007)
- Alan Ball (screenwriter)Alan Ball (screenwriter)Alan E. Ball is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television.-Early life:Ball was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Frank and Mary Ball, an aircraft inspector and a homemaker...
(born 1957) - Alan Ball (American football)Alan Ball (American football)Alan Sheffield Ball is an American football safety and cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Cowboys in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft...
(born 1985) - Angeline BallAngeline BallAngeline Ball is an award-winning Irish actress who currently resides in London, England. She is a trained dancer in ballet, tap and modern dance. Her breakthrough role came in 1991 when she starred alongside Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher as back-up singer Imelda Quirke in Alan...
, actress - Catie BallCatie BallCatherine Northcutt "Catie" Ball Condon is a former American international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, she won a gold medal as the anchor swimmer for the U.S. 4x100-meter medley relay team...
, Olympian - Christopher BallChristopher BallChristopher Ball is a British clarinettist, composer and conductorBall was born in Leeds, England, and studied clarinet and piano at the Royal Manchester College of Music where his contemporaries included Harrison Birtwistle , Peter Maxwell Davies, Alexander Goehr and John Ogdon...
, British composer - Clifford BallClifford BallClifford Ball was an American fantasy writer whose primary distinction was having been one of the earliest post-Howard writers in the sword and sorcery subgenre of fantasy....
, author - David Ball (musician) (born 1959), English electronic musician (usually known as Dave)
- Dave Ball (musician)Dave Ball (musician)David 'Dave' J Ball is a guitar player who is currently resident of New Zealand but working in various parts of the World....
(born 1950), Guitarist formerly of Procol Harum, Bedlam Long John Baldry, etc. - David Ball (country musician)David Ball (country musician)David Ball is an American country music artist. Active since 1988, he has recorded a total of seven studio albums on several different labels, including his platinum certified debut Thinkin' Problem. Fourteen of Ball's singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
(born 1953), American country musician - David Ball (wide receiver)David Ball (wide receiver)David Ball is a professional wide receiver for the Erie Explosion of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
(born 1984), New York Jets NFL football player - Dave Ball (defensive end) (born 1981), Tennessee Titans NFL football player
- David Standish BallDavid Standish BallThe Right Reverend David Standish Ball was the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States from 1984 to 1998.-Childhood, education and calling:...
, Episcopal bishop - Donna BallDonna BallDonna Ball is an American writer of over 90 novels, mainly romance novels since 1982, she also signed her novels as Rebecca Flanders, Donna Carlisle and Donna Boyd. She also signed novels with Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol and Taylor Brady.-Biography:Donna Ball born in 1951 in the United States...
, writer - Ed Ball (musician)Ed Ball (musician)Edward "Ed" Ball is a songwriter, singer, guitarist and keyboard player from London, who has recorded both solo and as a member of the Television Personalities, 'O' Level, Teenage Filmstars, The Times, and Conspiracy of Noise. He also served as an executive at Creation Records...
, London musician and executive of Creation Records - Edward Ball (American author)Edward Ball (American author)Edward Ball is an American writer of non-fiction, best known for his book Slaves in the Family . The book tells the story of the author's family, slave-owners in South Carolina for 200 years, and recounts his search for and meetings with descendants of his family's slaves...
(1958- ) - Edward Ball (businessman) (1888-1981), Florida businessman and reformer of the Florida East Coast Railway
- Edward Ball (congressman)Edward Ball (congressman)Edward Ball was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Falls Church, Ball attended the village school. He moved to Ohio and located near Zanesville, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as deputy sheriff of Muskingum County in 1837 and 1838 and...
(1811-1872), U.S. Representative from Ohio - Ernie BallErnie BallErnie Ball was an American entrepreneur, musician, and innovator, widely acclaimed as a revolutionary in the development of guitar-related products. He began as a club and local television musician and small business entrepreneur, building an international business in guitars and accessories that...
, American entrepreneur and Guitar accessory salesman - Estil C. BallEstil C. BallEstil Cortez Ball was an American singer-songwriter, fingerstyle guitarist, and country gospel and folk musician from Rugby in Grayson County, Virginia.-Career:...
, American folk musician - Greg BallGregory R. BallGregory R. Ball is an American business executive, former active duty Air Force officer and member of the New York State Senate. He is a resident of Carmel, New York....
, New York State Assemblyman - Harvey BallHarvey BallHarvey Ross Ball was an American commercial artist. He is recognized as the earliest known designer of the smiley, which became an enduring and notable international icon. Ball was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts...
, designer of the smiley - Jeff Ball (baseball), baseball player
- John Ball (priest)John Ball (priest)John Ball was an English Lollard priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. In that year, Ball gave a sermon in which he asked the rhetorical question, "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?".-Biography:Little is known of Ball's early years. He lived in...
(d. 1381), active in Peasants' Revolt - John Ball (Puritan)John Ball (Puritan)John Ball was an English puritan divine.-Life:He was born in Cassington, Oxfordshire.After taking his BA degree from St Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1608, he went into Cheshire to act as tutor to the children of Lady Cholmondeley...
(1585–1640), British - John Ball (pioneer)John Ball (pioneer)John Ball was born at Tenny Hill, Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He had a common school education and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1820. He studied law two years at Lansingburgh, New York and then went to Darien, Georgia where he was shipwrecked and taught school for the winter...
(1794–1884), American pioneer - John Ball (naturalist)John Ball (naturalist)John Ball was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller.-Background and education:Ball was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Nicholas Ball and his wife Jane Sherlock...
(1818–1889), Irish politician - John Ball (golfer)John Ball (golfer)John Ball, Jr. was a prominent English amateur golfer of the late 19th and early 20th century.Ball was born in Hoylake, Merseyside. His father was the prosperous owner of the Royal Hotel, located near the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, in Hoylake...
(1861–1940), British - John Ball (American author)John Ball (American author)John Dudley Ball , writing as John Ball, was an American writer best known for mystery novels involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. He was introduced in the 1965 In the Heat of the Night where he solves a murder in a racist Southern small town...
(1911–1988), American author - John Ball (soccer)John Ball (soccer)John Ball is an American soccer player who currently plays for USASA amateur team CASL Elite.-College:Ball played college soccer for Southern Connecticut State...
, American soccer player playing for the Rochester Rhinos - John M. BallJohn M. BallSir John Macleod Ball, FRSE FRS is Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He was the President of the International Mathematical Union from 2003-06 and a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford...
(born 1948), British mathematician - Johnny BallJohnny BallJohnny Ball is a British television personality, a great populariser of mathematics and the father of BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoë Ball.-Early life:...
(born 1938), British children's television presenter - Kenny BallKenny BallKenny Ball is an English jazz musician, best known as the lead trumpet player in Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.-Career:...
, jazz musician - Kevin BallKevin BallKevin Ball aka 'The Hatchet' is a former professional footballer and now coach. Between 6 March and 8 May 2006 Ball acted as Sunderland caretaker manager for the last ten games of the 2005–06 season following the sacking of Mick McCarthy, taking five points from these games...
, soccer player - Lloy BallLloy BallLloy James Ball is an American volleyball player who represented the United States men's national volleyball team in four Olympics team competitions...
, American Olympian - Lucille BallLucille BallLucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...
(1911-1989), American actress - Martin BallMartin BallMartin Ball is an English theatre and television actor. He was born and grew up in Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. He trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, and graduated in 1992.-Career:...
, actor - Michael Ball (singer)Michael Ball (singer)Michael Ashley Ball, born 27 June 1962) is a British actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Edna Turnblad...
, singer and actor - Michael Ball (footballer)Michael Ball (footballer)Michael John Ball is an English professional footballer who plays for Leicester City, having previously played as a left-back for English Premier League team Manchester City....
, English football (soccer) player - Michael Ball (clergyman)Michael Ball (clergyman)Michael Thomas Ball is an Anglican bishop and the co-founder of the Community of the Glorious Ascension. He was the Bishop of Truro from 1990 to 1997....
, Bishop of Truro 1990-1997 - Mottrom D. BallMottrom D. BallMottrom Dulany Ball was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and collector of customs for the United States Department of the Treasury. From March 27, 1878 to June 13, 1879 was the highest-ranking federal official in the Department of Alaska, making him the de facto governor of the...
, American government official - Neal BallNeal BallCornelius "Neal" Ball , the American baseball player, achieved fame on July 19, when he pulled off the first unassisted triple play in Major League baseball history in a game against the Boston Red Sox. "During the same game, he set another major league record for shortstops...
, baseball player - Nicholas Ball (British actor)Nicholas Ball (British actor)Nicholas Ball is an English actor.He is best known for playing the title role of James Hazell in the television series Hazell....
(born 1946), a British actor - Nicholas Ball (Irish lawyer)Nicholas Ball (Irish lawyer)Nicholas Ball PC , KC was Irish barrister, judge and Liberal politician.He was the eldest son of John Ball, a silk mercer of Dublin, where he lived for many years in No 75, St Stephen's Green...
(died 1865), a nineteenth-century Irish lawyer and judge and the father of the naturalist John Ball (1818-1889) - Phil BallPhil BallPhil Ball is a British writer based in Spain. He has lived in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, for almost twenty years. Born in Canada to English parents, Ball grew up in Grimsby on the north east coast of England, having moved there as a child in 1957. As a youngster Ball supported Grimsby Town,...
, writer - Robert James BallRobert James BallRobert James Ball was a Canadian politician, accountant, life insurance agent and teacher. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1911 as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Grey South after being defeated in 1908...
, British M.P. - Roger BallRoger BallRoger Ball is an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in the School of Design and the Leader of Master of Design Practices and the Asian Ergonomics Lab....
, industrial designer - Sam BallSam BallSam Ball was a National Football League offensive lineman from 1966 through 1970. During that span he appeared in Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V for the Baltimore Colts. He played college football at the University of Kentucky.Ironically, he was also drafted in 1966 by the Jets in the 2nd rd,...
, NFL lineman - Samuel Ball (actor)Samuel Ball (actor)Samuel Ball is an American actor.Ball got his start as the third Drew Buchanan on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live in 1998. He has appeared in various roles in film and television, including Urbania, Sex and the City, Charmed, and 13 going on 30.-External links:...
, American actor - Samuel Ball (educator)Samuel Ball (educator)Samuel Ball BA MEd PhD, FAPA was an Australian researcher and academic in the field of education. He was employed by ETS in Princeton, New Jersey where he conducted research and carried out several major program evaluation studies, before returning to Australia where he held a number of positions...
, Australian educator - Thomas Ball (artist)Thomas Ball (artist)Thomas Ball was an American artist and musician. His work has had a marked influence on monumental art in the United States, especially in New England.-Life:...
(1819–1911), American sculptor - Thomas Henry BallThomas Henry BallThomas Henry Ball was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. The town of Peck, Texas was renamed Tomball, Texas in his honor in 1907.-External links:...
(1859–1944), U.S. Representative from Texas from Harris County, 1897–1903 - Thomas R. BallThomas R. BallThomas Raymond Ball was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New York City, Ball attended the public schools, Anglo-Saxon School, Paris, France, Heathcote School, Harrison, New York, and the Art Students League, New York City.He engaged as a designer in 1916.During the First World War...
(1896–1943), U.S. Representative from Connecticut - Walter Ball (baseball player) (1877-1946), Negro League baseball player
- Walter Ball (cartoonist)Walter Ball (cartoonist)Walter Ball was cartoonist for the Canadian comic strip feature Rural Route, which became a familiar fixture in the Toronto Star Weekly between 1956 until the publication's demise in 1968...
(born 1911) - Webster Clay BallWebb C. BallWebster Clay Ball was a jeweler and watchmaker born in Fredericktown, Ohio. After a two-year apprenticeship to a jeweler, Ball settled in Cleveland, Ohio to join a jewelry store...
(1847-1922), American watchmaker - William Ball (stage director)William Ball (stage director)William Gormaly Ball was an American stage director and founder of the American Conservatory Theatre . He was awarded the Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award in 1959 for his production of Chekhov's Ivanov and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965 for his production of Molière's Tartuffe, starring...
, American stage director (1931–1991) - William Ball (astronomer)William Ball (astronomer)William Ball was an English astronomer. He was one of the founding Fellows of the Royal Society. He was appointed the Society's first treasurer on 28 November 1660, and served until 1663....
(or Balle), British astronomer; Founder Fellow of the Royal Society (c. 1627–1690) - William Ball (footballer)William Ball (footballer)William Ball was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back. He was born in Woodside, Dudley, Staffordshire and played for Birmingham both before and after the First World War, making 165 appearances in all competitions, and helped them to the championship of the Second Division...
, English footballer (1886–1942) - William L. Ball IIIWilliam L. BallWilliam L. Ball III is an American former government service worker and political appointee. He held senior posts in the Reagan Administration, beginning as an Assistant Secretary of State under George Shultz in 1985 . He moved to the White House staff in 1986 as President Reagan’s chief lobbyist...
, United States Secretary of the Navy - William Lee BallWilliam Lee BallWilliam Lee Ball was a nineteenth century politician from Virginia.-Biography:Born in Lancaster County, Virginia, Ball received a liberal schooling as a child. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1805 to 1806 and again from 1810 to 1814...
, Virginia congressman (1781-1824) - William Macmahon BallWilliam Macmahon BallWilliam Macmahon Ball, AC was an Australian academic and diplomat. Educated at Caulfield Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree, Ball studied both psychology and political science as a research fellow at Melbourne and the London School of...
, Australian academic and diplomat (1901–1986)