Ball (family name)
Ball is a family name that is particularly common in the English- speaking world .
Name bearer
A.
- Alan Ball (soccer player, 1924) (1924–1982), English soccer player and coach
- Alan Ball (weightlifter) (born 1943), American weightlifter
- Alan Ball (soccer player, 1945) (1945-2007), English soccer player and coach
- Alan Ball (screenwriter) (born 1957), American screenwriter
- Albert Ball (1896–1917), British fighter pilot
- Alexander Ball (1757–1809), British admiral and governor of Malta
- Alf Ball (soccer player, 1873) ( Aloysius Ball ; 1873-1940), English soccer player
- Alf Ball (football player, 1890) ( Alfred Ball ; 1890–1952), English football player
- Alice Ball (1892–1916), American chemist
- Angeline Ball (born 1969), Irish actress
- Arthur Ball (1894–1951), American cameraman and film technician
- Ashleigh Ball (born 1983), Canadian comedian and actress
B.
- Bartholomew Ball († 1573), Irish merchant and politician, Mayor of Dublin
- Benjamin Ball (1912–1977), British Air Force officer
- Bentley Ball , American singer
- Bobby Ball (1925–1954), American racing driver
- Bradley Ball (born 1976), English squash player
- Brian Ball (racing driver) British motorcycle racer
- Brian Ball (politician) , Virginia politician
- Brian N. Ball ( Brian Neville Ball ; born 1932), British writer
C.
- Carsten Ball (* 1987), Australian tennis player
- Catherine Ball (* 1951), American swimmer
- Chrissy Weathersby Ball , stunt woman
D.
- Dave Ball (musician) ( Taif Ball ), British bass player, member of Voodoocult
- Dave Ball ( American football player ) ( David Stewart Ball ; born 1981) American football player (defensive end)
- David Ball (musician, 1950) (1950–2015), British musician
- David Ball (musician, 1953) (born 1953), American country musician
- David Ball (musician, 1959) (also Dave Ball ; * 1959), British musician and record producer
- David Ball (film producer) (* 1959), American film producer
- David Ball ( American football player ) (* 1984), American football player (wide receiver)
- David Ball (soccer player) (born 1989), English soccer player
- David Michael Ball (* 1989), English soccer player
- David Standish Ball (born 1926), American clergyman, Bishop of the Episcopal Church
- David W. Ball ( David Wadsworth Ball ; born 1949), American writer
- Deborah Loewenberg Ball (* 1954), American educational researcher
- Derek Ball († 1989), British sound engineer
- Dominic Ball (* 1995), English soccer player
- Donna Ball (* 1951), American writer and dog trainer
E.
- Edward Ball (politician) (1811–1872), American politician
- Edward Ball (Author) (born 1959), American journalist and author
- Eric Ball (1903–1989), British composer and conductor
- Ernie Ball (1930-2004), American musician and inventor
- Ernst Friedrich Ball (1799–1885), German theologian
- Errie Ball († 2014), American golfer
F.
- Franziska Ball (* 1971), German actress and voice actress
G
- Geoffrey R. Ball (* 1964), American physiologist and inventor
- Georg Adam Ball (1799–1846), German actor, playwright and writer
- George Thomas Ball (also George Thomas Thalben-Ball ; 1896–1987), Australian composer, musician and musicologist
- George Wildman Ball (1909–1994), American lawyer and diplomat
- Gerhard Ball (1903–1982), German ice hockey goalkeeper
H
- Harvey Ball (1921-2001), American graphic designer
- Heinz Ball (entrepreneur) (1902–1968), German entrepreneur and inventor
- Heinz Ball (ice hockey player) (1907–1966), German ice hockey player
- Henry Lidgbird Ball (around 1756-1818), British explorer
- Hugo Ball (1886–1927), German writer and biographer
J
- Jack Ball (soccer player, 1899) ( John Ball ; 1899–1989), English soccer player
- Jack Ball (soccer player, 1907) ( John Thomas Ball ; 1907–1976), English soccer player
- Jack Ball (soccer player, 1923) (1923-1999), English soccer player
- James Ball (1903–1988), Canadian athlete
- Jamie Ball (* 1979), South African racing cyclist
- Joe Ball (1896–1938), American serial killer
- John Ball (clergyman, 1335) (1335–1381), English priest and revolutionary
- John Ball (clergyman, 1585) (1585-1640), English Puritan
- John Ball (politician, 1794) (1794–1884), American settler, lawyer and politician
- John Ball (politician, 1818) (1818–1889) Irish politician, scientist and alpinist
- John Ball (Golfer) (1861-1940) English golfer
- John Ball (geologist) (1872–1941) British geologist
- John Ball (writer) (1911–1988), American writer
- John Ball (soccer player, 1925) (born 1925), English soccer player
- John Ball (soccer player, 1972) (born 1972), American soccer player
- John M. Ball (* 1948), British mathematician
- Joseph H. Ball (1905–1993), American politician
K
- KC Ball (* 1975), New Zealand ice hockey player
- Kathryn Ball (born 1963), British rower
- Katie Ball (* 1986/1987), Australian model
- Keith M. Ball (* 1960), British mathematician
- Kenny Ball (1930–2013), British trumpeter and band leader
- Kurt Herwarth Ball (1903–1977), German writer
- Kurt Jacob Ball-Kaduri (born Kurt Antonio Ball ; 1891–1976), German-Israeli lawyer and author
L.
- L. Heisler Ball ( Lewis Heisler Ball ; 1861–1932), American politician
- LaMelo Ball (* 2001), American basketball player
- Leo Ball (1927–2007), American jazz musician
- Leo Anton Carl de Ball (1853–1916), German astronomer
- Liam Ball (1951-1984), Irish swimmer
- LiAngelo Ball (* 1998), American basketball player
- Lloy Ball (born 1972), American volleyball player
- Lonzo Ball (born 1997), American basketball player
- Lucille Ball (1911–1989), American actress
M.
- Marcia Ball (born 1949), American blues singer
- Margaret Ball (c.1515–1584), Irish martyr
- Mary Ball (1812-1892), Irish entomologist
- Michael Ball (Bishop) (* 1932), British clergyman, Bishop of Truro
- Michael Ball (singer) (born 1962), British singer and actor
- Michael Ball (soccer player) (* 1979), English soccer player
- Montee Ball (born 1990), American football player
N
- Natalie Ball (* 1979), German swimmer
- Nicholas Ball († 1609), Irish politician, Mayor of Dublin
- Nova Ball (born 1958), American actress
P
- Patrick Ball (* 1965), American statistician and human rights activist
- Peter Ball (medic) (around 1638–1675), English medic
- Peter Ball (Bishop) (1932-2019), British clergyman, Bishop of Gloucester and sex offender
- Peter Eugene Ball (* 1943), British sculptor
- Peter William Ball (* 1932), Canadian botanist
- Philip Ball (* 1962), British chemist and physicist
R.
- Rafael Ball (* 1964), German librarian
- Reginald Maurice Ball , known as Reg Presley (1941-2013), British singer and songwriter
- Richard Ball (* 1944), American racing cyclist
- Robert Ball (politician) († 1635), Irish politician, Mayor of Dublin
- Robert Ball (naturalist) (1802-1857) Irish naturalist
- Robert Ball (1925–1954), American racing car driver, see Bobby Ball
- Robert Ball (Judoka) (* 1964), Australian judoka
- Robert James Ball (1857–1928), Canadian politician
- Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913), Irish astronomer, mathematician and author
- Ronnie Ball (1927–1984), British jazz pianist
- Rudi Ball (1910–1975), German ice hockey player
- Ruth Ball (1879–1960), American sculptor
S.
- Sabine Ball (1925–2009), German evangelist and patron
- Sascha Ball (* 1977), German fistball player
- Sherry Ball (* 1974), Canadian figure skater
- Suzan Ball (1934–1955), American actress
- Syd Ball (born 1950), Australian tennis player
T
- Taylor Ball (born 1987), American actor
- Thomas Ball (sculptor) (1819–1911), American sculptor
- Thomas Henry Ball (1859–1944), American politician
- Thomas R. Ball (1896–1943), American politician
- Timothy Ball (* 1938), Canadian geographer
V
- Valentine Ball (1843-1895) Irish geologist and zoologist
W.
- WW Rouse Ball ( Walter William Rouse Ball ; 1850-1925), British mathematician and mathematician
- Walter Ball († 1598), Irish politician, Mayor of Dublin
- Webster Clay Ball (1847–1922), American watchmaker and entrepreneur
- Wes Ball (* 1980), American film director
- William Ball (astronomer) (1627–1690), English astronomer
- William Ball (politician) (1830–1902), American politician
- William Ball (soccer player) (1876–1929), English soccer player
- William Ball (skier) (1908–1978), Canadian Alpine and Nordic skier
- William Ball (director) (1931–1991), American theater director
- William L. Ball ( William Lockhart Ball ; born 1948), American businessman and politician
- William Lee Ball (1781–1824), American politician
- Wolfgang Ball (* 1948), German lawyer