List of Famous people with last name Ball
Sydney Ball
Sydney Ball was an Australian abstract painter. He has been called ‘one of Australia’s leading colour abstract painters. He has also been credited with bringing large scale abstract expressionist paintings, or Color Field paintings, to Australia.
Rudi Ball
Rudi Victor Ball was a champion ice hockey player. He is a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame.
Charles Bent Ball
Sir Charles Bent Ball, 1st Baronet, Hon FRCS MD FRCSI was an Irish surgeon and an honorary surgeon to the King in Ireland.
Robert Stawell Ball
Sir Robert Stawell Ball was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory.
Bartholomew Ball
Robert Ball
Robert Ball was an Irish naturalist. He served as the Director of the Dublin University Museum, and developed a method of dredging known as "Ball's dredge." He served as a secretary to the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland for two decades and was responsible for popularizing natural history through public educational outreach.
Angeline Ball
Angeline Ball is an Irish actress and singer who resides in London, England. She is known for her roles as Imelda Quirke in Alan Parker's The Commitments (1991) and as Tina in John Boorman's The General (1998). She has appeared in films and television series both in the UK and in the US. She is also a stage actor.
Valentine Ball
Valentine Ball was an Irish geologist, son of Robert Ball (1802-1857) and a brother of Sir Robert Ball. Ball worked in India for twenty years before returning to take up a position in Ireland.