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727:(1924–1982), English professional footballer and football club manager
721:(1945–2007), English professional footballer and football club manager
547:(before 1760 – after 1795), African-American minister from Nova Scotia
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763:(born 1944), American volleyball coach; father of Lloy Ball (below)
708:(or Balle), British astronomer; founder Fellow of the Royal Society
594:(1892–1916), chemist; invented the Ball Method for treating leprosy
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373:–1809), English admiral of the Royal Navy and Governor of Malta
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160:(1911–1992), American multidisciplinary artist and teacher
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456:(1861–1932), American physician and national politician
793:(born 1963), American football coach and former player
298:(1888–1981), American businessman and political figure
865:(born 1972), American footballer for Rochester Rhinos
272:(born 1970), English radio and television personality
859:(1925–1998), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers
841:(1900–1989), English footballer for Bury and England
332:(born 1938), English children's television presenter
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338:(born 1981), American political pundit, co-host of
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1157:(born 1950), British Police and Crime Commissioner
972:(born 1984), American professional football player
936:(born 1990), American professional football player
492:(1896–1943), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
422:(1832–1908), American state politician and farmer
385:(born 1948), United States Secretary of the Navy
182:Lauren Ball (born 1980), American Visual Artist
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1145:(1914–2008), American Social Security official
672:(1812–1892), Irish naturalist and entomologist
194:(born 1949), American blues singer and pianist
111:(born 1983), Canadian voice actor and musician
600:(1833–1893), English-born French psychiatrist
516:(1901–1986), Australian academic and diplomat
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960:(1864–1932), owner of the St. Louis Terriers
930:(born 1979), English professional footballer
438:(1756–1838), American soldier and politician
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678:(born 1932), English-born Canadian botanist
529:(1926–2017), Episcopal bishop of Albany, NY
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1035:–1856), British writer and newspaper owner
739:(born 1943), American Olympic weightlifter
553:(1665–1745), English Presbyterian minister
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636:(born 1963), American cognitive scientist
486:(1859–1944), American national politician
462:(1835–1887), American government official
404:(1811–1872), American national politician
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853:(1923–1999), English football goalkeeper
769:(born 1986), English field hockey player
188:(1911–1989), American comedian and actor
166:(born 1990), American Christian musician
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416:(born 1977), American state politician
410:(1885–1966), American state politician
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1151:(born 1943), Canadian naval architect
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871:(born 1998), American football player
847:(1907–1976), English football forward
823:(born 1966), American football player
811:(born 1984), American football player
799:(born 1981), American football player
787:(born 1951), American Olympic swimmer
781:(born 1987), Australian tennis player
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129:(born 1953), American country singer
1230:The Story of Surnames and Genealogy
1121:or "The Golden Ball", British dandy
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1065:(1886–1927), German author and poet
978:(born 1956), Australian lawn bowler
954:(1925–2008), college football coach
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775:(1925–1954), American racing driver
154:(1913–1978), American folk musician
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654:(born 1960), English mathematician
630:(born 1948), British mathematician
624:(1926–2019), American entomologist
612:(1870–1943), American entomologist
212:(born 1993), English ballet dancer
172:(1930–2013), English jazz musician
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857:John Ball (footballer, born 1925)
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510:(1781–1824), Virginia congressman
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749:Alf Ball (footballer, born 1873)
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666:(born 1948), American astronomer
480:(1857–1928), Canadian politician
121:David Ball (electronic musician)
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805:(born 1989), English footballer
751:(1873–1940), English footballer
745:(1890–1952), English footballer
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77:List of people with the surname
1089:(1911–1988), American novelist
1083:(1794–1884), American explorer
1047:(born 1949), American novelist
984:(born 1964), Australian judoka
642:(1872–1941), English geologist
618:(1909–1997), American botanist
248:(1819–1911), American sculptor
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264:William Ball (stage director)
242:(1944–2020), English comedian
117:(1936–2022), British composer
109:Ashleigh Ball (voice actress)
1375:Roach, Cheryl Capps (2010).
1360:The New England Ball Project
1201:Robert Ball (disambiguation)
942:(1881–1957), baseball player
829:(born 1969), baseball player
767:Ashleigh Ball (field hockey)
474:(died 1865), Irish barrister
472:Nicholas Ball (Irish lawyer)
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260:(1853–1917), British painter
206:(born 1951), Welsh professor
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236:(1918–2008), British artist
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966:(born 1991), English boxer
877:(born 1964), soccer player
815:David Ball (sport shooter)
809:David Ball (wide receiver)
773:Bobby Ball (racing driver)
622:George Ball (entomologist)
230:(born 1946), English actor
200:(born 1964), English actor
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1283:Heck, Earl L. W. (1928).
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1242:– via Google Books.
1225:"Chapter IV: Patronymics"
1161:William Ball (suffragist)
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1012:William Ball (footballer)
928:Michael Ball (footballer)
797:Dave Ball (defensive end)
706:William Ball (astronomer)
598:Benjamin Ball (physician)
402:Edward Ball (congressman)
296:Edward Ball (businessman)
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996:(born 1944), NFL lineman
737:Alan Ball (weightlifter)
682:Robert Ball (naturalist)
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466:Nicholas Ball (Alderman)
252:Walter Ball (cartoonist)
97:Alan Ball (screenwriter)
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817:, British sport shooter
803:David Ball (footballer)
436:John Ball (assemblyman)
1357:Ball, David G. (ed.).
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1026:Baroness de Calabrella
658:Leo Anton Karl de Ball
646:John Ball (naturalist)
496:Walter Ball (Alderman)
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640:John Ball (geologist)
573:Michael Ball (bishop)
545:John Ball (clergyman)
514:William Macmahon Ball
408:Frank Livingston Ball
228:Nicholas Ball (actor)
224:, industrial designer
222:Roger Ball (designer)
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1087:John Ball (novelist)
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551:John Ball (minister)
246:Thomas Ball (artist)
234:Robert Ball (artist)
164:John Ball (musician)
1081:John Ball (pioneer)
1075:John Ball (Puritan)
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1053:(born 1951), writer
1041:(1908–1947), author
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688:Robert Stawell Ball
579:Peter Ball (bishop)
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527:David Ball (bishop)
383:William L. Ball III
377:Henry Lidgbird Ball
290:Decimus Alfred Ball
1131:Martha Violet Ball
1093:Phil Ball (writer)
863:John Ball (soccer)
833:John Ball (golfer)
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557:John Ball (priest)
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791:Chris Ball
785:Catie Ball
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326:competitor
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240:Bobby Ball
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988:Rudi Ball
940:Neal Ball
916:Luke Ball
910:Lloy Ball
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994:Sam Ball
521:Religion
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1409:surname
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