John Ball may refer to:
- John Ball (priest) (c. 1338–1381), English Lollard priest of the Peasants' Revolt
- John Ball (16th century MP) for Norwich
- John Ball (Puritan) (1585–1640), English author and scholar
- John Ball (clergyman) (fl.1785), American minister from Nova Scotia
- John Ball (minister) (1665–1745), English Presbyterian minister
- John Ball (pioneer) (1794–1884), American explorer
- John Thomas Ball (1815–1898), Irish barrister and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Dublin University 1868–1875
- John Ball (naturalist) (1818–1889), Irish naturalist and politician, MP for County Carlow 1857–1880
- John Ball (golfer) (1861–1940), English amateur golfer; winner of The Open Championship
- John Ball (author) (1911–1988), American novelist
- John Ball (footballer born 1900) (1900–1989), English footballer for Bury and England
- John Ball (footballer born 1925), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers
- Johnny Ball (born 1938), English children's television presenter
- John M. Ball (born 1948), English mathematician
- John Ball (soccer) (born 1972), American footballer for the Rochester Rhinos
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or ball:
“The very fact that there are experts may be intimidating; we hate to think that there must be one best way to handle any situation as parents and that we don’t know what it is. So as we get more and more advice we seem less and less sure of what we ought to do for our children.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“I don’t like comparisons with football. Baseball is an entirely different game. You can watch a tight, well-played football game, but it isn’t exciting if half the stadium is empty. The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.”
—Bowie Kuhn (b. 1926)