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:
“His pain was too great. He begged me for the simple mercy of death. And I could do nothing else but help him leave a world that had become a sleepless, tortured nightmare to him.”
—Robert D. Andrews, and Nick Grindé. Dr. John Garth (Boris Karloff)
“Don’t tell me what delusion he entertains regarding God, or what mountebank he follows in politics, or what he springs from, or what he submits to from his wife. Simply tell me how he makes his living. It is the safest and surest of all known tests. A man who gets his board and lodging on this ball in an ignominious way is inevitably an ignominious man.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)