Arts, music, and writing •
Agnes Ballard (1877–1969), American architect and educator •
Alimi Ballard (born 1977), American actor •
Clint Ballard Jr. (1931–2008), American songwriter •
Edward George Ballard (1791–1860) English miscellaneous writer •
Florence Ballard (1943–1976), American pop singer •
Frank Ballard (1929–2010), American puppeteer •
Frankie Ballard (born 1982), American country music singer •
George Ballard (c. 1706 – 1755), English antiquary and biographer •
Glen Ballard (born 1953), American songwriter and record producer •
Hank Ballard (1936–2003), American singer/songwriter •
J. G. Ballard (1930–2009), British writer •
Kaye Ballard (1925–2019), American actress, singer, and comedian •
Lucien Ballard (1908–1988), American cinematographer •
Mary Canfield Ballard (1852–1927), American poet •
Mia Ballard, American author •
Robert Ballard II (c. 1575–1645), French Baroque lutenist and composer •
Russ Ballard (born 1945), English singer/songwriter and musician •
Simone Ballard (1897–1978), French opera singer •
Tom Ballard (comedian) (born 1989), Australian comedian and radio presenter
Military and politics •
Barbara Ballard (born 1944), American politician •
Bethany Ballard, American politician •
Bland Ballard (1761–1853), American soldier and politician •
Charles Ballard (politician) (1836–1891), U.S. politician in Connecticut •
Clinton B. Ballard (1860–1946), American politician •
Colin Robert Ballard, (1868–1941), Brigadier-General in the British Army and military author •
Donald E. Ballard (born 1945), American soldier •
Don Ballard (1927–2019), American politician and lawyer •
Edward J. Ballard (c. 1790–1813), American naval officer •
George Alexander Ballard (1862–1948), British naval officer •
Greg Ballard (born 1954), American politician •
Jackie Ballard (born 1953), British politician and journalist •
John Archibald Ballard (1829–1880), British Lieutenant General •
John S. Ballard (1922–2012), American politician •
Samuel James Ballard (1765–1829), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy •
Thomas Ballard (1630–1690), Virginia colonial politician •
Volant Vashon Ballard (c. 1774–1832), Rear-Admiral of the Royal Navy, Companion of the Bath
Science and medicine •
Claudius Ballard (1890–1967), American physician •
Dana H. Ballard (1946–2022), American computer scientist and vision researcher •
Edward Ballard (1820–1897), English physician •
Geoffrey Ballard (1932–2008), Canadian geophysicist and entrepreneur •
Guy Ballard (1878–1939), American mining engineer and Theosophist •
Martha Ballard (c. 1734–1812), American midwife and diarist •
Megan Ballard, American acoustical engineer and oceanographer •
Robert Ballard (born 1942), American marine geologist and submarine explorer •
Sarah Ballard (1983 or 1984–), astronomer
Sports •
Charkey Ramon (born Dave Bruce Ballard in 1950), Australian boxer of the 1970s, and referee of the 1970s and '80s •
Charles Ballard (active 1922–27), New Zealand footballer •
Chris Ballard, American sports journalist •
Del Ballard Jr. (born 1963), American professional bowler •
Greg Ballard (basketball) (1955–2016), American basketball player •
Jake Ballard (born 1987), American National Football League player •
Jeff Ballard (born 1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher •
Keith Ballard (born 1982), American ice hockey player •
Tom Ballard (born 1988), British mountaineer •
Daniel Ballard (born 1999) British professional footballer, Sunderland and Blackpool
Other •
Adolphus Ballard (1867–1915), English historian •
Antony J. Ballard, English celebrity chef •
Edward Goodwin Ballard (1910 - 1989), American philosopher •
Harold Ballard (1903–90), Canadian businessman •
John Ballard (died 1586), English Jesuit priest and conspirator against Elizabeth I •
M. Russell Ballard (1928–2023), American businessman and Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints •
Melvin J. Ballard (1873–1939), American Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints •
William Rankin Ballard (1847–1929), American banker and land developer ==See also==