Bala is a given name and surname. People with that name include:

Nickname

* A. Balasubramaniam (born 1971), Indian sculptor, painter, printmaker, and installation artist *

Bala (director) Balasubramanian known as Bala is an Tamil film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Bala has been praised for "revolutionizing Tamil cinema" through his realistic, dark and disturbing depiction of the working class on c ...

, South Indian film director

Given name

Bala Achi Bala Achi (2 December 1956 – 5 April 2005) was a renowned Niɡerian historian, writer and academician. Early life and education Bala Achi was born into the family of Achi Kanan and Zuciya Achi on 2 December 1956. He was the third child of th ...

(1956–2005), Niɡerian historian, writer, and academician *

Bala Ade Dauke Bala Ade Dauke Gora (January 4, 1931 - January 1, 2005) was the first indigenous District Head in Southern Zaria and first monarch of the Atyap Chiefdom, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Middle Belt (central) Nigeria. He ...

(died 2005), Nigerian leader * Bala Ali (1968–?), footballer *

Bala Bachchan Bala Bachchan is a member of INC and member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was the Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the Kamal Nath ministry. Positions held *Home Minister, Jail Minister, Skill Development, Technical Ed ...

(born 1966), Indian politician * Bala Bhegade (born 1976), Indian politician *

Bala Bredin Major-General Humphrey Edgar Nicholson Bredin, (28 March 1916 – 2 March 2005), known as Bala Bredin, was a British Army officer whose military service took him from 1930s Palestine via Dunkirk, North Africa and Italy to the Cold War in German ...

(1916–2005), British Army officer *

Bala Dahir Bala Alhassan Dahir (born 5 March 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who last played as a midfielder for ARA FC Ahmedabad Racquet Academy Football Club (commonly known as ARA FC Gujarat) is an Indian professional football club based in Ahmeda ...

(born 1995), Nigerian footballer * Bala Deshpande, Indian venture capitalist *

Bala Devi Chandrashekar Bala Devi Chandrashekar is a Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher based in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. She was trained under Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam. Bala Devi Chandrashekar is a Professor of practice in Asian performing arts. Her approa ...

, Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher * Bala Ganapathi William (born 1990), Malaysian actor and director known professionally as BGW *

Bala Garba Bala Ahmed Garba (born 9 August 1974 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer and coach. He played for FK Haugesund from 1997 to 2002, scoring 61 goals, which is a club record. In the 2005 season he played for Start, winning silver medal in the Tippeli ...

(born 1974), Nigerian footballer and coach *

Bala Garba Jahumpa Bala Garba Jahumpa (born 20 July 1958 in BanjulCV
(as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) on Gambian government website.

(born 1958), Gambian politician and diplomat *

Bala Hijam Bala Hijam is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Manipuri films. Besides this, she has also acted in one Malayalam thriller road film, titled '' Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi''. She is recognized as one of the most succe ...

(born 1992), Indian actress *

Bala Jones John "Bala" Jones was a Wales international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Aberavon and Devonport Albion RFC and county rugby for Glamorgan and Devon. He won just a single international cap, in 1901. Rugby career There is li ...

( fl. 1901), Wales rugby player * Bala Kumar, South Indian film actor * Bala Mohammed (born 1958), Nigerian senator *

Bala Murali Krishna Swamy Bala Murali (born 31 May 1969) is a former Indian cricket umpire. He stood in three ODI games between 1994 and 1997. See also * List of One Day International cricket umpires This is a list of cricket umpires who have officiated ...

(born 1969), Indian cricket umpire * Bala S. Manian (born 1944), Indian-born Silicon Valley entrepreneur *

Bala Sawant Prakash Sawant (1950-2015), better known as Bala Sawant, was an Indian politician and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly & a senior Shiv Sena leader . He was first elected to the Assembly in the 2009 election to the Bandra East ...

(died 2015), Indian politician from Maharashtra *

Bala Tampoe Bala Tampoe (23 May 1922 – 1 September 2014) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and a trade unionist. He was the General Secretary of the Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers Union (CMU) in Sri Lanka. Early life and education Born on 23 May 1 ...

(1922–2014), Sri Lankan lawyer and a trade unionist * Balavarman (r. 398–422), ruler of Kamarupa

Surname

Abdullahi Bala Abdullahi Bala (born March 27, 1967) is a Nigerian academic, author and professor of soil science. He is the current and seventh substantive vice-chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Minna, a post he assumed in December 2017. Early lif ...

(born 1967), Nigerian academic, author, and professor of soil science *

Ajayan Bala Ajayan Bala is an Indian writer, film director and screenplay writer from Thirukalukundram, Tamilnadu. His book ''Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894-1929'' was awarded as best book in the fine arts section by Tamil Nadu Government ...

, Indian writer, film director, and screenplay writer *

Aliko Bala Aliko Bala (born 27 February 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger. Club career FK AS Trenčín He came to AS Trenčín in summer 2015 together with his compatriot John Chia. He made his professional debut for AS agai ...

(born 1997), Nigerian Footballer *

Anju Bala Anju Bala (born 6 September 1979) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for the Misrikh constituency since the 2014 Indian general election. Bala entered active politics in 2010 and was elected the '' Block Pramukh'' ( ...

(born 1979), Indian politician *

Bala Anandan Bala Anandan (born 1923 - November 2, 2017) an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from Vandavasi constituency in ...

, an Indian politician *

Bhai Bala Bhai Bala ( pa, ਭਾਈ ਬਾਲਾ 1466–1544), born in Talwandi Rai Bhoi into a Sandhu Jat family (now called Nankana Sahib in Pakistan),McLeod, W.H., Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1968. was a childhood friend and lifelong co ...

(1466–1544), Saint of the Sikh Religion *

Carlos Balá Carlos Salim Balaa (13 August 1925 – 22 September 2022), known as Carlitos Balá, was an Argentine actor who specialized in children's entertainment. His trademarks were his bowl-cut hairstyle and nonsense catchphrases that include "¿Qué gus ...

(1925–2022), Argentine actor and comedian *

Chris Bala Christopher B. Bala (born September 24, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played minor hockey in Pennsylvania before being recruited by Harvard University to play college hockey. After four years with Harvard, Bala, ...

(born 1978), American Ice-Hockey Player * Danillo Bala (born 1993), Brazilian Footballer * Fábio Bala (born 1981), Brazilian Footballer *

Iwan Bala Iwan Bala (born Richard Iwan Ellis Roberts) is a Welsh artist, born May 1956 in Sarnau, Merionethshire, near Bala.

(born 1956), Welsh Artist *

Krystian Bala Krystian Bala (born 1973) is a Polish murderer, self-published writer, and photographer. Murder of Dariusz Janiszewski In 2007, Bala was sentenced to jail for 25 years for planning and committing the murder of Dariusz Janiszewski, a Polish small ...

(born 1973), Polish Writer, Photographer and Convicted Murderer * Kujtim Bala (born 1990), Kosovar Football Player, playing for Halmstads BK * Manju Bala (born 1989), Indian Track and Field Athlete *

Parveen Bala Parveen or Parvin or Perveen or Pervin or Parween is a Persian-origin name meaning Pleiades. People Females *Parvin Ahmadinejad (born 1962), Iranian politician *Parvin Ardalan (born 1967), Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist * ...

, Fijian Politician * Roland Bala (born 1990), Papua New Guiler* * Jotaro Bala (born 1970), StarDust Crusaders*