Ballou may refer to:

Places

United States

* Ballou, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Ballou, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Ballou, Oklahoma, a census-designated place *

Ballou, Wisconsin Ballou is an unincorporated community located in the town of Morse, Ashland County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. ...

, an unincorporated community *

Ballou High School Frank W. Ballou Senior High School is a public school located in Washington, D.C., United States. Ballou is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. The principal is Willie Jackson (a 1987 alumnus). History Ballou High School was founde ...

in Washington, D.C.

Elsewhere

Mount Ballou Mount Ballou () is a pinnacle-type mountain (2,900 m) which forms the south end of Pain Mesa and the north side of the entrance to Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the United States G ...

, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Ballou,

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

People

In arts and media

Writers

Addie L. Ballou Addie Lucia Ballou (April 29, 1838 – August 10, 1916) was an American suffragist, poet, artist, author, and lecturer.Cowan, Robert Ernest. The Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco. Including the Famous Bummer & Lazarus, and Emperor Norto ...

(1837–1916), American suffragist, poet, artist, author and lecturer *

Ella Maria Ballou Ella Maria Ballou (November 15, 1852 – July 29, 1937) was an American writer who worked as a stenographer, reporter, and essayist. She started her career as a teacher, but finding the compensation for women in this vocation too small, she too ...

(1852-1937), American stenographer, reporter, essayist, and educator *

Emily Ballou Emily Ballou is an Australian-American poet, novelist and screenwriter. Her poetry collection ''The Darwin Poems'', a verse portrait of Charles Darwin, was published by University of Western Australia Press in 2009.

, Australian-American poet, novelist and screenwriter *

Hosea Ballou Hosea Ballou D.D. (April 30, 1771 – June 7, 1852) was an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. Originally a Baptist, he converted to Universalism in 1789. He preached in a number of towns in Vermont, New Hampshire, and ...

(1771–1852), American clergyman and theological writer *

Joyce Ballou Gregorian Joyce Ballou Gregorian Hampshire (July 5, 1946 – April 29, 1991) was an American author, expert on Oriental rugs, and horse breeder. Life Joyce Ballou Gregorian was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the third child of Phebe Ballou, of New England ...

(1946–1991), American author * Mary Ballou (1809–1904), American memoirist *

Maturin Murray Ballou Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded '' Gleason's Pictorial'', was the first editor of the ''Boston Daily Globe,'' and wrote numerous travel books and ...

(1820–1895), writer and publisher

Musicians

Dave Ballou Dave Ballou is an American jazz trumpeter and associate professor at Towson University, in Maryland. Early life and education Ballou was born in Peace Dale, Rhode Island. He started playing the trumpet at age 11. Ballou received his bachelor's ...

, American musician * Esther Ballou (1915–1973), American musician and composer *

Kurt Ballou Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974) is an American musician and producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for hardcore punk band Converge and for his prolific recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early and ...

(born 1974), American guitarist with the band Converge

In other arts

Bud Ballou Dudley "Bud" Ballou (December 11, 1942 – April 15, 1977) was an American disc jockey and radio personality active for fifteen years on several commercial radio stations during the 1960s and 1970s. Ballou was born and raised in Liverpool, New York ...

(1942–1977), American radio personality * Michael Ballou, American artist *

Tyson Ballou Tyson Brett Ballou (born November 14, 1976) is an American male model. He has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns and editorials for major fashion brands and publications. Career Born in Garland, Texas, Ballou began modeling at the age o ...

(born 1976), fashion model

In education and academia

* Clinton Ballou (born 1923), American biochemist *

David Ballou David P. Ballou is a professor emeritus of biological chemistry at the University of Michigan Medical School in the United States. He is best known for his development of rapid-reaction techniques, including stopped flow and rapid freeze-quench E ...

, American chemist and professor *

(1852-1937), American stenographer, reporter, essayist, and educator *

Frank Ballou Frank Washington Ballou (February 22, 1879-February 2, 1955) was superintendent of Washington D.C. public schools from 1920 to 1943. Frank W. Ballou High School is named in his honor. He was the first president of the National Association of Direct ...

(1879–1955), American school administrator *

Hosea Ballou II Hosea Ballou II (October 18, 1796May 27, 1861) was an American Universalist minister and the first president of Tufts University from 1853 to 1861. Ballou was named after his uncle and went by the name "Hosea Ballou 2d. " Publishers, friends, e ...

(1796–1861), first president of Tufts University, grand-nephew of clergyman Hosea Ballou

In politics

(1837–1916), American suffragist, poet, artist, author and lecturer *

Adin Ballou Adin Ballou (1803–1890) was an American proponent of Christian nonresistance, Christian anarchism and socialism, abolitionism and the founder of the Hopedale Community. Through his long career as a Universalist and Unitarian minister, he ...

(1803–1890), American pacifist *

Latimer Whipple Ballou Latimer Whipple Ballou (March 1, 1812 – May 9, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Biography Latimer Whipple Ballou was born in Cumberland, Rhode Island on March 1, 1812. He attended the public schools and the local academies ...

(1812–1900), American politician *

Maude Ballou Maude Lerita Williams Ballou (September 13, 1925 – August 26, 2019) was an American civil rights activist. She and her husband were personal friends of Martin Luther King Jr. and she worked as King's secretary between 1955 and 1960. Early li ...

(1925-2009), American Civil Rights activist * Phineas D. Ballou (1823–1877), American businessperson and politician * Sidney M. Ballou (1870–1929), American judge *

Sullivan Ballou Sullivan Ballou (March 28, 1829July 29, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered for an eloquent letter he wrote to his wife Sarah a week bef ...

(1829–1861), American politician

In sport

Adam Ballou Adam Ballou (born May 29, 1992) is an American soccer player and cerebral palsy football player. Ballou has cerebral palsy as a result of an intrauterine stroke, he was diagnosed at six months old. He attended James Madison University, graduating ...

(born 1992), American Paralympic soccer player *

Ballou Tabla Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla (born 31 March 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for TFF First League club Manisa. Early life Tabla was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on 31 March 1999, and he moved as a child to Canad ...

(born 1999), Canadian soccer player *

Mike Ballou Mikell Randolph Ballou (born September 11, 1947) is a former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Boston Patriots in 1970. He attended Los Angeles High School, then Santa Monica College and finally the University of ...

(born 1947), American football player * Win Ballou (1897–1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Others

Adin Ballou Underwood Adin Ballou Underwood (May 19, 1828 – January 24, 1888) was a general in the Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land ...

(1828–1888), American army officer *

(1771–1852), American clergyman and theological writer

Other uses

* The title character of ''

Cat Ballou ''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and late ...

'', a 1965 comedy western film