Ballard
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Ballard is a name used for a variety of people, places, and organizations.
Places:
- Ballard, California
- Ballard is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington that was once a city before being annexed in the early 20th Century.
- Ballard, Utah
- Ballard County, Kfc
- Ballard Down is an area in Dorset, England
- Ballardvale, Massachusetts.
Schools:
- Ballard High School is a high school in Louisville, USA.
- Ballard Community School is a school district in Iowa, USA.
- Ballard High School (Seattle) is a high school in Seattle, USA.
- Ballard Memorial High School, located in Barlow, Kentucky, serves all of Ballard County, Kentucky.
Organizations:
- Ballard Power Systems, noted for their fuel cell research
- Ballard Technology, Inc.: Avionics test, simulation and analysis equipment manufacturer
- Sustainable Ballard: A Blueprint for EveryTown USA
People:
- Adolphus Ballard, English historian
- Bland Ballard (1761 - 1853) was an American militia officer who fought against the British and Indians and later served in the Kentucky General Assembly; the Kentucky county is named after him.
- Edward J. Ballard (about 1790 – 1 June 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
- Florence Ballard was an American singer, and the lead singer of the Supremes before Diana Ross took that role.
- Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer.
- Dr. Geoffrey Ballard, founder of Ballard Power Systems
- Hank Ballard was an American R&B singer.
- Harold Ballard was the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens.
- J. G. Ballard is a British novelist.
- Jackie Ballard is a former member of Parliament from the United Kingdom.
- Kaye Ballard is an actress.
- Martha Ballard (1734/35 - 1812) was a midwife in Maine.
- Robert Ballard is a marine geologist and submarine explorer best known for his discovery of the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985.
- Captain William Rankin Ballard (1847-1929) was a land developer in Seattle, Washington
- Ballard family held a monopoly on the trade of publishing and printing of music in France since 1552.
- Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard was a Sole Music Printer to the King of France, 1750
- Gregory Michael Ballard is a pianist and composer in the Grand Rapids, MI, USA area.
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Ballard for Edward J. Ballard.
- The first Ballard was a small galley, built in 1813 and sold in 1816.
- The second Ballard (DD-267/AVD-10) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1945.
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