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Johnny Ball

English television personality
Person human Q6266287

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
May 23, 1938
Place of birth
Bristol
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
television presenter, science communicator, writer, mathematician, television maker, presenter[10]
Field of work
mathematics, popular science, literary activity, popular science literature, children's television program[11][12][13][14][15]
Educated at
Bolton School[16]
Child
Zoë Ball[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Family name
Ball[20]
Given name
Johnny[21]
Number of children
+2[23]
P14750
32E4-4469-333D-A743-65B0[29]
Residence
Bristol, Bolton[18][19]
Social media followers
10k (10k–11k, n=4)[25][26][27][28]
Writing language
English[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Graham Ball en Johnny Ball ar جوني بال cs Graham Thalben Ball el Τζόνι Μπολ ru Джонни Болл zh 約翰尼鮑爾
🔖 Identifiers · 43
ISNI
0000000004770548
VIAF cluster ID
19974890
Library of Congress authority ID
nr2005028818
GND ID
1100938001
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Johnny Ball for Eureka! museum.jpg ↗
BAnQ authority ID
0000678262
BBC Things ID
ff60a6eb-3dd2-4848-880a-d9c9fe5250c4
BIBSYS ID
9015365
Babelio author ID
71915
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15098517r
CBDB.cz author ID
6839
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12069601
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CiNii Research ID
1140563741554328704
DDB person (GND) ID
1100938001
Databazeknih.cz author ID
15556
Discogs artist ID
841553
ELNET ID
a12253984
Fandom article ID
strictly-come-dancing-fan:Johnny_Ball
Freebase ID
/m/01_mkg
IMDb ID
nm0050400
INAPP author ID
24186
IdRef ID
12209994X
Keratsini-Drapetsona libraries' catalogue authority ID
77169
Kinobox person ID
1208636
MusicBrainz artist ID
08d1e766-4816-4bfc-a791-61bb7183ca77
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA19082973
NDL Authority ID
01062490
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2006355906
NUKAT ID
n2012146296
National Library of Brazil ID
000477216
National Library of Latvia ID
000080928
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:Bmqt;=Ce
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810643849205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072831227
Notable Names Database ID
756/000029669
Plex person key
5d77687cdecfcd001f2ea55a
RERO ID (legacy)
A012654453
SVKKL authority ID
0239174-Ball-Johnny-1938
Wellcome Collection concept ID
yxrdd2qr
Who's Who UK ID
U292278
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwHkDXdMgr4CDhh79jcT3
X (Twitter) username
JohnnyBallco
Yale LUX ID
person/ecc03984-1baf-40fa-a81d-9738aa6461b3

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Summary

Johnny Ball was born on May 23, 1938[1], in Bristol[2]. He has worked as a television presenter[3], science communicator[4], writer[5], mathematician[6], and television maker[7].

FAQs

Where was Johnny Ball born?

Johnny Ball was born in Bristol[2].

What did Johnny Ball do for work?

Johnny Ball worked as a television presenter[3], science communicator[4], writer[5], mathematician[6], and television maker[7].

Where did Johnny Ball go to school?

Johnny Ball was educated at Bolton School[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discogs artist ID → 841553
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  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 32E4-4469-333D-A743-65B0
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  3. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of children → {'amount': '+2'}
    Child → Zoë Ball
    INAPP author ID → 24186
    Kinobox person ID → 1208636
    + 57 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32119|batch #32119]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (32)"
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