Balla Explained

Balla may refer to:

Places

• Balla (Pieria), an ancient city in Macedonia
• Balla, County Mayo, Ireland
  • Balla railway station
• Balla-Bassène, Senegal
• Balla-Djifalone, Senegal
• Balla-Djiring, Senegal
• Balla (Habiganj) railway station, north-eastern Bangladesh
• Balla village, Karnataka, India
• Balla Union, Tangail District, central Bangladesh

Music

• Balla (musician), Portuguese record producer Armando Teixeira
• Balla et ses Balladins, a dance-music orchestra from Guinea

People

Surname

In arts

• Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), Italian painter
• Trace Balla, Australian children's writer and illustrator
• Vivienne Balla (born 1986), Hungarian fine art and fashion photographer

In politics

• György Balla (born 1962), Hungarian politician
• Mihály Balla (born 1965), Hungarian politician
• Taulant Balla (born 1977), Albanian Socialist Party politician
• Vital Balla, Congolese politician

In sport

• Ajit Singh Balla (born 1931), Indian high jumper
• Ibrahim Balla (born 1990), Albanian-Australian boxer
• József Balla (1955–2003), Hungarian wrestler
• Mario Balla (1903–1964), Italian water polo player
• Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (born 1989), Sudanese-born Qatari middle-distance runner
• Qamil Balla (born 1989), Albanian-Australian boxer
• Thomas Balla (born 1936), American fencer
• Virág Balla (born 1994), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• Yassin Ben Balla (born 1996), French footballer

Others

• Mo Chua of Balla (died 637), founder of Balla, County Mayo
• Valentine de Balla (1899–1957), Hungarian political scientist
• Zoltán von Balla (1883–1945), Hungarian chess player

Given name

• Balla Camara, Guinean economist and politician
• Balla Fasséké, Sundiata Keita's griot
• Balla Jabir (born 1985), Sudanese footballer
• Balla Moussa Keïta (1934–2001), Malian actor and comedian
• Balla Tounkara, musician and singer from Mali

See also

• Balla GAA, a sports club in Balla, County Mayo
• Bala (disambiguation)
• Ballas (disambiguation)