Bal may refer to: *

Bal (surname) Bal is a surname of Dutch, Indian, Turkish or Polish origin. In Dutch, ''bal'' means "ball" and the name sometimes is metonymic (e.g. indicating a ball player), but primarily appears patronymic after a short form of the name Baldwin.

, a Dutch, Indian, and Turkish surname * Bal, Iran (disambiguation) * Bal, Zira, a village in Punjab, India * ''Bal'' (film), a 2010 Turkish film *

Bäl Bäl is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Bäl District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Bäl is the name of the larger area, ...

, a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland * 8678 Bäl, a main belt asteroid * Bal, Cornish for mine, as in

Bal maiden A bal maiden, from the Cornish language , a mine, and the English "maiden", a young or unmarried woman, was a female manual labourer working in the mining industries of Cornwall and western Devon, at the south-western extremity of Great Britai ...

* A ground-launched version of the Russian

Kh-35 The Zvezda Kh-35 (russian: Х-35 , AS-20 'Kayak') is a Soviet turbojet subsonic cruise anti-ship missile. The missile can be launched from helicopters, surface ships and coastal defence batteries with the help of a rocket booster, in which c ...

anti-ship missile * A slang term for

Balboa (dance) The Balboa is a swing dance that originated in Southern California during the 1920s and enjoyed huge popularity during the 1930s and 1940s. History Balboa came from Southern California during the 1920s. ''Balboa'' is named after the Balboa Peninsu ...

Balboa High School (California) Balboa High School, colloquially known as Bal, is an American public high school located near the Excelsior District in the Mission Terrace neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Balboa serves grades nine through 12 as part of the San Francisc ...

, San Francisco, US

People with the given name

* Bal Bahadur K.C. (born 1953), Nepali politician *

Bal Dani Hemachandra Tukaram "Bal" Dani (24 May 1933, Dudhani, Maharashtra – 19 December 1999, Nashik, Maharashtra) was an Indian Test cricketer. Bal Dani was predominantly a right-handed batsman. He could also bowl medium pace and later turned to of ...

(1933–1999), Indian cricketer *

Bal David Bal Viray David Jr. (born August 23, 1972) is a Filipino coach and retired professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played as point guard for the Barangay Ginebra Kings. He is the current head coach of the ...

(born 1972), Filipino basketball player * Bal Dhuri, Indian theatre actor * Bal Dixit, American businessman *

Bal Gosal Baljit Singh Gosal (Punjabi: ਬਲਜੀਤ ਗੋਸਲ; born May 4, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the electoral district of Bramalea—Gore—Malton from 2011 until 2015. He served ...

(born 1960), Canadian politician *

Bal Kadbet Balkrishna V. Kadbet (4 December 1925 – 26 June 2010) was an Indian cricketer who played 11 first-class matches for Associated Cement Company between 1961 and 1971. After attending Poddar College, where he captained the cricket team, ...

(1925–2010), Indian cricketer *

Bal Kudtarkar Bal Kudtarkar (21 August 1921 – 7 February 2020) was a radio personality from All India Radio, Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and th ...

, Indian radio personality *

Bal Narsingh Kunwar Bal Narsingh Kunwar or Balanarsingh Kanwar ( ne, बालनरसिंह कुँवर; 2 February 1783 - 24 December 1841) posthumously referred as Bal Narsingh Kunwar Rana was a Kaji, military officer and governor in the Kingdom of Ne ...

(1783–1841), Nepalese Kaji and governor *

Bal Gopal Maharjan Bal Gopal Maharjan ( ne, बाल गोपाल महर्जन) is a retired Nepali football player who most recently was coaching the Nepal men's national team. He was in the squad which won the historic 1993 SAG gold. After his retirem ...

, Nepali football coach *

Bal Chandra Misra Bal Chandra Misra (born 17 July 1942) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Life He was elected four times as MLA from Govind Nagar assembly seat of Kanpur which is the largest assembly seat i ...

, Indian politician *

Bal Ram Nanda Bal Ram Nanda (1917 – 30 May 2010) was a writer from New Delhi, India. He was the preeminent Indian biographer of Mahatma Gandhi. Career After studying student of History at Lahore University, B.R. Nanda joined the Indian Railways Servi ...

(1917–2010), Indian writer *

Bal Raj Nijhawan Bal Raj Nijhawan, (1915 – 2014) was an Indian metallurgist, author and the first Director of Indian origin of the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He was a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bha ...

(1915–2014), Indian metallurgist * Bal Pandit (1929–2015), Indian cricketer, writer and broadcaster *

Bal Kumar Patel Bal Kumar Patel (born 1 January 1964) is an Indian politician and has served as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mirzapur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Samajwadi Party (SP) political party b ...

(born 1964), India politician *

Bal Phondke Bal Phondke (born 22 April 1939) is the pen name of Dr Gajanan Phondke, a leading Marathi writer of science literature (fiction and non-fiction). He is credited in part to have started the science fiction genre of writing in Marathi literature. A ...

(born 1939), Indian writer *

Bal Bahadur Rai Bal Bahadur Rai (बल बहादुर राई) (1921-2010) was the leader of the Nepali Congress political party and a former cabinet minister of Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democ ...

(1921–2010), Nepali politician *

Bal Gopal Shrestha Bal Gopal Shrestha is a cultural anthropologist based in the Netherlands. He was born in Sankhu, a small town near Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and finished his MA (political science) from Tribhuvan University. Later Shrestha completed a PhD ...

, Nepali cultural anthropologist *

Bal Krishna Singh Bal Krishna Singh (18 April 1916 – 1977) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh in 1962 as a member of the Indian National Congress The Indian Na ...

(born 1916), Indian politician *

Bal Thackeray Bal Thackeray (; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro- Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra ...

(1926-2012), Indian politician * Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920), Indian nationalist, social reformer and freedom fighter

People with the given name

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