Bala (name)
Bala is a given name and surname. People with that name include:
Nickname
- A. Balasubramaniam, Indian sculptor, painter, printmaker, and installation artist
Given name
- Bala Achi, Niɡerian historian, writer, and academician
- Bala Ade Dauke, Nigerian leader
- Bala Ali, footballer
- Bala Bachchan, Indian politician
- Bala Bhegade, Indian politician
- Bala Bredin, British Army officer
- Bala Dahir, Nigerian footballer
- Bala Deshpande, Indian venture capitalist
- Bala Devi Chandrashekar, Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher
- Bala Ganapathi William, Malaysian actor and director known professionally as BGW
- Bala Garba, Nigerian footballer and coach
- Bala Garba Jahumpa, Gambian politician and diplomat
- Bala Hijam, Indian actress
- Bala Jones, Wales rugby player
- Bala Kumar, South Indian film actor
- Bala Mohammed, Nigerian senator
- Bala Murali, Indian cricket umpire
- Bala S. Manian, Indian-born Silicon Valley entrepreneur
- Bala Sawant, Indian politician from Maharashtra
- Bala Tampoe, Sri Lankan lawyer and a trade unionist
- Balavarman, ruler of Kamarupa
- Rabia Bala Hatun, Anatolian princess and consort of Ottoman Sultan Osman I
Surname
- Abdullahi Bala, Nigerian academic, author, and professor of soil science
- Ajayan Bala, Indian writer, film director, and screenplay writer
- Aliko Bala, Nigerian Footballer
- Anju Bala, Indian politician
- Bala Anandan, an Indian politician
- Bhai Bala, Saint of the Sikh Religion
- Carlos Balá, Argentine actor and comedian
- Chris Bala, American Ice-Hockey Player
- Danillo Bala, Brazilian Footballer
- Fábio Bala, Brazilian Footballer
- Iwan Bala, Welsh Artist
- Krystian Bala, Polish writer, photographer and convicted murderer
- Kujtim Bala, Kosovar Football Player, playing for Halmstads BK
- Manju Bala, Indian Track and Field Athlete
- Parveen Bala, Fijian Politician
- Roland Bala, Papua New Guinean footballer