Johnny Ball

Johnny Ball
Ball for Eureka! museum in 2019
Born
Graham Thalben Ball

(1938-05-23) 23 May 1938 (age 86)
Bristol, England
OccupationPresenter
Years active1967–present
Spouses
Julia Anderson
(m. 1969⁠–⁠1972)
Diane Ball
(m. 1976)
Children4, including Zoe[1]

Johnny Ball (born Graham Thalben Ball;[2] 23 May 1938) is an English television personality and a populariser of mathematics. He is also the father of BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoe Ball.

  1. ^ "Zoe Ball on Radio 4 Desert Island Discs". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Ball, Graham Thalben, (Johnny), (Born 23 May 1938), writer, lecturer and television presenter; mathematical enthuser, since 1978". Who's Who. 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U292278. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.