The following is a list of notable people from or related to Ballia district, India

Activism, social work, and philanthropy

• Ibrahim Balyawi, Indian Islamic scholar
• Bhrigu – Brahmin saint from Ballia district
• Chittu Pandey – activist of 1942 Quit India Movement
• Mangal Pandey – prominent soldier in the 1857 revolution of India
• Jagadish Shukla - Meteorology Scientist in USA
• Raja Mohar Singh – Raja of Maurha from 1894 until 1923
• Rabindra Nath Upadhyay – Social worker and Padma Shri recipient

Art and literature

• Amarkant – Writer of Hindi literature
• Bulaki Das - Saint and Bhojpuri poet
• Hazari Prasad Dwivedi – Novelist and Literary Historian
• Suryakumar Pandey – Poet and Writer
• Doodhnath Singh – Hindi language writer, Critic and Poet
• Kedarnath Singh – Poet, Critic, and Essayist
• Baldev Upadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar, Literary Historian and Essayist
• Kedar Nath Pandey - Writer and Member of Bihar Legislative Council

Film, television and entertainment

• Siddhant Chaturvedi - Bollywood film actor

Politics and government

• Bharat Singh - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha, Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency), ex MLA & MINISTER IN UP GOVERNMENT
• Ram Govind Chaudhary - politician of the Samajwadi Party, ex-Leader of Opposition.
• Murli Manohar – politician from Uttar Pradesh state, member of parliament in 1962 for the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency from the Indian National Congress
• Virendra Singh Mast - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, 17th Lok Sabha, Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Gulam Rasool Balyawi - Former Member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar and Member of the Former Bihar Legislative Council^[1]
• Janeshwar Mishra – Ex MP Rajyasabha, Ex Rail Minister
• Jayaprakash Narayan – Independence activist and political leader
• Bacha Pathak - Indian National Congress - Member of Legislative Assembly. ( Constituency - Bansdih, Ballia), Two time Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government.
• Chandra Shekhar – 8th Prime Minister of India
• Neeraj Shekhar - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
• Daya Shankar Singh - Minister of Transport, Government of Uttar Pradesh in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry
• Harivansh Narayan Singh – Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (2018)
• Manager Singh - political leader elected five times as the MLA from Doaba constituency.
• Umashankar Singh - BSP Rasara constituency
• Upendra Tiwari - BJP Phephana constituency