Cannonball (nickname)

Cannonball is the nickname of:


 * Cannonball Adderley (1928–1975), American jazz alto saxophonist
 * Erwin Baker (1882–1960), American motorcycle and automobile racing driver and organizer
 * Harry Frederick Baker (1904–1986), Australian speedway motorcycle rider and aviator
 * Jim Butler (American football) (1943–2014), American National Football League running back
 * Paul Carter (darts player) (born 1974), English darts player
 * Clyde Crabtree (1905–1994), American football player
 * Ed Crane (baseball) (1862–1896), American Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder
 * Norman Curtis (1924–2009), English footballer
 * Charlie Fleming (1927–1997), Scottish footballer
 * Bill Jackman (1897–1972), American pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues
 * Lawson Little (1910–1968), American golfer
 * Cannon Ball Miller (fl. 1900–1906), baseball pitcher in the pre-Negro leagues
 * Ed Morris (1880s pitcher) (1862–1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Didier Pitre (1883–1934), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Dick Redding (1890–1948), American pitcher, outfielder and manager in the Negro leagues
 * Frank Richards (performer) (1887–1969), American vaudeville performer whose act involved being shot in the gut with a cannonball
 * Ledell Titcomb (1866–1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Gus Weyhing (1866–1955), American Major League Baseball pitcher