Cannonball (nickname)
Cannonball is the nickname of:
- Cannonball Adderley (1928–1975), jazz alto saxophonist
- Erwin Baker, (1882–1960), motorcycle and automobile racing driver and organizer
- Harry Frederick Baker (1904–1986), Australian speedway motorcycle rider and aviator
- Caroline Buchanan (born 1990), Australian cyclist
- Jim Butler (American football) (born 1943), National Football League running back
- Paul Carter (darts player) (born 1974), English darts player nicknamed "the Cannonball"
- Clyde Crabtree (1905–1994), American football player nicknamed "Cannonball Crabtree"
- Ed Crane (baseball) (1862–1896), Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder
- Norman Curtis (1924–2009), English footballer
- Charlie Fleming (1927–1997), Scottish footballer nicknamed "Cannonball Charlie"
- Bill Jackman (1897–1972), pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues
- Lawson Little (1910–1968), American golfer
- Ed Morris (1880s pitcher) (1862–1937), 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 "Cannonball" Richards (1887–1969), vaudeville performer whose act involved being shot in the gut with a cannonball
- Cannonball Titcomb (1866–1950), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Gus Weyhing (1866–1955), American baseball pitcher
- Cannonball Jack May (1936- ), 1975 winner of Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Cannonball
- All pages with titles containing Cannonball
- Jackie Chan (born 1954), Hong Kong actor and martial artist nicknamed Pao-pao ("Cannonball")
- Dave Hickson (1929-2013), English footballer nicknamed "Cannonball Kid"
- John Maulbetsch (1890-1950), American college football player nicknamed "the Michigan Cannon Ball"
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