Balthazar, or variant spellings, may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''Balthazar'' (novel), by Lawrence Durrell, 1958 * ''Balthasar'', an 1889 book by

Anatole France (; born , ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie França ...

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Professor Balthazar ''Professor Balthazar'' ( hr, Profesor Baltazar) is a Croatian animated television series for children about an old inventor that was produced between 1967 and 1978. It was created by animator Zlatko Grgić. The series revolves around benevol ...

'', a Croatian animated TV series, 1967-1978 * ''Balthazar'' (TV series), a 2018 French crime thriller drama * Balthazar (band), a Belgian indie pop and rock group * DJ Balthazar, a Bulgarian group

People

Footballers

Baltasar (footballer) Luís Manuel Alves Rolão Baltazar, known as Baltazar (born 25 November 1966), is a Portuguese football coach and a former player. He is currently the assistant manager of Cameroon national football team. He played 8 seasons and 171 games in th ...

(born 1966), Portuguese footballer * Baltasar Gonçalves (born 1948), or Baltasar, Portuguese footballer *

Baltazar (footballer, born 1926) Oswaldo da Silva (14 January 1926 – 25 March 1997), commonly known as Baltazar, was a Brazilian footballer. Nicknamed ''Cabecinha de Ouro'' (''Golden Head'') by fans, he played as a striker. Club career Baltazar played for União Monte Alegr ...

, Oswaldo da Silva, Brazilian football striker *

Baltazar (footballer, born 1959) Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (born 27 July 1959), known simply as Baltazar, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker. During an 18-year professional career he played, other than in his country, in Spain, Portugal, France ...

, Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Brazilian football striker * Marco Balthazar (born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Batata (footballer) Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira (born 6 May 2000), better known as Batata, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Swiss club FC Sion. Career Batata began playing senior football with Vila Nova Futebol Clu ...

(Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira, born 2000), Brazilian footballer

Other people with the given name

Balthazar (given name) Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar, Balthassar, or Baltazar), from Akkadian 𒂗𒈗𒋀 ''Bel-shar-uzur'', meaning "Bel protects the King" is the name commonly attributed to Balthazar (magus), one of the Three Wise Men, at least in the west. Though ...

, including a list of people with the name * Balthazar (magus), a name commonly attributed to one of Three Wise Men *

Balthasar of Werle Balthasar, Lord of Werle-Güstrow (c. 1375 – 5 April 1421) was Lord of Werle-Güstrow from 1393 or 1394 to 1421 and Prince of Wenden from 1418. He was the eldest son of Lorenz of Werle and Matilda of Werle-Goldberg (d. before 17 December ...

( 1375–1421), Lord of Werle-Güstrow *

Balthasar, Duke of Mecklenburg Balthasar of Mecklenburg (1451 – 16 March 1507) was a Duke of Mecklenburg and Coadjutor of the Diocese of Hildesheim between 1471 and 1474 and the Diocese of Schwerin between 1474 and 1479. Balthasar was the youngest son of Henry IV ...

(1451–1507) *

Balthasar of Żagań Balthasar, Duke of Żagań ( pl, Baltazar żagański; – Przewóz, 15 July 1472), was a Duke of Żagań- Przewóz since 1439 (with his brothers as co-rulers until 1449), from 1449 Duke of Żagań. Deposed during 1461–1468, he recovered the D ...

(c. 1415 – 1472), a Duke of Żagań-Przewóz

People with the surname

Bogdan Baltazar Bogdan Baltazar (22 September 1939 – 28 December 2012) was a leading Romanian banker and the first spokesman of the Romanian government following the fall of the communist regime. He was also a significant financial and banking advisor. Earl ...

(1939–2012), Romanian banker and politician *

Hans Urs von Balthasar Hans Urs von Balthasar (12 August 1905 – 26 June 1988) was a Swiss theologian and Catholic priest who is considered an important Catholic theologian of the 20th century. He was announced as his choice to become a cardinal by Pope John Paul II, b ...

(1905–1988), Swiss theologian and priest * J. G. Balthazar, Sri Lankan Burgher army brigadier * Marco Balthazar (born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Nic Balthazar Nic Balthazar (born 24 July 1964 in Ghent) is a Belgian film director and a TV/radio personality (presenter, reporter, producer). Family Balthasar was born into a Ghent family of politicians active in the Socialistische Partij Anders. He is the ...

(born 1964), Belgian film director *

Wilhelm Balthasar Wilhelm Balthasar (2 February 1914 – 3 July 1941) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander during World War II. As a fighter ace, he is credited with seven aerial victories during the Spanish Civil War and further 40 aerial ...

(1914–1941), World War II German Luftwaffe ace *

Francisco Balagtas Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltasar, was a Filipino Tagalog litterateur and poet during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is ...

(1788–1862), or Francisco Baltazar, Filipino poet

Places

Balthazar River (Dominica) The Balthazar River is a river in Dominica. See also *List of rivers of Dominica Dominica is an island-nation in the Caribbean that is part of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands. * Anse Du Mé River * Aouya River * Balthazar River * Barr ...

Balthazar River (Grenada) The Balthazar River is a river of Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenad ...

Other uses

Balthazar (restaurant) Balthazar is a French brasserie restaurant located at 80 Spring Street (between Broadway and Crosby Street) in SoHo in Manhattan, in New York City. It opened on April 21, 1997, and is owned by restaurateur Keith McNally. McNally also owns Pas ...

, in New York City, U.S. *

Balthazar Science Center Balthazar Science Center is a Swedish science center located in Västergötland, Skövde. It contains four Halley's comet 3D models, as part of the Sweden Solar System. The Chairman of the Board The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or cha ...

, Skövde, Sweden * Balthazar, a 12-litre

wine bottle A wine bottle is a bottle, generally a glass bottle, that is used for holding wine. Some wines are fermented in the bottle while others are bottled only after fermentation. Recently the bottle has become a standard unit of volume to describe sa ...