Balthazar, Balthasar, Baltasar, or Baltazar 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.Professor Balthazar ''Professor Balthazar'' () is a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav animation, 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 benevolen ...

'', a Croatian animated TV series, 1967–1978 * ''Balthazar'' (TV series), a 2018 French crime thriller drama *

Balthazar (band) Balthazar is a Belgian indie pop/indie rock, rock group. The band consists of Maarten Devoldere, J. Bernardt, Jinte Deprez, Simon Casier, Michiel Balcaen, and Tijs Delbeke, who all come from the areas of Kortrijk and Ghent (Flanders). Histo ...

, a Belgian indie pop and rock group * DJ Balthazar, a Bulgarian group * ''

Au hasard Balthazar ''Au hasard Balthazar'' (; meaning "Balthazar, at Random"), also known as ''Balthazar'', is a 1966 tragedy film directed by Robert Bresson. Believed to be inspired by a passage from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1868–69 novel ''The Idiot'', the film foll ...

'', a 1966 French film directed by Robert Bresson

People

Footballers

* Baltasar (footballer) (born 1966), Portuguese footballer * Baltasar Gonçalves (born 1948), or Baltasar, Portuguese footballer * Baltazar (footballer, born 1926) (1926–1997), Oswaldo da Silva, Brazilian football striker *

Baltasar (footballer, born 1933) Egydio Felizardo (20 September 1933 – 23 December 2019), better known by the nickname Baltasar, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Started his career at Juventus and then moved to Ponte Preta, a club wher ...

(1933–2019), Egydio Felizardo, Brazilian football striker * Baltazar (footballer, born 1959), Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Brazilian football striker *

Marco Balthazar Marco António Burigo Balthazar (born 14 May 1983) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Esporte Clube Cruzeiro. He also holds an Italian passport. Career Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Balthazar signe ...

(born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Batata (footballer) (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 language, Akkadian 𒂗𒈗𒋀 ''Bel-shar-uzur'', meaning "Bel (mythology), Bel protects the King" is the name commonly attributed to Balthazar (magus), one of the Three Wi ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Balthazar (magus) Balthazar, also called Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea, was, according to Western Christian tradition, one of the three biblical Magi along with Caspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Balthazar is traditiona ...

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

Non-footballers with the surname

* Bogdan Baltazar (1939–2012), Romanian banker and politician * Cecilia Baltazar, Ecuadorian politician *

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

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

Hans Urs von Balthasar Hans Urs von Balthasar (; 12 August 1905 – 26 June 1988) was a Swiss theologian and Catholic priest who is considered one of the most important Catholic theologians of the 20th century. With Joseph Ratzinger and Henri de Lubac, he founded the th ...

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

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 th ...

(born 1964), Belgian film director *

Rui Baltazar Rui Baltazar dos Santos Alves (1933 – 13 July 2024) was a Mozambican lawyer, politician and academic who was an active supporter of FRELIMO during the Mozambican War of Independence. Life and career Baltazar was born in Lourenço Marques (toda ...

dos Santos Alves (1933–2024), Mozambican lawyer, politician, and academic *

Vraîe Cally Balthazaar Vraîe Cally Balthazaar (born 9 April 1985) is a Sri Lankan politician, media personality, activist and researcher serving as Mayor of Colombo since 16 June 2025. She is a member of the National People's Power and is the second woman to hold t ...

(born 1985), Sri Lankan politcian currently serving as mayor of its capital city *

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

Places

Balthazar River (Dominica) The Balthazar River is a river in Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, ...

Balthazar River (Grenada) The Balthazar River is a river of Grenada Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about nor ...

Other uses

, one of the three Biblical magi *

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

, in New York City, U.S. *

Balthazar (Perth restaurant) Emma Ferguson and Dan Morris are a restaurateur couple from Western Australia. They are primarily known for their Italian restaurants established in Perth, especially their Northbridge restaurant ''No Mafia'' in 2014. In 2016, they took over th ...

, in Australia *

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 chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairpe ...

, 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 fermentation (wine), fermented in the bottle while others are bottled only after fermentation. Recently the bottle has become a standard unit of ...