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Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar or Baltazar) may refer to:
Traditional and religious uses
- A name commonly attributed to one of the Biblical Magi (Three Wise Men)
- An alternate form of the Babylonian king Belshazzar, mentioned in the Book of Daniel
- An alternate form of Belteshazzar, the name given to Daniel by the Chaldeans in the Book of Daniel
- Balthazar, a 12-litre champagne or wine bottle
Film, television and literature
- Balthazar (novel), 1958 novel by Lawrence Durrell
- Balthasar, 1889 book by Anatole France
- Professor Balthazar, Croatian cartoon series for children about an old inventor
- Au hasard Balthazar, a 1966 film by Robert Bresson
Music
- Balthazar (band), a Belgian indie pop and rock group
- DJ Balthazar, Bulgarian DJs
People
- Baltazar (given name), including list of persons with the name
- Balthasar of Werle (c. 1375–1421), Lord of Werle-Güstrow
- Balthasar, Duke of Mecklenburg (1451–1507)
- Baltazar (footballer) (1926–1997), Brazilian footballer
- Francisco Balthazar (1788–1862) birth name of Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet
- Balthasar Klossowski de Rola better known as Balthus.
- Joseph Balthasar, Comte Siméon (1781–1846), French politician
- Marco Balthazar, Brazilian footballer
- Wilhelm Balthasar (1914–1941), World War II German Luftwaffe ace
- Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and priest
- Troy Von Balthazar, an American singer and songwriter
Fictional characters
- Balthasar, a minor character in Romeo and Juliet
- Portia's masculine alter-ego, as well as a minor character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
- A singer and a follower of Don Pedro in Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing
- A merchant in the Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
- A supporting character in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, and its various adaptations
- Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp, a pseudonym of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the film of the same name
- A demon in the film Constantine played by Gavin Rossdale
- A supporting character in the film The Scorpion King played by actor Michael Clarke Duncan
- Balthazar Blake, a thousand-year-old sorcerer, protagonist of the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice, played by Nicolas Cage
- Balthazar, a demon in the episode "Bad Girls" of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- A character in The Death Gate Cycle books by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- The godfather of Gargamel in The Smurfs
- The god of war and fire in the online game Guild Wars
- A fictional monk from Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
- Balthazar More, a character in the Evernight series by Claudia Gray introduced in the novel Evernight
- Balthasar (Old Man Bal), Nikolai Balthasar, and Maria Balthasar, characters from the Square game, Xenogears
- Belthazor, alternate name of the character Cole Turner in the show Charmed, portrayed by Julian McMahon
- Bastian Balthazar Bux, the main character in the book The Neverending Story
- The primary antagonist in the Xbox game Azurik: Rise of Perathia
- Balthazar, The Hound of Count Kaliovzky in the book "The Red Necklace"
- Prince Balthazar, son of the Portuguese Viceroy, in Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (1592)
- The name of a minotaur and a lair in Might and Magic VIII
- Balthazar Claes, the main character of Honore de Balzac's The Quest of the Absolute in the series La Comédie humaine
- Balthazar, an angel in the TV series Supernatural, played by Sebastian Roché
- Jacob Balthazar, the wood sculptor who gets murdered in the story Tintin and the Broken Ear, the sixth in the series titled The Adventures of Tintin
- Balthazar is a character mentioned in the song "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" from the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult on their Agents of Fortune album
- Belthasar, one of the three Gurus who assist the main party in the RPG, Chrono Trigger
- Balthasar, one of three cooperating supercomputers in Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)
Geography
Other uses
- Balthazar (restaurant), a French brasserie in New York City
- Balthazar Science Center, Skövde, Sweden
See also
- All pages beginning with "Balthazar"
- All pages beginning with "Balthasar"
- All pages with titles containing "Balthazar"
- All pages with titles containing "Balthasar"