Balch

Balch is a surname that may apply to:

• Antony Balch (1937-1980), British film director
• Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
• Rear Admiral George Beall Balch (1821-1908), American
  • USS Balch, named for Admiral Balch
  • USS Balch (DD-363) and
  • USS Balch (DD-50) also named for Admiral Balch
• Herbert E. Balch (1869-1958), British archaeologist and caver
• Maj. Joseph Pope Balch (1822-1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island
• John Balch, builder of the John Balch House (1679), in Beverly, Massachusetts
• John Henry Balch (1896-1980), United States Navy
• Oscar B. Balch, American decorator who built the Oscar B. Balch House (1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright
• Dr Pamela Balch, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College
• Dr. Reginald Ernest Balch (1894-1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist
• Robert Balch (1945- ), American sociologist
• Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747-1833), American Presbyterian minister
• Stephen H. Balch, American scholar
• Thomas Balch (1821-1877), American historian

It may apply to

• Balch, alternative spelling of Balkh, an ancient city in Afghanistan.
• Balch & Bingham, law firm in Birmingham, Alabama
• Balch Cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, named for Herbert E. Balch
• Balch Creek in Portland, Oregon, named for settler Danford Balch
• Balch (crater), a crater on Venus
• Balch Fieldhouse, an arena in Boulder, Colorado
• Balch Hall, at Cornell University
• Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio), a registered historic building
• Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia
• Balch Pond, on the Maine-New Hampshire border
• Balch Springs, Texas

For the mildly intoxicating Mayan drink,see Balché.