Balthazar

Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar or Baltazar) may refer to:

People

• Baltazar (given name), including a list of persons with the name

Biblical

• Balthasar, an alternate form of the Babylonian king Belshazzar, mentioned in the Book of Daniel
• Balthazar (Magi), a name commonly attributed to one of the biblical Magi (Three Wise Men)

Rulers

• Balthasar, an alternate form of the Babylonian king Belshazzar, mentioned in the Book of Daniel
• Balthasar of Werle (c. 1375–1421), Lord of Werle-Güstrow
• Balthasar, Duke of Mecklenburg (1451–1507)
• Balthasar of Żagań, a Duke of Żagań-Przewóz from 1439
• Joseph Balthasar, Comte Siméon (1781–1846), French politician

In sport

• Baltasar (footballer) (born 1966), Portuguese football player and coach
• Baltazar (footballer) (1926–1997), Brazilian footballer
• Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (born 1959), known as Baltazar, Brazilian footballer
• Marco Balthazar (born 1983), Brazilian footballer

Other people

• Francisco Balthazar (1788–1862), birth name of Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet
• Balthasar Klossowski de Rola better known as Balthus, Polish-French modern artist
• Nic Balthazar (born 1964), Belgian film director
• Wilhelm Balthasar (1914–1941), World War II German Luftwaffe ace
• Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and priest

Arts and media

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

Characters

Film

• Balthasar, a demon in the film Constantine played by Gavin Rossdale
• 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
• Balthasar, 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 Bratt, a supervillain and former child star, antagonist in the 2017 film Despicable Me 3 voiced by Trey Parker

Gaming

• Balthazar, the god of war and fire in the online game Guild Wars
• Balthazar, a fictional monk from Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
• Balthasar (Old Man Bal), Nikolai Balthasar, and Maria Balthasar, characters from the Square game, Xenogears
• The primary antagonist in the Xbox game Azurik: Rise of Perathia
• The name of a minotaur and a lair in Might and Magic VIII
• Belthasar, one of the three Gurus who assist the main party in the RPG, Chrono Trigger

Novels

• Balthasar, a character in The Death Gate Cycle books
• Balthazar More, a character in the Evernight series introduced in the novel Evernight
• Bastian Balthazar Bux, the main character in the book The Neverending Story
• Balthazar, The Hound of Count Kaliovzky in the book The Red Necklace
• Jacob Balthazar, the wood sculptor murdered in the story Tintin and the Broken Ear
• Balthasar, a Tiger tank gunner in The Last Citadel: A Novel of the Battle of Kursk by David L. Robbins
• Balthasar, a supporting character in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, and its various adaptations
• Balthazar Claes, the main character of Honore de Balzac's The Quest of the Absolute in the series La Comédie humaine
• Balthazar (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Balthazar Abrabanel, a character in 1632

Plays

• 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
• Balthasar, a singer and a follower of Don Pedro in Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing
• Balthasar, a merchant in the Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
• Prince Balthazar, son of the Portuguese Viceroy, in Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (1592)
• Baalthazar Macaw, an opera singing macaw in Robert J. Sherman's Love Birds (2015)

Television

• Birk Balthazar, the father of Sofia Balthazar in Sofia the First
• Balthazar, a demon in the episode "Bad Girls" of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Balthasar, the godfather of Gargamel in The Smurfs
• Belthazor, alternate name of the character Cole Turner in the show Charmed, portrayed by Julian McMahon
• Balthazar, an angel in the TV series Supernatural, played by Sebastian Roché
• Balthasar, one of three cooperating supercomputers in Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Balthazar, the dog on the British sitcom Vicious
• Baltazar, the main villain in the CGI Doctor Who story The Infinite Quest

Places

• Balthazar River (Dominica)
• Balthazar River (Grenada)

Other uses

• Balthazar (restaurant), a French brasserie in New York City
• Balthazar Science Center, Skövde, Sweden
• Balthazar, a 12-litre champagne or wine bottle

See also

• All pages beginning with "Balthazar"
• All pages beginning with "Balthasar"
• All pages with a title containing Balthazar
• All pages with a title containing Balthasar