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Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar or Baltazar) may refer to:
People[edit]
- Balthazar (given name), including a list of persons with the name
Biblical[edit]
- Balthasar, an alternate form of the Babylonian king Belshazzar, mentioned in the Book of Daniel
- Balthazar (Magus), a name commonly attributed to one of the biblical Magi (Three Wise Men)
Rulers[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Baltasar (footballer) (born 1966), Portuguese football player and coach
- Baltasar Gonçalves (born 1948), Portuguese footballer known by the mononym Baltasar
- Baltazar (footballer) (1926–1997), Brazilian footballer
- Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (born 1959), known as Baltazar, Brazilian footballer
- Marco Balthazar (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
- Batata (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
Other people[edit]
- Francisco Baltazar (1788–1862), birth name of Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet
- Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and priest
- Nic Balthazar (born 1964), Belgian film director
- Wilhelm Balthasar (1914–1941), World War II German Luftwaffe ace
Arts and media[edit]
Film, television and literature[edit]
- 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
- Balthazar (TV series), a 2018 French crime/drama TV series
Music[edit]
- Balthazar (band), a Belgian indie pop and rock group
- DJ Balthazar, Bulgarian DJs
Characters[edit]
Film[edit]
- 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, main antagonist of the 2017 film Despicable Me 3 voiced by Trey Parker
- Edgar Balthazar, a butler, main antagonist of the 1970 film The Aristocats voiced by Roddy Maude-Roxby
- Balthazar M. Edison, male human who became the Villain "Krall" in the 2016 film "Star Trek: Beyond"
Gaming[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Balthasar, a character in The Death Gate Cycle books
- Balthazar More, a character in the Evernight series introduced in the Evernight series
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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 TV series Charmed, portrayed by Julian McMahon
- Balthazar, an angel in the TV series Supernatural, portrayed by Sebastian Roché
- Balthasar, one of three cooperating supercomputers in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Balthazar, the dog on the British sitcom Vicious
- Baltazar, the main villain in the CGI Doctor Who story The Infinite Quest
- Balthazar, a stuffed bear who was the leader on Jim Henson's The Secret Life of Toys
Places[edit]
Other uses[edit]
- Balthazar (restaurant), a French brasserie in New York City
- Balthazar Science Center, Skövde, Sweden
- Balthazar, a 12-litre champagne or wine bottle