Balthazar
Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar or Balthassar), from Phoenician, meaning "God protects the King" (Baal is god in Phoenician) is the name commonly attributed to one of the Three Wise Men, at least in the west. Though no names are given in the Gospel of Matthew, this was one of the names the Western church settled on in the 8th century, based on the original meaning, though other names were used by Eastern churches (for more information see Biblical Magi). It is an alternate form of the Babylonian king Belshazzar, mentioned in the Book of Daniel.
Balthazar may refer to: Balthazar (novel), a 1958 novel by Lawrence Durrell
Balthazar, a 1909 book by Anatole France
Balthazar, a 1966 film by Robert Bresson
Professor Balthazar, a Croatian cartoon series for children about an old inventor
The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, a 1968 novel by J.P. Donleavy
Balthasar Behem Codex, a 1505 lawbook from Kraków
Balthazar, a 12 litre champagne or wine bottle
People: Baltazar Franco (Product Design Eng.) (1951 – 20XX) Mexican Designer
Baltazar (footballer) (1926 – 1997) Brazilian footballer
Francisco Balthazar (1788 – 1862) birth name of Francisco Balagtas, prominent Filipino poet
Joseph Balthasar, Comte Siméon (1781 – 1846) 19th century French politician
Wilhelm Balthasar (1914 – 1941) WWII German Luftwaffe ace
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905 – 1988) Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and priest
Balthazar Alvarez (1533 – 1580) Spanish Catholic mystic
Balthasar Bekker (1634 – 1698) Dutch philosopher
Baldassare Castiglione (1478 – 1529) Italian Renaissance author
Baltasar Corrada del Río, Puerto Rican politician
Balthasar Eggenberger (?? - 1493) Austrian entrepreneur and financier in the Holy Roman Empire
Baltasar Garzón, Spanish judge
Balthasar Gérard, assassin of William I of Orange
Balthazar Getty, American actor and great grandson of J. Paul Getty
Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601 – 1658) Spanish Baroque prose writer
Balthasar Hubmaier, German Anabaptist leader
Balthazar Klossowski de Rola (1908 – 2001) birth name of twentieth century artist Balthus
Baltasar Lopes da Silva, Cape Verdean writer
Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Brazilian footballer
Balthasar Ferdinand Moll (1717 – 1785) Baroque sculptor
Balthasar de Monconys (1611 – 1665) French magistrate
Balthasar Neumann (1687 – 1753) German engineer and architect
Balthasar Oomkens von Esens, 16th century Frisian rebel (two of whose brothers were named Caspar and Melchior)
Balthasar Russow, Estonian chronicler
Baltazar Téllez (1596-1675), Jesuit historian of Ethiopia
Balthazar Johannes Vorster, apartheid-era South African Prime Minister and President
In fiction: Romeo's manservant in the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet
Portia's masculine alter-ego in the William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice
A follower of Don Pedro, a singer, from the William Shakespeare play Much Ado about Nothing
A merchant in the William Shakespeare play The Comedy of Errors
The name of Jolyon Forsyte's dog in The Forsyte Saga
The name given to Runo Rimac, a native Amerindian prince enslaved by Gonzalo Pizarro in the 1972 film Aguirre: The Wrath of God
A supporting character in Ben-Hur
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
A demon in the episode Bad Girls of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A character in The Death Gate Cycle books by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Balthazar, godfather of Gargamel in The Smurfs by Peyo
A wolf-like Faerie hunter on Neopets
The god of war and fire in the online game Guild Wars
A fictional monk from Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Part of the MAGI Super Computer System in the Neon Genesis Evangelion
A character in Cluadia Gray's novels Evernight and Stargazer
One of the three "Gurus of Time" in the RPG "Chrono Trigger"
A long standing character played by Julian McMahon in the show "Charmed". Belthazar is the name of the half-demon love interest of Phoebe.
The name of the main character from the book "The Neverending Story" (Bastian Balthazar Bux).
The name of the primary antagonist in the "Azurik: Rise of Perathia".
The term Balthazar is commonly used in the Dremery Game(TM) of the Virgin Mary of Bexley, Dartford and Crayford.
Translation
The word "Balthazar" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Italian, Dutch.
Translation(s) in other languages: Czech: Baltazar (rozcestník), German: Balthasar, French: Balthazar (homonymie), Korean: 발타사르, Portuguese: Baltasar, Russian: Бальтазар.
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