# Balch

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**Balch** may refer to:

## People with the surname

### Academics

- [Herbert E. Balch](/source/Herbert_E._Balch) (1869–1958), British archaeologist and caver
- [Jennifer Balch](/source/Jennifer_Balch) American wildfire scientist
- [Pamela Balch](/source/Pamela_Balch), president of West Virginia Wesleyan College
- [Reg Balch](/source/Reg_Balch) (1894–1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist
- [Robert W. Balch](/source/Robert_W._Balch) (born 1945), American sociologist
- [Stephen Balch](/source/Stephen_Balch), American scholar
- [Thomas Balch (historian)](/source/Thomas_Balch_(historian)) (1821–1877), American historian

### Military

- [George Beall Balch](/source/George_Balch) (1821–1908), American naval officer
- [John Henry Balch](/source/John_Henry_Balch) (1896–1980), US Navy
- [Joseph Pope Balch](/source/Joseph_Pope_Balch) (1822–1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island

### Others

- [Albert V. Balch](/source/Albert_V._Balch) (1828–1915), American politician
- [Alfred Balch](/source/Alfred_Balch) (1785–1853), American businessman, lawyer, political advisor, and judge
- [Antony Balch](/source/Antony_Balch) (1937–1980), British film director
- [Clifford Balch](/source/Clifford_Balch) (1880–1963), American architect
- [Emily Greene Balch](/source/Emily_Greene_Balch) (1867–1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- [Hezekiah Balch](/source/Hezekiah_Balch) (1741–1810), Presbyterian minister
- [Hezekiah J. Balch](/source/Hezekiah_J._Balch) (d. c. 1818), Mississippi territorial and state legislator
- John Balch, builder of the [John Balch House](/source/John_Balch_House) (1679), in Beverly, Massachusetts
- Oscar B. Balch, American decorator who built the [Oscar B. Balch House](/source/Oscar_B._Balch_House) (1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright
- [Stephen Bloomer Balch](/source/Stephen_Bloomer_Balch) (1747–1833), American Presbyterian minister
- [William Ralston Balch](/source/William_Ralston_Balch) (1852–1923), American journalist and author

## Places

- [Balch (crater)](/source/Balch_(crater)), on Venus
- [Balkh](/source/Balkh), alternatively Balch, an ancient city in Afghanistan
- [Balch Cave](/source/Balch_Cave) in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England
- [Balch Creek](/source/Balch_Creek) in Portland, Oregon
- [Balch Fieldhouse](/source/Balch_Fieldhouse), arena in Boulder, Colorado
- [Balch Hall](/source/Balch_Hall), at Cornell University
- [Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio)](/source/Balch_House_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)), a registered historic building
- [Balch Pond](/source/Balch_Pond), on the Maine-New Hampshire border
- [Balch Springs, Texas](/source/Balch_Springs,_Texas)

## Vessels

- [USS *Balch* (DD-363)](/source/USS_Balch_(DD-363))
- [USS *Balch* (DD-50)](/source/USS_Balch_(DD-50))

## Other uses

- [Balch & Bingham](/source/Balch_%26_Bingham), a law firm in Birmingham, Alabama
- Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies at the [Historical Society of Pennsylvania](/source/Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania) in Philadelphia

## See also

- [Balché](/source/Balch%C3%A9), a mildly intoxicating Mayan drink

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