{{about|the surname|the Finnish village|Balke, Bornholm}} {{Infobox surname |name=Balke |gender=Unisex |language= * Norwegian * German * Old Norse |languageorigin=German, Old Norse |meaning= * '''German''': ''‘timber’'', ''‘beam’'' * {{nowrap|'''Old Norse''': ''‘beam’'', used in the sense ''‘ridge’''}} }} '''Balke''' is a surname. People with the surname Balke include:
*Jasper Balke (born 1997), German politician *Jon Balke (born 1955), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer *Peder Balke (1804–1887), Norwegian painter *Siegfried Balke (1902–1984), German politician *Turid Balke (1921–2000), Norwegian actress, playwright, and artist
==See also== *Baalke (disambiguation) *Balka (disambiguation)
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