Balch

Balch may refer to:

Academics

 * Herbert E. Balch (1869–1958), British archaeologist and caver
 * Jennifer Balch American wildfire scientist
 * Pamela Balch, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College
 * Reg Balch (1894–1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist
 * Robert Balch (born 1945), American sociologist
 * Stephen Balch, American scholar
 * Thomas Balch (historian) (1821–1877), American historian

Military

 * George Beall Balch (1821–1908), American naval officer
 * John Henry Balch (1896–1980), US Navy
 * Joseph Pope Balch (1822–1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island

Others

 * Albert V. Balch (1828–1915), American politician
 * Antony Balch (1937–1980), British film director
 * Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
 * John Balch, builder of the John Balch House (1679), in Beverly, Massachusetts
 * Oscar B. Balch, American decorator who built the Oscar B. Balch House (1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright
 * Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747–1833), American Presbyterian minister

Places

 * Balch (crater), on Venus
 * Balkh, alternatively Balch, an ancient city in Afghanistan
 * Balch Cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England
 * Balch Creek in Portland, Oregon
 * Balch Fieldhouse, arena in Boulder, Colorado
 * Balch Hall, at Cornell University
 * Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio), a registered historic building
 * Balch Pond, on the Maine-New Hampshire border
 * Balch Springs, Texas

Vessels

 * USS Balch (DD-363)
 * USS Balch (DD-50)

Other uses

 * Balch & Bingham, a law firm in Birmingham, Alabama
 * Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia