Balch
# Balch

Balch may refer to:

## People with the surname

### 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
