People with the name Balian include
Members of the Ibelin family:
- Barisan of Ibelin
- Balian of Ibelin, a 12th century nobleman and crusader, and the protagonist of the 2005 movie Kingdom of Heaven
- Balian Grenier
- Balian of Beirut
- Balian of Arsuf
And also:
- Roger Balian, a 20th century French physicist, author of From Microphysics to Macrophysics and co-creator of the Balian–Low theorem
- Balian, Balinese language term for a traditional healer