Balian or Balyan may refer to:

People

  • Balian of Ibelin (disambiguation), a name shared by several members of the Ibelin family from the crusader kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus
  • Balian Buschbaum (born 1980), German pole vaulter
  • Roger Balian, 20th-century French physicist; co-creator of the Balian–Low theorem
  • Balyan family, Ottoman Armenian family of court architects, 18th–19th century

Southeast Asia

  • Balian, another term for the babaylan shamans of the Philippines
  • Balian, Balinese language term for a traditional healer

Other uses

  • Balian–Low theorem