Balian
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People with the name Balian include
Members of the Ibelin family:
And also:
Members of the Ibelin family:
- Barisan of IbelinBarisan of IbelinBarisan of Ibelin was an important figure in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, and was the founder of the Ibelin family. His name was later written as "Balian" and he is sometimes known as Balian the Elder or Balian I....
- Balian of IbelinBalian of IbelinBalian of Ibelin was an important noble in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century.-Early life:Balian was the youngest son of Barisan of Ibelin, and brother of Hugh and Baldwin. His father, a knight in the County of Jaffa, had been rewarded with the lordship of Ibelin after the...
, a 12th century nobleman and crusader, and the protagonist of the 2005 movie Kingdom of Heaven - Balian GrenierBalian GrenierBalian I Grenier was the Count of Sidon and one of the most important lords of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1202 to 1241. He succeeded his father Renaud. His mother was Helvis, a daughter of Balian of Ibelin...
- Balian of BeirutBalian of BeirutBalian of Ibelin was the Lord of Beirut, the second of his family, from 1236, and a son of the famous "Old Lord" John of Ibelin, by his second wife Melisende of Arsuf. From his father he assumed the leadership of the nobility in the War of the Lombards, fought against the agents of the Emperor...
- Balian of ArsufBalian of ArsufBalian of Ibelin was the Lord of Arsuf from 1258 until the early 1260s , when he sold it to the Knights Hospitaller. He was the son and successor of John of Arsuf, Constable of Jerusalem...
And also:
- Roger BalianRoger BalianRoger Balian is a French physicist who has worked on quantum thermodynamics and theory of measurement.Balian is a member of French Académie des sciences . His important work includes the Balian-Low theorem. He teaches statistical physics at the École Polytechnique.-References:...
, 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