Cognomen Balke (Balke 
, Бальке 
, Balkr 
) , throughout the world, is quite a common family name. The cognomen Balke is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, Lithuania, and Norway. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Germany, the United States, and India. Very seldom, Balke is the forename as well as the last name.
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peder balke Norwegian painter (1804-1887), NO (b. 1804) |
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| peder paulsen balke father of the Constitution of Norway (1779-1840), NO (b. 1779) |
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| julius balke, sr. German-American industrialist (1830-1893), US (b. 1830) |
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siegfried balke German politician (1902-1984), DE (b. 1902) |
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| georg balke Norwegian priest (1854-1937) (b. 1854) |
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| gustav balke DE (b. 1852) |
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| antonín balke 4.8.1866-17.2.1917 (b. 1866) |
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turid balke Norwegian actor, playwright and artist, NO (b. 1921) |
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| franz balke (b. 1889) |
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jon balke Norvegian jazz pianist, composer and professor, NO (b. 1955) |
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| bruno balke German physiologist, DE (b. 1907) |
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| jochen balke German swimmer, DE (b. 1917) |
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| diethelm balke German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander, DE (b. 1919) |
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| eva balke Norwegian writer (1921-2002) (b. 1921) |
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| hilde balke (b. 1921) |
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