Baltzell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
E. Digby Baltzell (1915–1996), American sociologist, academic and author John R. Baltzell (1827–1893), Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin Joseph Baltzell Showalter (1851–1932), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Megan Baltzell (born 1993), American softball player Robert C. Baltzell (1879–1950), United States federal judge Thomas Baltzell (1804–1866), American lawyer and politician and the first popularly elected chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court Vic Baltzell (1912–1986), American football fullback in the National Football League