Félix Balzer (4 April 1849 – 15 March 1929) was a French physician, specialising in dermatology and pathology.

[2] He used the term "xanthome elastique" but subsequently it was found not to be a form of xanthomatosis.

[3] Balzer is also responsible for coining the term "adénomes sébacés" (adenoma sebaceum) to describe the papular facial rash of tuberous sclerosis.

[4] Again, this term proved to be incorrect since the papules were neither adenoma nor derived from sebaceous glands.

[5] Between 1880 and 1887, Balzer was a director of the histology laboratory in the Faculty of the hospital Saint Louis.