波罗的人（拉脱维亚语：balti；立陶宛语：baltai）指的是居住在波罗的海东南海岸，以波罗的语族语言作为母语的民族。由于湖沼较多，因此波罗的海沿岸地区与周边地区环境较为隔绝，波罗的语族也因此保留了很多古代语的特征。现在的波罗的人包括了立陶宛人、拉脱维亚人和Latgalian。

The Balts or Baltic people (Lithuanian:baltai, Latvian:balti) are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group who speak the Baltic languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family, which was originally spoken by tribes living in area east of Jutland peninsula in the west and Moscow, Oka and Volga rivers basins in the east. One of the features of Baltic languages is the number of conservative or archaic features retained. Among the Baltic peoples are modern Lithuanians, Latvians (including Latgalians) — all Eastern Balts — as well as the Old Prussians, Yotvingians and Galindians — the Western Balts — whose languages and cultures are now extinct.