Balandin is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksei Balandin (1898–1967), Russian/Soviet chemist
- Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (born 1953), Russian cosmonaut
- Aleksandr Balandin (born 1989), Russian Olympic gymnast
- Alexander A. Balandin, Russian electrical engineer
- Dmitriy Balandin (born 1995), Kazakh Olympic swimmer
- Lev Balandin (1934–1980), Russian swimmer
- Mikhail Balandin, (1980–2011) Russian Ice-hockey defenceman