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United Kingdom

River Tarrant The River Tarrant is a 12 km long tributary of the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour in Dorset. The valley lies to the east of Blandford Forum. The river rises near Cranborne Chase, an area of chalk downland, and flows broadly from north to ...

, a river in Dorset, after which several villages are named: **

Tarrant Crawford __NOTOC__ Tarrant Crawford is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish at the lower end of the River Tarrant, Tarrant Valley in Dorset, England. The River Tarrant joins the larger River Stour, Dorset, River Stour here. The vi ...

, Dorset **

Tarrant Gunville Tarrant Gunville is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated at the head of the Tarrant Valley on Cranborne Chase northeast of Blandford Forum. The parish covers at an elevation of . In the 2011 census the parish—which ...

, Dorset **

Tarrant Hinton Tarrant Hinton is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Counties of England, county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Tarrant Valley, approximately northeast of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the estimated pop ...

, Dorset **

Tarrant Keyneston Tarrant Keyneston is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated in the Tarrant Valley, southeast of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had 152 dwellings, 145 households and a population of 310. On the hills nor ...

, Dorset **

Tarrant Launceston Tarrant Launceston is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley northeast of Blandford Forum. The parish includes part of Blandford Camp to the west and a few buildings on the northern edge of nei ...

, Dorset **

Tarrant Monkton Tarrant Monkton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley about east-northeast of Blandford Forum. Within the parish boundary, over hills to the west, lies the major part of Blandford Camp army b ...

, Dorset ** Tarrant Rawston, Dorset **

Tarrant Rushton Tarrant Rushton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. The village is situated in the Tarrant Valley about east of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 80. Starting in the north east the pari ...

, Dorset *

Tarrant Abbey Tarrant Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, England. History The abbey was founded as an independent monastery in 1186 by Ralph de Kahaines (of nearby Tarrant Keyneston) and has been identified as a possible site of "Ca ...

, Dorset *

Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants (ward) Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected one councillor to Dorset Council. Geography The Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants ward is rural, covering a small part of the Blackmore Vale and part o ...

Hurstbourne Tarrant Hurstbourne Tarrant is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies to the north of the county in the Test Valley. History The Tarrant part of the name originates from 1226, when the village was given to the Cistercian Tarrant nunn ...

, Hampshire, with associations to Tarrant Abbey

United States

Tarrant, Alabama Tarrant is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, bordering Birmingham's north side. At the 2020 census, the population was 6,124. It is home to the ABC Coke plant owned by the Drummond Company, "the largest single producer of foundry coke in t ...

* Tarrant, Wisconsin *

Tarrant County, Texas Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census population of 2,110,640, making it the third-most populous county in Texas and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is Fort Worth. ...

People

* Ambrose Tarrant (1866–1938), Australian cricketer * Blair Tarrant (born 1990), New Zealand field hockey player *

Brenton Tarrant Two consecutive mass shootings took place in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 15 March 2019. They were committed by a single perpetrator during Friday prayer, first at the Al Noor Mosque in Riccarton, at 1:40p.m. and almost immediately afterwards ...

(born 1990), Australian mass shooter *

Chris Tarrant Christopher John Tarrant (born 10 October 1946) is a retired English broadcaster, television personality, radio DJ and stand up comedian. He is best known for presenting the ITV children's television show '' Tiswas'' from 1974 to 1981, and th ...

(born 1946), British radio broadcaster and television presenter *

Chris Tarrant (footballer) Chris Tarrant (born 18 September 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He announced at the end of the 2010 AFL season ...

(born 1980), Australian footballer * Colin Tarrant (1952–2012), British actor *

Dick Tarrant Richard Joseph Tarrant Jr. (born September 15, 1928) was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Richmond from 1981 through 1993. Tarrant, led the Spiders to five NCAA tournament and four NIT berths in his twelve seasons as head ...

(born 1931), American basketball coach *

Dorothy Tarrant Dorothy Tarrant (1885–1973) was a British classical scholar, specialising in Plato. She was the first female Professor of Greek in the United Kingdom, teaching at Bedford College, London from 1909 to 1950. She researched the work of Plato, pio ...

(1885–1973), professor of Greek *

Frank Tarrant Francis Alfred Tarrant (11 December 1880 – 29 January 1951) was an Australian cricketer whose first-class career spanned from 1899 to 1936, and included 329 matches. From Melbourne, Tarrant began his career with Victoria in Australia's Shef ...

(1880–1951), Australian cricketer *

George Tarrant George Frederick Tarrant (7 December 1838 in Cambridge – 2 July 1870 in Cambridge) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the hig ...

(1838–1870), English cricketer * George Tarrant Sr. (1838–1904), American politician *

Ingrid Tarrant Ingrid Dupre Tarrant (born 15 October 1954) is an English television personality and former wife of Chris Tarrant. She has appeared on such programmes as ''TV Mail'', ''Wish You Were Here?'' and '' This Morning''. She has also appeared on a spec ...

(born 1954), English television presenter *

Jeffrey Tarrant Jeffrey Glynn Tarrant (April 4, 1956 – August 5, 2019) was an American investor. He was the founder and chairman of MOV37 and Protégé Partners, firms specializing in identifying, seeding and early stage investing in investment funds. He was a ...

(1956-2019), American businessman *

John Tarrant (athlete) John Tarrant (4 February 1932 – 18 January 1975) was an English long-distance runner, nicknamed "The Ghost Runner" .He was given the nickname for his habit of "gatecrashing" races from which he was barred due to his "non-amateur" status, acqu ...

(1932–1975), English long-distance runner * John Tarrant (bishop) (1952-2020), American Episcopal Bishop *

Louis Tarrant Loris Bernard Napoleon Tarrant (29 December 1903 – 23 August 1943) was an Australian cricketer who both played and umpired first-class matches in India during the 1930s. Unusually, he made his debut as a first-class umpire before making his d ...

(1903–?), Australian cricketer *

Margaret Tarrant Margaret Winifred Tarrant (19 August 1888 – 28 July 1959) was an English illustrator, and children's author, specializing in depictions of fairy-like children and religious subjects. She began her career at the age of 20, and painted and ...

(1888–1959), English illustrator and children's author *

R. J. Tarrant Richard John Tarrant is an American classicist and Emeritus Pope Professor of Latin at Harvard University. He is an expert on the textual criticism and the transmission of Latin poetry. Career A native of Brooklyn, Tarrant was educated at Fordh ...

, American classicist * Richard Tarrant (politician) (born 1942), American businessman and politician *

Robbie Tarrant Robbie Tarrant (born 25 April 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the North Melbourne Football Club. He is the y ...

(born 1989), Australian footballer * Shawn Z. Tarrant (born 1965), American politician * Tom Tarrant (born 1931), Australian footballer *

Walter George Tarrant Walter George Tarrant (8 April 1875 – 18 March 1942) was a builder born in Brockhurst in the north of the port town of Gosport, Hampshire, England. He is best known as a Surrey master builder and developer of St Georges Hill and the Wentwo ...

(1875–1942), English developer and builder * William Tarrant (?–1872), British Hong Kong civil servant and journalist

Fictional characters

* Del Tarrant, a character from ''Blake's 7'', played by Steven Pacey

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