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Torchy Atkinson John Dunstan "Torchy" Atkinson (3 March 1909 – 27 February 1990) was a New Zealand horticultural scientist and scientific administrator. Atkinson was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 3 March 1909. His father was the solicitor Arnold Atkins ...

(1909-1990), New Zealand horticultural scientist and scientific administrator *

Torchy Clark Eugene "Torchy" Clark (January 1, 1929 – April 22, 2009) was an American college basketball coach. He was the first head coach of the UCF Knights men's basketball team that represents the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. The ...

, American basketball head coach for the University of Central Florida (1969-1983) *

Roy Hasson Roy Hilton Hasson (1921-1968) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He was a New South Wales state representative half who won the 1941 premiership with St George and later finished his career with Canterbur ...

(1921-1968), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s *

Judith Krantz Judith Krantz (née Tarcher; January 9, 1928 – June 22, 2019) was an American magazine writer, fashion editor, and novelist. Her first novel '' Scruples'' (1978) was a ''New York Times'' best-seller and was translated into 50 languages. ''Scrup ...

(born 1928), American romance novelist *

William Peden William "Torchy" Peden (16 April 1906 – 26 January 1980) was a Canadian cyclist. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955 and the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. Biography As a youth, Peden was a natural athlete, particip ...

(1906-1980), Canadian Hall-of-Fame cyclist

Surname

* Paul Torchy, a competitor in the inaugural

1923 24 Hours of Le Mans The 1923 24 Hours of Le Mans, officially the 24 Hours Grand Prix of Endurance (), was the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 26 and 27 May 1923. A strong field of twenty manufacturers entered, all from Fr ...

, the 1925 French Grand Prix and the 1925 Belgian Grand Prix

Arts and entertainment

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Torchy Blane Torchy Blane is a fictional female reporter, the main character of nine films produced by Warner Bros. between 1937 and 1939. The Torchy Blane series, which blend mystery, action, adventure and comedy, were popular B movie, second features. Char ...

'', a female reporter character in late 1930s films * the title character of

Jackie Ormes Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was an American cartoonist. She is known as the first African-American woman cartoonist and creator of the ''Torchy Brown'' comic strip and the ''Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger'' panel. Early life and c ...

' 1938-1939 comic strip ''Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem'' * Torchy Todd, heroine of ''Torchy'' (comics), a comic strip and comic book begun in 1944 * the title character of ''

Torchy the Battery Boy ''Torchy the Battery Boy'' is a British children's puppet television series, the second to be produced by AP Films (APF), which first aired on the ITV network between 1959 and 1961. Created and written by author Roberta Leigh, it had music by ...

'', a 1958-1959 puppet television series * Torchy, a fire-breathing

Dimetrodon ''Dimetrodon'' ( or ; ) is an extinct genus of sphenacodontid synapsid that lived during the Cisuralian (Early Permian) Epoch (geology), epoch of the Permian period, around 295–272 million years ago. With most species measuring long and ...

from the third season of ''Land of the Lost'' *Torchy, a character played by

Johnny Hines John F. Hines (July 25, 1895 – October 24, 1970) was an American actor who had numerous film roles during the silent era, including many starring ones. He appeared in more than 50 films and numerous film shorts. But he did not succeed in t ...

in a series of film shorts (1920-1922) * ''Torchy'' (album), a 1955 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae {{disambiguation Nicknames