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Tuft (surname)
Tuft is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Arne Tuft (1911-1989), Norwegian cross country skier *Gabbi Tuft or Tyler Reks (born 1978), American professional wrestler * Svein Tuft (born 1977), bicycle racer See also *Toft (other), include a list of people with surname Toft *Tofte (other), includes a list of people with surname Tofte *Tufte Tufte is a surname of Norwegian origin. Notable people with the name include: * Virginia Tufte (fl. 1920s-2010s), American author and distinguished emerita professor of English * Edward Tufte (born 1942), American statistician, political scientis ..., surname * Tufts (surname) {{surname, Tuft Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Tuft
Arne Tuft (January 16, 1911 – June 23, 1989) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February .... He was born in Hønefoss and died in Oslo. In 1936 he finished sixth in the 50 km competition. Arne Tuft was the grandfather of Canadian cyclist Svein Tuft Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships References External links profile 1911 births 1989 deaths Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics People from Ringerike (municipality) Skiers from Buskerud {{Norway-XC-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabbi Tuft
Gabbi Alon Tuft (born November 1, 1978) is an American retired professional wrestler. Tuft is best known for her time with WWE under the ring name Tyler Reks. Tuft also competed in WWE's Farm team#Professional wrestling, developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she won the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship once and the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship Florida Tag Team Championship#Title hertory, twice, once with Curtis Axel, Joe Hennig and once with Fandango (wrestler), Johnny Curtis. Since retiring from professional wrestling in 2014, Tuft works in marketing. She also launched a fitness website with several other wrestlers. Sex assignment, Assigned male at birth, Gabbi Tuft publicly Coming out, came out as a trans woman in February 2021. Early life Tuft was born on November 1, 1978, in San Francisco, California. Tuft attended the Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California, from 1996–1999 and then transferred to the California Polyte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svein Tuft
Svein Tuft (born May 9, 1977) is a Canadian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2019 for the , , , and teams. Tuft was the winner of the 2006–07 UCI America Tour, and was a thirteen-time champion at the Canadian road cycling championships: twice in the road race, and eleven times in the time trial. Personal life He was born in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. His grandfather, Arne Tuft, was an Olympic cross-country skier from Norway. Tuft dropped out of school at 15 to travel and camp with his dog named Bear. He spent the next several years mountain climbing and going on long bike trips, including a 4,000 mile trip to Alaska as a teenager. While racing with , Tuft lived in a trailer behind team owner Kevin Cunningham's house near Langley. In the adjacent trailer was Tuft's teammate Christian Meier. The team referred to the two as the trailer park boys. Racing career Symmetrics (2005–2008) Tuft first raced in 1999, at the British Columb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toft (other)
Toft may refer to: People * Albert Toft (1862–1949), English sculptor * Alfonso Toft (1866–1964), English pottery artist * Christian Toft (born 1968), Danish Olympic swimmer * Claude Toft (1922–1981), Irish politician and Mayor of Galway * (born 1947), Mayor of Gentofte Municipality * Harry Toft (1881–1951), Welsh rugby player * Henrik Toft (born 1981), Danish footballer * Henry Toft (1909–1987), English rugby union international * Karl Toft (1936–2018), Canadian sex offender * Malcolm Toft, English audio engineer * Mary Toft (1701–1763), English woman involved in a medical hoax * Mathilde Rivas Toft (born 1997), Norwegian handballer * Monica Toft, American international relations scholar * Omar Toft (1886–1921), American racecar driver * Rolf Toft (born 1992), Danish footballer * Sandra Toft (born 1989), Danish handball player * Thomas Toft (died 1698), English potter Places * , a village in Nordland, Norway *Toft, Shetland, Scotland England * Toft, Camb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tofte (other)
Tofte is a surname of Norwegian origin which may refer to: People * Andreas Tofte (1794–1851), Norwegian businessman and Mayor of Oslo * Arthur Tofte (1902–1980), American science fiction and fantasy author * Britt Pettersen Tofte (born 1961), Norwegian cross country skier * Jørg Tofte Jebsen (1888–1922), Norwegian physicist * Jørgen Tofte Nielsen (born 1971), Danish former football goalkeeper * Mads Tofte (born 1959), Danish computer scientist * Robert Tofte (1562–1620), English translator and poet * Tracy Tofte (Tracy Wells, born 1971), American actress * Valdemar Tofte (1832–1907), Danish violinist and teacher * Ørnulf Tofte (1922–2020), Norwegian police officer Places * Tofte, Norway, village in the municipality of Asker, Norway **Södra Cell Tofte, a pulp mill located in Tofte, Norway * Tofte Township, Cook County, Minnesota, an American township ** Tofte, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Tofte Township * Tofte Glacier, on Peter I Island near Antar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tufte
Tufte is a surname of Norwegian origin. Notable people with the name include: * Virginia Tufte (fl. 1920s-2010s), American author and distinguished emerita professor of English * Edward Tufte (born 1942), American statistician, political scientist, graphic designer, and author * Bård Tufte Johansen (born 1969), Norwegian comedian * Jerod E. Tufte (born 1975), American judge * Olaf Tufte (born 1976), Norwegian competition rower and Olympic gold medal winner See also *Tofte (other) *Toft (other) *Tuft (surname) {{surname Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tufts (surname)
Tufts is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Tufts (1955–2019), American baseball player * Charles Tufts (1781–1876), American businessman and philanthropist * Daryn Tufts (born 1973), American writer, director, producer, and actor * Eleanor Tufts (1927–1991), American art historian * Glenn Tufts (born 1954), American baseball player, manager, and scout * Henry Tufts (1748–1831), American criminal * James Tufts (1829–1884), American politician * James Hayden Tufts (1862–1942), American philosopher * James Walker Tufts (1835–1902), American businessman * John Tufts (music educator) (1689–1750), colonial American music educator * John Q. Tufts (1840–1908), American politician * Nathan A. Tufts (1879–1952), American lawyer and politician * Otis Tufts (1804–1869), American inventor * Patrick Tufts, American computer scientists * Peter Tufts (1617–1700), colonial American landowner * Richard Tufts (1896–1980), American golf administrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
