Toi (given Name)
Toi is a given name of the following notable people: * Toi Aukuso Cain (1959–2009), Samoan politician * Toi Cook (born 1964), American football player * Toi Derricotte (born 1941), American poet * Toi Hutchinson (born 1973), American politician * Toi Inagawa (1940–2005), Japanese yakuza member * Toi Te Rito Maihi (born 1937), New Zealand weaver, printmaker, painter, educator and writer. *Sweet Tee Tasha Tee (born September 22), known professionally as Sweet Tee and sometimes DJ Swoop, is an American rapper who was signed to Profile Records in the 1980s. Her first single in 1986 was the hit "It's My Beat" featuring DJ Jazzy Joyce. Sweet T ...

Toi Aukuso Cain
Toi Aukuso Cain (4 January 1959 – April 18, 2009) was a Samoan politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Faleata West constituency in 1979, and served for twenty years until his arrest. He served for a time as Minister of Post and Telecommunications."Toi passes away"
''Samoa Observer'', April 19, 2009 In 1999, Cain was arrested with fellow politician and the latter's son Eletise Vitale in connection with the murder of
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Toi Cook
Toi Fitzgerald Cook (born December 3, 1964) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL Draft. A 5'11", . defensive back from Stanford University, he played in 11 NFL seasons from 1987 to 1997. In 1992, he had a career-high six interceptions for 90 yards and one touchdown for the Saints. He appeared in Super Bowl XXIX for the victorious San Francisco 49ers, and had an interception in the game. Before his NFL career, he was an outfielder, and the leadoff hitter, on Stanford's 1987 College World Series national champion baseball team. High school Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cook went to Montclair College Preparatory School, a private school in Van Nuys, California. His graduating class was composed of 57 students. Stanford University Cook was a two-sport star and a three-year starter at Stanford, playing both baseball and football - right field / center field, and defensive back. He was a communi ...
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Toi Derricotte
Toi Derricotte (pronounced ''DARE-ah-cot'' ) (born April 12, 1941) is an American poet. She is the author of six poetry collections and a literary memoir. She has won numerous literary awards, including the 2020 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry awarded by the Poetry Society of America, and the 2021 Wallace Stevens Award, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. From 2012–2017, Derricotte served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She is currently a professor emerita in writing at the University of Pittsburgh . Early life The only child of Benjamin and Antonia (née Baquet) Webster, Toi Derricotte was born Toinette Webster on April 12, 1941 in Hamtramck, Michigan. Her parents divorced when she was a teenager. A Catholic, she attended Girls Catholic Central High School in Detroit, where she graduated in 1959. She went to Mass every day. She later attended Wayne State University, where she studied psychology, but her studies were inte ...
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Toi Hutchinson
Toi Hutchinson (born May 20, 1973) is an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate from 2009 to 2019, representing the 40th District. The 40th district includes all or parts of Bradley, Bourbonnais, Chicago Heights, Flossmoor, Homewood, Hopkins Park, Kankakee, Olympia Fields, Peotone and University Park. Prior to her service in the Illinois Senate, Hutchinson was City Clerk for the Village of Olympia Fields, Illinois. Early life and education At nine years old, Hutchinson moved to Country Club Hills, Illinois, where she was raised by her mother and maternal grandparents. She attended Infant Jesus of Prague elementary school in Flossmoor, and Rich Central High School in Olympia Fields. At the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in English and minoring in psychology. Hutchinson returned to her old high school as an English teacher. She graduated from Northern Illinois University's College of Law in 2 ...
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Toi Inagawa
Toi Inagawa (稲川 土肥 ''Inagawa Toi''; 1940 – May 29, 2005), a.k.a. Yuko Inagawa (稲川 裕紘 ''Inagawa Yuko''), was ''kaicho'' (Godfather) of the Inagawa-kai yakuza gang in Japan from 1990 until 2005. He was also 2nd ''socho'' of the Inagawa-ikka. Inagawa was the son of Kakuji Inagawa, the gang's founder. In 1990, he took over from Susumu Ishii to become the Inagawa-kai's third ''kaicho''. Toi Inagawa died in May 2005. As of October 2005, a clear successor has not emerged, but Inagawa's son Hideki Inagawa is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Hideki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *秀樹, "excellence", "timber trees" *英樹, "superior", "timber trees" *英機, "superior", "chance" *秀喜, "ex ... is seen as the most likely candidate. ReferencesGang boss quits; turf war looms. Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo, Japan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) 1940 births 2005 deaths Yakuza members ...
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Toi Te Rito Maihi
Toi Te Rito Maihi (1937 - 10 December 2022) was a New Zealand weaver, printmaker, painter, educator and writer. She belonged to Ngāti Ipu, Ngāi Te Apata o Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Hao o Taitokerau and the Bland Family of Yorkshire. Maihi recounted the story of how she learned to weave. She was the only Māori foundation member of the committee of the Ngaruawahia Weaving Hui who was not known as a weaver, and so was generally assigned administrative tasks. Eva Anderson noticed Maihi's frustration and when a weaver had to leave the hui and abandon her partially-completed whakairo kete, it was Anderson who invited Maihi to finish it. Late at night when she was still weaving, Eddie Maxwell showed her how to finish it and sat with her until her first whakairo kete was completed. Maihi has exhibited widely since the 1970s and her work is held in the collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Auckland Art Gallery Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the princi ...
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