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Bloor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *
Joseph Bloor Joseph Bloor (or Bloore) (1789–1862) was an innkeeper, brewer, and land speculator in the 19th century who founded the Village of Yorkville and is the namesake for Toronto's Bloor Street. Originally from Staffordshire, England, he emigrated to ...
(1789–1862), a developer of Toronto and founder of the village of Yorkville **
Bloor Street Bloor Street is a major east–west residential and commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bloor Street runs from the Prince Edward Viaduct, which spans the Don River Valley, westward into Mississauga where it ends at Central Park ...
, a major thoroughfare in Toronto named after him *** Bloor or
Line 2 Bloor–Danforth Line 2 Bloor–Danforth is a subway line in the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It has 31 stations and is in length. It opened on February 26, 1966, and extensions at both ends were completed in 1968 an ...
of the Toronto subway *** Bloor, Yonge, or Bloor-Yonge station on the Toronto subway ***
Bloor streetcar line The Toronto Transit Commission operated the Bloor streetcar line along Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue, extending at its longest from Jane Street (Jane Loop) in the west end of the city to Luttrell Avenue (Luttrell Loop) in the east. Both Luttre ...
, a former line on the Toronto streetcar system ***
Bloor GO Station Bloor GO Station is a railway station on GO Transit's Kitchener line and Union Pearson Express rail services, located in Toronto, Ontario, on Bloor Street east of Dundas Street West. It is near Dundas West station on the TTC's Line 2 Bloor–Danf ...
, a commuter rail station in Toronto *** Bloor or
Prince Edward Viaduct The Prince Edward Viaduct System, commonly referred to as the Bloor Viaduct, is the name of a truss arch bridge system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, connecting Bloor Street East, on the west side of the system, with Danforth Avenue on the east. The ...
, Toronto ***
Bloor Cinema The Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (formerly the Bloor Cinema and the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema) is a movie theatre in The Annex district of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located at 506 Bloor Street West, near its intersection with Bathurst Street ...
, Toronto ***
Bloor Collegiate Institute Bloor Collegiate Institute (Bloor CI, BCI , or Bloor, originally Davenport High School and Bloor High School) is a public secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Bloor Street and Dufferin Street, in ...
, Toronto *
Alan Bloor Alan Bloor (born 16 March 1943) is an English former footballer and manager. He made 394 league appearances in the Football League for both Potteries teams. He spent eighteen years as a centre-half at Stoke City between 1960 and 1978, helpi ...
(born 1943), British footballer * Amanda Bloor (born 1962), British Anglican priest *
David Bloor David Bloor (; born 1942) is a British sociologist. He is a professor in, and a former director of, the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh. He is a key figure in the Edinburgh school and played a major role in the development ...
(born 1942), scholar in the sociology of scientific knowledge *
Edward Bloor Edward William Bloor (born October 12, 1950) is an American novelist and playwright, best known for ''Tangerine'' and ''London Calling''. Biography Bloor was born in Trenton, New Jersey, son of Edward Bloor and Mary Cowley. Bloor graduated from ...
(born 1950), American novelist *
Ella Reeve Bloor Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor (July 8, 1862 – August 10, 1951) was an American labor organizer and long-time activist in the socialist and communist movements. Bloor is best remembered as one of the top-ranking female functionaries in the Communis ...
(1862–1951), political activist *
John Bloor John Stuart Bloor (born 16 June 1943) is a British billionaire businessman. His business, Bloor Holdings, owns both Bloor Homes and Triumph Motorcycles. Early life Bloor was born in a small Derbyshire village. His father was a coal miner. He ...
(born 1943), British motorcycle manufacturer, owner of the Triumph company *
James Bloor (actor) James Bloor (born 27 January 1992) is an English writer and actor. Early career Bloor graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2014 with a first-class degree in History and MPhil in the history of political thought. Career In 2015, Bl ...
, British actor *
Lewis Bloor Lewis Bloor from Chingford, London, England, is a British television personality known for his roles in two notable shows, ''The Only Way is Essex'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother''. Career Bloor was in eighty-three episodes of ''The Only Way is Esse ...
(born 1989), British reality TV participant *
Micky Bloor Michael Bennett Bloor (born 25 March 1949) is a Welsh former footballer who made 80 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Lincoln City and Darlington. He began his professional career with Stoke City, but never represent ...
, English footballer Fictional characters: * Manfred Bloor, a character in Jenny Nimmo's
Children of the Red King Charlie Bone is a series of ten children's fantasy, school and adventure novels written by British author Jenny Nimmo, first published by Egmont 2002 to 2010. It is sometimes called "the ''Charlie Bone'' series" after its main character. A se ...
fantasy novel series


See also

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Bloor Passage Bloor Passage () is a passage leading northward from Meek Channel between Corner Island and Uruguay Island, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Able Seaman Vincent T. ...
, a water passage in the Argentine Islands near Antarctica * Ron Bloore, Canadian artist {{surname, Bloor