Lofty may refer to:
Places
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Mount Lofty (disambiguation) Mount Lofty, a peak in the Mount Lofty Ranges near Adelaide in South Australia.
Mount Lofty may also refer to:
Australia South Australia
*Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
*Mount Lofty Fire Tower
* Mount Lofty railway station
*Mount Lofty Ranges, the mou ...
, several places and associated subjects in Australia
People
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Lofty Blomfield
Meynell Strathmore Blomfield (18 July 1908 – 29 June 1971) was a New Zealand professional wrestler, known by his ringname Lofty Blomfield, who was arguably the country's most popular wrestler during the 1930s and 40s. He competed primarily for ...
, (1908–1971), New Zealand professional wrestler
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Lofty Drews (born 1940),
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...
co-driver from Kenya
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Lofty England
Frank Raymond Wilton "Lofty" England (24 August 1911, Finchley, Middlesex – 30 May 1995, Austria) was an engineer and motor company manager from Britain. He rose to fame as the manager of the Jaguar Cars sports car racing team in the 1950s, dur ...
(1911–1995), Jaguar Cars' motorsport manager and later CEO
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Lofty Herman
Oswald William 'Lofty' Herman (18 September 1907 – 24 June 1987) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East Eng ...
(1907–1987), English first-class cricketer
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Lofty Large
Donald "Lofty" Large (27 September 1930 – 22 October 2006) was a British soldier and author.
Having joined the Army as a boy, Large fought in the Korean War and was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Imjin. He spent two years in ...
(1930–2006), British former Special Air Service soldier and author
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Lofty Wiseman
John "Lofty" Wiseman is a British author, survival consultant and television presenter. He is a former member of the Special Air Service (SAS), the British special forces unit.
Life and works
In 1959, at the age of eighteen, Wiseman became ...
, British former Special Air Service soldier and author
Fictional characters
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Lofty Holloway
George "Lofty" Holloway is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Tom Watt. Lofty is one of the serial's near-original characters, making his first appearance in the third episode, which was first broadcast on 26 ...
, a fictional character in the television series ''
EastEnders
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''
* A personified crane in the BBC children's series ''
Bob the Builder
''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with hi ...
''
* A fictional character on the 1986 animated television series ''
My Little Pony
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''
* Gunner "Lofty" Sugden, a fictional character on the 1970s British sitcom ''
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
''It Ain't Half Hot, Mum'' is a BBC television sitcom about a Royal Artillery concert party based in Deolali in British India and the fictional village of Tin Min in Burma, during the last months of the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy ...
''
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Ben "Lofty" Chiltern
Ben "Lofty" Chiltern is a fictional character from the BBC medical dramas ''Casualty'' and ''Holby City'', played by actor Lee Mead. He first appeared in ''Casualty'' twenty-eighth series episode "The Last Chance Saloon", broadcast on 1 March 2 ...
, a fictional character in the television series ''
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'' and ''
Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and pr ...
''
See also
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Loft (disambiguation)
A loft is a type of room or dwelling.
Loft, LOFT, or The Loft may also refer to:
Geography
* Loft Crag, mountain in the English Lake District
Brands and enterprises
* Loft (store), a Japanese chain store
* LOFT, a division of Ann Taylor (clothi ...
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W. J. Loftie (1839–1911), British clergyman and writer
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Lotfi A. Zadeh
Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (; az, Lütfi Rəhim oğlu Ələsgərzadə; fa, لطفی علیعسکرزاده; 4 February 1921 – 6 September 2017) was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, an ...
(born 1921), American mathematician, engineer, and computer scientist
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Lotfi Mansouri
Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri (15 June 1929 – 30 August 2013) was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. He was an opera director from about 1960 onwards, and is best known for being the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company and ...
(1929–2013), Iranian opera director
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Lotty Lotty is an English language, English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte (given name), Charlotte or Lieselotte, an alternate form of Lotte (name), Lotte, and that is also related to Lisa (given name), Lisa, Elisa (given name) ...
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