Toro may refer to:

Places

Toro, Molise Toro (Molisan: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about east of Campobasso Campobasso (, ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise a ...

, a ''comune'' in the Province of Campobasso, Italy *

Toro, Nigeria Toro is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Toro local government headquarters is in the town of Toro. The local government has three districts: Toro, Jama'a and Lame district. The local govern ...

, a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria *

Toro, Shizuoka is an archaeological site in Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City, southwest of Tokyo, Japan. The site contains the ruins of a settlement which dates to the 1st century CE, in the late Yayoi period. Discovered in 1943, it was excavated from 1947 to ...

, an archaeological site in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan *

Toro, Zamora Toro is a town and municipality in the province of Zamora, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is located on a fertile high plain, northwest of Madrid at an elevation of . Toro is known as a center of Mudéjar art a ...

, a ''municipio'' in the Province of Zamora, Castille and León, Spain * Toro District, one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru *

Tooro Kingdom The Tooro Kingdom is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Tooro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro, Rukidi IV. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro, Rukidi ...

, a traditional kingdom in Uganda *

Toro sub-region Tooro sub-region is a region in Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Con ...

, a region that is coterminous with the Toro Kingdom in Western Uganda * Shakhtyorsk, a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, known as Toro in Japanese *

1685 Toro 1685 Toro ( ''prov. designation'': ) is an asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group on an eccentric orbit. It was discovered on 17 July 1948, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California. The ...

, an asteroid

Companies

The Toro Company The Toro Company is an American company based in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota that designs, manufactures, and markets lawn mowers, snow blowers, and irrigation system supplies for commercial and residential, agricultural, ...

, an American manufacturer of lawnmowers and other lawn equipment * Toro (Norwegian company), a Norwegian food company

People

* Toró (born 1986), nickname of Brazilian footballer Rafael Ferreira Francisco * Toro y Moi (born 1986), professional name of American singer Chaz Bear *

Abraham Toro Abraham Josue Toro (born December 20, 1996) is a Canadian professional baseball third baseman, second baseman and first baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros, Seattle ...

(born 1996), Canadian baseball player *

Alfredo Toro Hardy Alfredo Toro Hardy (born in Caracas on May 22, 1950) is a Venezuelan retired career diplomat, scholar and public intellectual. During his diplomatic career, he occupied some of Venezuela's top ambassadorial posts, including Washington, London, Mad ...

(born 1950), Venezuelan diplomat and author *

David Toro José David Toro Ruilova (24 June 1898 – 25 July 1977) was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as the 35th president of Bolivia from 1936 to 1937. He previously served as minister of development and minister of governme ...

, Bolivian dictator * Janet Toro (born 1963), Chilean performance artist *

Jorge Toro Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez (10 January 1939 – 16 February 2024) was a Chilean footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented his native country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. He scored the second goal in Chile's 2-0 win over Italy ...

(1939–2024), Chilean footballer * Julio Toro (born 1952), Puerto Rican basketball coach * Manuel Murillo Toro (1816–1880), Colombian politician and statesman, twice President of the United States of Colombia *

Ray Toro Raymond Toro (born July 15, 1977) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band My Chemical Romance. Early life Toro was born July 15, 1977, in Kearny, New ...

(born 1977), lead guitarist for the band My Chemical Romance *

Benicio del Toro Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (; born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican actor. List of awards and nominations received by Benicio del Toro, His accolades include an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy ...

(born 1967), Puerto Rican-American actor *

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...

(born 1964), Mexican film director

Characters

Toro Inoue is a Japanese video game series primarily developed by BeXide and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The first game was released for the PlayStation in 1999. In the games, players talk to, feed, photograph, and play minigames with chara ...

, the mascot for Sony Computer Entertainment *

Toro (mascot) The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium. ...

, a mascot for the National Football League's Houston Texans franchise *

Toro (comics) Toro is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Toro was originally featured in Timely Comics and later published as a Marvel Comics superhero who appeared as the partner of the ...

, a Marvel Comics character *''

Gim Toro ''Gim Toro'' is an Italian comic book series created by Andrea Lavezzolo and Edgardo Dell'Acqua. It was in syndication from 1946 until 1951. Background Published in 1946 in an eponymous comic book series, the comics had an immediate success; ...

'', an Italian comics character * Toro, a male ''

Carnotaurus ''Carnotaurus'' (; ) is a genus of Theropoda, theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, probably sometime between 72 and 69 million years ago. The only species is ''Carnotaurus sastrei''. Known from a si ...

'' from the

Netflix Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple lang ...

show

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous ''Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous'' is an American science fiction action-adventure animated television series developed by Zack Stentz for Netflix and is the first television series in the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise, set before, during, and a ...

Animals

Toro (rodent) The toros or brush-tailed rats, genus ''Isothrix'', are a group of spiny rats found in tropical South America, particularly in the Amazon Basin.Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. ''Walker's Mammals of the World'', 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press ...

, a spiny rat in the genus ''Isothrix'' *A name for some species of fish

bigeye The Priacanthidae, the bigeyes, are a family of 18 species of marine ray-finned fishes. " Catalufa" is an alternate common name for some members of the Priacanthidae. The etymology of the scientific name (, to bite + , thorn) refers to the fam ...

family **''

Priacanthus arenatus ''Priacanthus arenatus'', the toro or Atlantic bigeye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. Some anglers refer to this fish as "toro snapper", but it is not a snapper, and only distantly related to the ...

'', the Atlantic bigeye **'' Pristigenys alta'', the short bigeye

Other uses

*''Il Toro'', or

Torino F.C. Torino Football Club (), colloquially referred to as Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont that currently plays in the Serie A, the highest football league of Italy. Founded in 1906 as ''Foot-Ball Club Torin ...

, an Italian football team *''Toro'', a

Spanish Fighting Bull The Spanish Fighting Bull is an Iberian heterogeneous cattle (''Bos taurus'') population. It is exclusively bred free-range on extensive estates in countries where bullfighting is organized. Fighting bulls are selected primarily for a certai ...

used in bullfighting *''Toro'', three turns on the track at

Cesana Pariol Cesana Pariol was the venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The track, built for the games, is located in Cesana Torinese. The venue holds approximately 7,130 spectators, of whom 3,624 are se ...

for the 2006 Winter Olympics * ''Toro'' (film), a 2015 film *, a Spanish film *

Tōrō are a type of traditional East Asian lantern made of stone, wood, or metal. Originating in China, stone lanterns spread to Japan, Korea and Vietnam, though they are most commonly found in both China – extant in Buddhist temples and traditional ...

, a Japanese traditional lantern, originally from China * Toro (tree), or ''Rapanea salicina'', a New Zealand native tree * Toro (DO), a ''Denominación de Origen'' for wine in Spain * ''Toro'' (magazine), a defunct Canadian men's magazine * Toro (sushi), fatty tuna used in sushi * T'uru, also spelled Toro, a mountain in Peru *Toro, the codename for the Verizon Wireless version of the

Galaxy Nexus The Galaxy Nexus (GT-I9250) is a touchscreen Android smartphone co-developed by Google and Samsung Electronics. It is the third smartphone in the Google Nexus series, a family of Android consumer devices built by an original equipment manufact ...

* Toro Bravo, a type of cow also known as the Spanish fighting bull *

Fiat Toro The Fiat Toro is a pickup truck made by Fiat Automobiles, Fiat in Brazil. It is derived from the Fiat FCC4 Concept and is based on the GM Fiat Small platform, Small Wide 4×4 architecture shared with the Jeep Renegade, Jeep Compass, and the Fiat 5 ...

, a pickup truck made in Brazil *

Oldsmobile Toronado The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992 over four generations. The Toronado was noted for its transaxle version of GM's Turbo-Hydramatic transmissi ...

, an automobile that was manufactured by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors * TORO (Torque Controlled Humanoid Robot), a development of

Justin (robot) Justin (also known as Rollin' Justin) is an autonomous and programmable humanoid robot with two arms, developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, located in Wessling, Germany. Introduced in 200 ...