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Alba Torrens Alba Torrens Salom (born 30 August 1989) is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Winner of six EuroLeague titles with three clubs and eight medals with the Spanish senior team, she is ...
(born 1989), Spanish basketball player * Albert Torrens (born 1976), Australian rugby league footballer * Attwood Torrens (1874–1916), English cricketer and soldier *
Cristina Torrens Valero Cristina Torrens Valero (born 12 September 1974) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She won two singles and two doubles WTA titles. Cristina reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 27 on 4 March 2002. In 199 ...
(born 1974), professional female tennis player from Spain * Henry Torrens (1823–1889), British lieutenant general and colonial governor *
Henry Torrens (British Army officer) Major-General Sir Henry Torrens (1779 – 23 August 1828) was an Adjutant-General to the Forces. Early life Torrens was born in Derry, Ireland in 1779. He was the youngest son of the Reverend Thomas Torrens and his wife Elizabeth Curry. He l ...
(1779–1828), British major general and Adjutant-General to the Forces * Hugh Torrens, British historian of geology and paleontology *
Jackie Torrens Jackie Torrens is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Acting She began her career as an actress, most notably being cast as the frumpy but shrewd office mana ...
, Canadian writer, actor, documentary-maker and journalist * James H. Torrens (1874–1952), American congressman and influential Tammany Hall figure *
Jonathan Torrens Jonathan Ormond Torrens (born October 2, 1972) is a Canadian actor and television personality best known for his co-hosting of '' Street Cents'', his talk show '' Jonovision'', and his role as "J-Roc" in the popular Canadian mockumentary ''Traile ...
(born 1972), Canadian actor and television personality, brother of Jackie Torrens * Luis Torrens (born 1996), Venezuelan baseball player * Philip Torrens (born 1960), British actor (a.k.a. Pip Torrens) *
Robert Richard Torrens Sir Robert Richard Torrens, (31 May 1812Croucher, Rosalind F. (2008) 'Delenda Est Carthago!' Sir Robert Richard Torrens and his attack on the evils of conveyancing and dependent land titles: a reflection on the sesquicentenary of the introdu ...
(1812–1884), third Premier of colonial South Australia *
Robert Torrens (economist) Robert Torrens (1780 – 27 May 1864) was a Royal Marines officer, political economist, part-owner of the influential ''Globe'' newspaper, and a prolific writer. He also chaired the board of the London-based South Australian Colonisation ...
(1780–1864), Chairman of the South Australian Colonisation Commissioners, and father of the above *
Robert Torrens (judge) Robert Torrens (1775 – 1856) was an Irish judge. He enjoyed, on the whole, a high reputation for impartiality and decency. While his critics called him "the notorious hanging Judge Torrens", the legal profession as a whole praised his legal ab ...
(1775–1856), Irish judge and brother of Major-General Henry Torrens * Roy Torrens (born 1948), Northern Irish cricketer *
William McCullagh Torrens William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (13 October 1813 – 26 April 1894) was an Irish Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons for English constituencies variously between 1848 and 1885. Torrens was the son of James McCullagh of Greenfie ...
(1813–1894), Irish Liberal politician and member of the House of Commons for various English constituencies


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* Torrens (disambiguation) * Michael Torrens-Spence (1914–2001), British officer in three services and the Royal Ulster Constabulary {{surname, Torrens Surnames of Catalan origin