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Torchy Atkinson John Dunstan "Torchy" Atkinson (3 March 1909 – 27 February 1990) was a New Zealand horticultural scientist and scientific administrator. Atkinson was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 3 March 1909. His father was the solicitor Arnold Atkin ...

(1909-1990), New Zealand horticultural scientist and scientific administrator *

Torchy Clark Eugene "Torchy" Clark (January 1, 1929 – April 22, 2009) was an American college basketball coach. He was the first head coach of the UCF Knights men's basketball team that represents the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Then ...

, American basketball head coach for the University of Central Florida (1969-1983) *

Roy Hasson Roy Hilton Hasson (1921-1968) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He was a New South Wales state representative half who won the 1941 premiership with St George and later finished his career with Canterbur ...

(1921-1968), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s * Judith Krantz (born 1928), American romance novelist *

William Peden William "Torchy" Peden (16 April 1906 – 26 January 1980) was a Canadian cyclist. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955 and the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. Biography As a youth, Peden was a natural athlete, partici ...

(1906-1980), Canadian Hall-of-Fame cyclist

Surname

* Paul Torchy, a competitor in the inaugural

1923 24 Hours of Le Mans The 1923 24 Hours of Le Mans, officially the 24 Hours Grand Prix of Endurance (), was the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 26 and 27 May 1923. A strong field of twenty manufacturers entered, all from Fr ...

, the 1925 French Grand Prix and the 1925 Belgian Grand Prix

Arts and entertainment

* ''

Torchy Blane Torchy Blane is a fictional female reporter, the main character of nine films produced by Warner Bros. between 1937 and 1939. The Torchy Blane series were popular second features during the later 1930s and were mixtures of mystery, action, adve ...

'', a female reporter character in late 1930s films * the title character of

Jackie Ormes Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was an American cartoonist. She is known as the first African-American woman cartoonist and creator of the ''Torchy Brown'' comic strip and the ''Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger'' panel. Early life and ...

' 1938-1939 comic strip ''Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem'' * Torchy Todd, heroine of ''Torchy'' (comics), a comic strip and comic book begun in 1944 * the title character of ''

Torchy the Battery Boy ''Torchy the Battery Boy'' is a British television series, the second produced by AP Films and Gerry Anderson, running from 1959 to 1961. Directed by Anderson, it was a collaboration with author Roberta Leigh, with music scored by Barry Gray, a ...

'', a 1958-1959 puppet television series * Torchy, a fire-breathing

Dimetrodon ''Dimetrodon'' ( or ,) meaning "two measures of teeth,” is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid that lived during the Cisuralian (Early Permian), around 295–272 million years ago (Mya). It is a member of the family Sphenacodontid ...

from the third season of ''Land of the Lost'' *Torchy, a character played by

Johnny Hines John F. Hines (July 25, 1895 – October 24, 1970) was an American actor who had numerous film roles during the silent era, including many starring ones. He appeared in more than 50 films and numerous film shorts. But he did not succeed in tran ...

in a series of film shorts (1920-1922) * ''Torchy'' (album), a 1955 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae {{disambiguation Lists of people by nickname