- Torrance, California
Torrance is a city located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance's 1.5 miles of attractive beach coastline is less well-known than those of its immediate neighbors to the North, Redondo Beach, or to the South, Palos Verdes Estates...
, United States
- Torrance, County New Mexico, United States
- Torrance, Pennsylvania, United States
- Torrance, Ontario, Canada
- Torrance, East Dunbartonshire
Torrance is a village in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 15 minutes from Glasgow city centre and is home to 2,500 persons. Torrance used to mainly consist of farmland, but now is a growing town...
, Scotland
- Torrance, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Torrance is a surname, and may refer to:
- Alan Torrance
Alan Torrance is professor of systematic theology at St Mary's College of the University of St Andrews. Previously he lectured at King's College London from 1993-1998, where he was also Director of the Research Institute in Systematic Theology...
(1956- ), professor of systematic theology
- Bill Torrance
Bill Torrance born May 13, 1946, to James and Mary Torrance, originally of Ayrshire, is a Scottish broadcaster and entertainer who is known for hosting The Beechgrove Garden on BBC Scotland throughout the 1990s, Torrance is currently a presenter on Dundee radio station Tay AM.In addition to TAY AM,...
, Scottish broadcaster
- Chris Torrance
Chris Torrance is a poet and musician associated with the British Poetry Revival.Born in Edinburgh, Torrance grew up in London and moved to rural Wales in 1970. He has been teaching creative writing at the Cardiff University since 1976...
, poet
- Ellis Paul Torrance
Ellis Paul Torrance was an American psychologist from Milledgeville, Georgia.After completing his undergraduate degree at Mercer University, he went on to complete a Master's degree at the University of Minnesota, and then a doctorate from the University of Michigan...
(1915-2003), American psychologist
- Iain Torrance
Iain Torrance is President of Princeton Theological Seminary and a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He is married to Morag Ann , whom he met while they were students at the University of St Andrews, and they have a son, Hew, and a daughter, Robyn.-Early...
(1949-)
- Jack Torrance
John Daniel "Jack" Torrance is a fictional character, the antagonist in the 1977 novel The Shining by Stephen King. He was portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 movie adaptation of the novel, and by Steven Weber in the 1997 miniseries...
, fictional writer
- Jared Sidney Torrance
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance, California in southwest Los Angeles County....
(1852-1921), real estate developer
- Kenneth E.
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Places
- Torrance, California
Torrance is a city located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance's 1.5 miles of attractive beach coastline is less well-known than those of its immediate neighbors to the North, Redondo Beach, or to the South, Palos Verdes Estates...
, United States
- Torrance, County New Mexico, United States
- Torrance, Pennsylvania, United States
- Torrance, Ontario, Canada
- Torrance, East Dunbartonshire
Torrance is a village in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 15 minutes from Glasgow city centre and is home to 2,500 persons. Torrance used to mainly consist of farmland, but now is a growing town...
, Scotland
- Torrance, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
People
Torrance is a surname, and may refer to:
- Alan Torrance
Alan Torrance is professor of systematic theology at St Mary's College of the University of St Andrews. Previously he lectured at King's College London from 1993-1998, where he was also Director of the Research Institute in Systematic Theology...
(1956- ), professor of systematic theology
- Bill Torrance
Bill Torrance born May 13, 1946, to James and Mary Torrance, originally of Ayrshire, is a Scottish broadcaster and entertainer who is known for hosting The Beechgrove Garden on BBC Scotland throughout the 1990s, Torrance is currently a presenter on Dundee radio station Tay AM.In addition to TAY AM,...
, Scottish broadcaster
- Chris Torrance
Chris Torrance is a poet and musician associated with the British Poetry Revival.Born in Edinburgh, Torrance grew up in London and moved to rural Wales in 1970. He has been teaching creative writing at the Cardiff University since 1976...
, poet
- Ellis Paul Torrance
Ellis Paul Torrance was an American psychologist from Milledgeville, Georgia.After completing his undergraduate degree at Mercer University, he went on to complete a Master's degree at the University of Minnesota, and then a doctorate from the University of Michigan...
(1915-2003), American psychologist
- Iain Torrance
Iain Torrance is President of Princeton Theological Seminary and a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He is married to Morag Ann , whom he met while they were students at the University of St Andrews, and they have a son, Hew, and a daughter, Robyn.-Early...
(1949-)
- Jack Torrance
John Daniel "Jack" Torrance is a fictional character, the antagonist in the 1977 novel The Shining by Stephen King. He was portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 movie adaptation of the novel, and by Steven Weber in the 1997 miniseries...
, fictional writer
- Jared Sidney Torrance
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance, California in southwest Los Angeles County....
(1852-1921), real estate developer
- Kenneth E. Torrance, computer scientist and author (see Rendering)
- Robert Torrance
Robert M. Torrance is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at UC Davis.Torrance received his B. A. from Harvard in Greek and English, his M. A. at UC Berkeley in Comparative Literature, and his Ph. D. at Harvard in Comparative Literature...
, Professor Emeritus at University of California, Davis
- Sam Torrance
Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish golfer who was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s and was the winning non-playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2002....
, golfer
- Thomas Torrance
Thomas Forsyth Torrance was a 20th century Protestant Christian theologian who served for 27 years as Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh in the University of Edinburgh, during which time he was a leader in Protestant Christian theology...
(1913-2007), Scottish theologian