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Torgny Mogren

Torgny Mogren (Nils Arne Torgny Mogren, "Molle"), Swedish cross-country skier born 1963 in Hällefors; 1988 Olympic relay gold, four World Championship golds, 1986/87 World Cup winner, later Sveriges Radio expert.

Tori (wrestler)

Tori is the ring name of Terri Poch (born 1964), American retired wrestler, LPWA champion as Terri Power, WWF star 1998-2001 as Sable's stalker fan, Kane's girlfriend, DX member, and Tough Enough trainer.

Tori Amos

Tori Amos (Myra Ellen Amos), American singer-songwriter and pianist; 1992 debut Little Earthquakes; 18 studio albums, 12 million sales; 2026 concept album In Times of Dragons on Universal/Fontana.

Tori Black

Tori Black (Michelle Chapman, born 1988, Seattle) is an American pornographic actress and director, the first to win AVN Female Performer of the Year back-to-back (2010, 2011), an XBIZ winner, and a 2022 AVN Hall of Fame inductee.

Tori Bowie

Tori Bowie (Frentorish Bowie, 1990-2023), American sprinter and long jumper; 2016 Olympic 4x100m gold, 100m silver, 200m bronze; 2017 world 100m champion; died at 32 of childbirth complications.

Tori Kelly

Tori Kelly, born Victoria Loren Kelly in 1992 in California, is an American singer and songwriter blending pop, R&B, and gospel, known for Unbreakable Smile and three Grammy wins.

Tori Spelling

Tori Spelling (Victoria Davey Spelling), American actress and reality TV personality, daughter of producer Aaron Spelling; played Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000), starred in Tori & Dean reality series, co-created BH90210, wrote sTORI Telling.

Tori style

Tori style (止利様式, Tori yōshiki) is the style of early Japanese Buddhist sculpture founded in the Asuka period by Kuratsukuri no Tori, known as Tori busshi.

Toriano Pride Jr.

Toriano Pride Jr. (born 2003), cornerback from St. Louis; played at Clemson 2022-23 and Missouri 2024-25, ran 4.32 at the 2026 combine, drafted 220th overall by Buffalo, claimed by Cleveland Browns in 2026.

Toribio de Benavente Motolinía

Toribio de Benavente Motolinía, also known as Toribio de Benavente, was a Spanish Franciscan missionary and historian in New Spain who arrived in Mexico in 1524.

Toribio de Mogrovejo

Toribio de Mogrovejo (1538–1606) was a Spanish canonist and the second Archbishop of Lima, who convoked the Third Lima Council and founded the first seminary in the Americas.

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza (1750–1825) was a Peruvian priest, jurist, and educator from Chachapoyas who taught a generation of Peruvian liberals as rector of San Carlos.

Toric code

The toric code is a quantum error-correcting code and spin-lattice model introduced by Alexei Kitaev, placing qubits on a square lattice wrapped on a torus so topology protects the information.

Toric lens

A toric lens is a lens whose surface has two different curvatures at right angles, producing different powers along different meridians; it is the optical basis for correcting astigmatism.

Toric variety

A toric variety is a normal algebraic variety containing an algebraic torus (C)^r as a dense open subset; normal toric varieties are classified by combinatorial objects called fans.

TORICO LTD (Yuzo Torizuka)

TORICO LTD (株式会社トリコ), also known as Trico Co., Ltd., is a Japanese company founded by Yuzo Torizuka in 1973 that repairs semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment.

Toriel

Toriel (トリエル, Torieru) is a motherly boss monster in Toby Fox's RPG Undertale, former queen of the monsters, first boss guarding the Ruins, name a play on 'tutorial'; also a teacher in Deltarune.

Toriello-Carey syndrome

Toriello-Carey syndrome (OMIM 217980, ORPHA 3338), also called corpus callosum agenesis-blepharophimosis-Robin sequence syndrome, is a rare multiple congenital anomaly disorder with callosal agenesis, Pierre Robin sequence, heart defects, and hypotonia; about 20% of cases are chromosomal.

Tories (British political party)

Tories is the nickname of the Conservative and Unionist Party, the UK centre-right party. It governed 2010–2024, lost heavily in 2024, and under Kemi Badenoch now trails Labour while competing with Reform UK.

Torii (鳥居)

A torii (鳥居) is a traditional Japanese gate, usually of two posts and horizontal beams, marking the entrance to a Shinto shrine and the boundary of sacred ground.

Torii Hunter

Torii Hunter (born 1975) is an American former MLB outfielder for the Twins, Angels, and Tigers (1997–2015); nine Gold Gloves, five All-Star nods, 353 home runs, Twins Hall of Fame.

Torii Kiyonaga

Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長, 1752–1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, fourth head of the Torii school, and the leading designer of beautiful-women prints of the Tenmei era.

Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I (鳥居清信, 1664–1729), personal name Shōbei, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who founded the Torii school and established the bold style of kabuki actor prints.

Torii Mototada

Torii Mototada (鳥居元忠, 1539–1600) was a Japanese samurai and lifelong retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu, called the paragon of Mikawa warriors, who died defending Fushimi Castle in 1600.

Toriki

Toriki: The Castaway Island, by Wojciech Grajkowski (Lucky Duck Games/Mirakulus), is a 1-4 player cooperative app-driven campaign board game for ages 8+, a Spiel des Jahres 2026 recommendation, about a shipwrecked expedition.

Toriko (トリコ)

Toriko (トリコ) is Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's shonen manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2008–2016 in 43 volumes. Set in the Gourmet Era, it follows Gourmet Hunter Toriko and chef Komatsu hunting legendary ingredients; adapted as a 147-episode Toei anime, 2011–2014.

Torikos/Pagras Limen/Heptalou Limen

Torikos (Τορικός), also Pagras Limen and Heptalou Limen, Roman Pagrae: a Greek trading outpost with a harbour at modern Gelendzhik on the Black Sea, mentioned by Pseudo-Scylax and excavated at Tonky Mys.

Toril Marie Øie

Toril Marie Øie (born 1960, Oslo) is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway since 1 March 2016, the first woman and 20th holder of the office, formerly Ministry of Justice Legislation Department head.

Torinae

Torinae (Karaman, 1971), the large barbs, is a subfamily of Cyprinidae containing the mahseer genus Tor and African hexaploid Labeobarbus; recognized as a full subfamily after Yang et al. 2015's tribe Torini.

Torino scale

The Torino scale, or Torino Impact Hazard Scale, rates the hazard of asteroid and comet impacts with Earth on an integer scale from 0 to 10.