Torch (disambiguation)

A torch is a portable burning light source.

Torch or torches may also refer to:

Places

 * Torch, Missouri, a community in the United States
 * Torch, Ohio, a community in the United States
 * The Marina Torch, a residential skyscraper in Dubai

People

 * Torch (American rapper), an American rapper
 * Torch (German rapper), a German rapper
 * Warren DeMartini, nicknamed "Torch", a guitarist for the American hard rock band Ratt
 * Sidney Torch, a British composer and bandleader
 * Robert Torricelli, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey nicknamed "the Torch"

Fictional entities

 * Torch (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
 * Torch, a human replacement entity utilized in the world of Shakugan no Shana novels
 * Human Torch, the Fantastic Four comic book character

Songs

 * Torch (Carly Simon album), a 1981 album by Carly Simon
 * Torch (Honeytribe album), a 2006 album by Devon Allman's Honeytribe
 * "Torch" (song), a 1982 song by British pop duo Soft Cell
 * "Torch", the ending song for the anime Clannad
 * "Torch", a 2007 song by American rock duo Pinback from their album Autumn of the Seraphs
 * "Torches", a 2017 song by X Ambassadors
 * "The Torch" (Elgar), a song by the English composer Edward Elgar
 * "The Torch", a song by Scottish musician Momus from the album Scobberlotchers

Other uses in music

 * Torch (band), a Norwegian rock metal band
 * "Torch song", a type of love song
 * Torches (album), the debut album by Foster the People

Print media

 * Torch (novel), a 2007 novel by American author Cheryl Strayed
 * The Torch (novel), a 1948 science fiction novel by Jack Bechdolt
 * The Torch (St. John's University), student newspaper
 * TORCH report, a written report on the Chernobyl disaster

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * Torch (juggling), a prop used by jugglers
 * The Torch (film), a 1950 film directed by Emilio Fernández
 * "Torches", an episode of the television series Teletubbies

Computing and technology

 * Torch (browser), a freeware Web browser and Internet suite developed by Torch Media
 * Torch (company), manufacturer of fire detection sensors
 * Torch (machine learning), a library of machine learning algorithms
 * BlackBerry Torch, a smartphone
 * Torch Computers, former manufacturer of computers
 * Torch (chess engine), a computer chess engine

Tools

 * Torch, or flashlight, a portable hand-held electric light
 * Blowtorch, fuel-burning metalworking tool used for applying flame and heat
 * Magnesium torch, used as an underwater light source
 * Oxyacetylene torch, see Oxy-fuel welding and cutting

Other uses

 * Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign
 * TORCH, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
 * TORCH complex (aka TORCHES), a healthcare mnemonic for maternal infections transmitted to the fetus
 * TORCH syndrome, a cluster of symptoms caused by congenital infection
 * Torch Commando, South African organisation, founded in 1941 during the Second World War