# 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"

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### 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

### Music
#### Albums

* Torch (Carly Simon album), a 1981 album by Carly Simon
* Torch (Honeytribe album), a 2006 album by Devon Allman's Honeytribe
* Torches (album), the debut album by Foster the People

#### Songs

* "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
* "The Torch" (Elgar), a song by the English composer Edward Elgar
* "The Torch", a song by Scottish musician Momus from the album Scobberlotchers
* "Torches" (carol), a 1951 Christmas carol composed by John Joubert
* "Torches" (song), a 2016 song by Daughtry
* "Torches", a 2017 song by X Ambassadors

#### Other uses in music

* Torch (band), a Norwegian rock metal band
* "Torch song", a type of love song

### 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