Author Norman Mailer used a style combining fiction and journalism to write the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Executioner's Song.

• Journalist, Author
  (1923–2007)

Surgeon Norman Shumway performed the first human heart transplant in 1968.

• Surgeon
  (1923–2006)

American actor Vincent Price starred as the villain in the 1953 film House of Wax, which revitalized the horror genre, and was one of the first films shot in 3D.

• Film Actor
  (1911–1993)

Norman Schwarzkopf was a Vietnam War veteran, commander of the U.S. Central Command and a four-star general in the U.S. Army.

• General
  (1934–2012)

Norman Rockwell illustrated covers for The Saturday Evening Post for 47 years. The public loved his often-humorous depictions of American life.

• Illustrator, Painter
  (1894–1978)

Norman Borlaug’s research of genetic mutation in plants helped start the Green Revolution, which resulted increased wheat production in Mexico, Pakistan and India.

• Biologist, Scientist
  (1914–2009)

Norman Lear wrote popular, long-running sitcoms including All in the Family and The Jeffersons. His work addressed racial and political issues in the U.S.

• Television Producer, Screenwriter
  (1922–)

Norman Granz was a music promoter and entrepreneur who founded the famed Jazz at Philharmonic concert series as well as the record label Verve.

• Music Producer, Entrepreneur
  (1918–2001)