Stormin' Norman is a rhyming nickname frequently used for anyone named Norman who is also seen as a dynamic personality, perhaps symbolically living up to the stereotyped pillaging of "Normans" a.k.a. Norsemen or Vikings. The name is usually a media tag. Here are a few examples of public figures with that tag:
- Norm Cash (1934–1986), major league baseball player
- Norm Van Lier (1947–2009), American basketball player
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. (1934–2012), American military figure
- Norman Siegel (born 1943), American civil rights attorney
- Norm Sloan (1926–2003), American college basketball coach
- Norm Stewart (born 1935), American college basketball coach (University of Missouri)
Famous quotes containing the word norman:
“Before I get through with you, you will have a clear case for divorce and so will my wife. Now, the first thing to do is arrange for a settlement. You take the children, your husband takes the house, Junior burns down the house, you take the insurance and I take you!”
—S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Arthur Sheekman, Will Johnstone, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Monkey Business, terms for a divorce settlement proposed while trying to woo Lucille Briggs (Thelma Todd)