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Norman McLeod
Norman McLeod, Presbyterian minister (b at Point of Stoer, Scot 29 Sept 1780; d at Waipu, NZ 14 Mar 1866). McLeod, a teacher and lay preacher, moved to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1817.
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Norman Mittelmann
Norman Mittelmann, baritone (born 25 May 1932 in Winnipeg, MB; died 17 March 2019 in Palm Desert, California). Norman Mittelmann was an acclaimed opera singer who performed with many major opera companies around the world. He made his Canadian operatic debut with the Canadian Opera Company (COC) in 1958 and debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in 1961. He also appeared with the Berlin Deutsche Oper, the Munich Staatsoper, the Zürich Opera, the Royal Opera, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Manitoba Opera and the Edmonton Opera, among many others.
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Norman Nelson
Nelson, (Richard) Norman. Violinist, b Dublin 1 Aug 1931. He studied 1945-51 with George Strattan at the RCM and with Sascha Lasserson, a pupil of Leopold Auer. Nelson joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1951 and the Sadler's Wells orchestra in 1952.
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Norman Reade DePoe
Norman Reade DePoe, broadcaster, journalist (b at Portland, Ore 4 May 1917; d at Toronto 13 Mar 1980). In his prime in the eventful 1960s, he was for 8 years CBC-TV's chief Ottawa correspondent and a household name as Canadian broadcasting's star reporter on national and international affairs.
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Norman Ryan
Norman Ryan, "Red," bandit (b at Toronto July 1895, d at Sarnia, Ont 25 May 1936). Nicknamed "Canada's Jesse James," Ryan committed numerous robberies in Ontario, Québec and the US, deserted the Canadian Army in WWI, and once made a spectacular escape from Kingston Penitentiary.
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Norman Sherman
Norman (Morris) Sherman, composer, bassoonist, teacher (born 25 February 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts; died 30 April 2015 in London, ON).
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Norman Symonds
Norman Alec Symonds, composer, clarinetist, saxophonist (born 23 December 1920 near Nelson, BC; died 21 August 1998 in Toronto, ON).
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Norman Ward
Norman Ward, political scientist, author, teacher (b at Hamilton, Ont 10 May 1918; d at Saskatoon 6 Feb 1990). Identified with U of Sask, Ward's reputation as a scholar is national and international.
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Norman Wilks
Norman Wilks. Pianist, teacher, administrator, b Birchington, Kent, England, 9 Jun 1885, d Toronto 20 Nov 1944. As a boy he won a singing scholarship for the Duke of Newcastle Choir.
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Normand Chaurette
Normand Chaurette, OC, playwright, novelist (born 9 July 1954 in Montreal, QC; died 31 August 2022 in Montreal). Normand Chaurette was awarded the Governor General’s Literary Award four times. In 2004 he was made Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 2012 he received the Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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Normand Chouinard
Normand Chouinard, actor (b at Québec City, 21 June 1948). After law studies at l'Université Laval, Normand Chouinard was called to the Bar in 1971, then took up theatre studies at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec and received his diploma in 1974.
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Normand Hudon
Normand Hudon, caricaturist, painter, fantasist (b at Montréal 5 June 1929, d at Montréal 8 Jan 1997).
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John Norris
John Norris. Critic, editor, broadcaster, promoter, record producer, b West Clandon, Surrey, England, 9 Jan 1934; d Toronto 31 Jan 2010. While a clerk in London, he operated his first jazz club. Moving to Canada, he operated the Montreal Traditional Jazz Society 1956-7.
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Norris Roy Crump
Norris Roy Crump, railway executive (b at Revelstoke, BC 30 July 1904; d at Calgary 26 Dec 1989). Born into a railway family, Crump began with the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY as a labourer in 1920, taking time off to study science at Purdue University.
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Norse Voyages
The establishment of the Norse settlements in southwestern Greenland in the late 10th century CE marked the first permanent European settlement in North America. The Norse would make frequent trips north and west of their Greenland colonies and would even establish at least one archaeologically attested settlement in northern Newfoundland (see L’Anse aux Meadows). During these exploratory expeditions into the Arctic and eastern North America, the Norse would encounter a variety of Indigenous North American groups.
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