# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-norman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:29:48.312Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-norman"
name: "Jerry Norman"
slug: "jerry-norman"
description: "Jerry Lee Norman was an American sinologist and linguist known for his studies of varieties of Chinese, particularly Min varieties, and also of the Manchu language. Norman had a large impact on Chinese linguistics, and was largely responsible for establishing the importance of Min varieties in the reconstruction of Old Chinese."
tagline: "American sinologist and linguist (1936–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Jerry_Lee_Norman_%281936%E2%80%932012%29.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-07-16"
deathDate: "2012-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.28675466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E6%9D%B0%E7%91%9E"
    title: "罗杰瑞"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جيري نورمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جيرى نورمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B2%CC%A4_Gi%C4%95k-s%C3%B4i"
    title: "Lò̤ Giĕk-sôi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Norman"
    title: "Jerry Norman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Norman_(sinologist)"
    title: "Jerry Norman (sinologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Norman"
    title: "Jerry Norman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Norman"
    title: "Jerry Norman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジェリー・ノーマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Норман, Джерри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Norman_(nh%C3%A0_H%C3%A1n_h%E1%BB%8Dc)"
    title: "Jerry Norman (nhà Hán học)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%85%E5%82%91%E7%91%9E"
    title: "羅傑瑞"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379803"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump