# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-cota
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:10.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-cota"
name: "Norman Cota"
slug: "norman-cota"
description: "Norman Daniel Cota Sr., nicknamed \"Dutch\" was a senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II. Cota was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in June 1944, codenamed Operation Neptune, and the subsequent Battle of Normandy. He is known for rallying demoralized troops on Omaha Beach on D-Day, by engaging in combat beside them and personally leading their first successful breakout, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)."
tagline: "U.S. Army Major General (1893–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman-Cota_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1893-05-30"
deathDate: "1971-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.06
  momentum:             22.51373530363652
  historical:           10.71364266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 246
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "نورمان كوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "نورمان كوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cota"
    title: "Norman Cota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cota"
    title: "Norman Cota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cota"
    title: "Norman Cota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cota"
    title: "Norman Cota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cota"
    title: "Norman Cota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%98%D7%94"
    title: "נורמן קוטה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cota"
    title: "Norman Cota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cota"
    title: "Norman Cota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cota"
    title: "Norman Cota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768816"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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