Look no further— we've collected some of the people from our heritage who made their mark! William the Conqueror and Mathilda of Flanders: 1027 / 1087 (Caen - Normandy) William I, nicknamed "The Bastard," undoubtedly preferred to be called "The Conqueror."

Norman, member of those Vikings, or Norsemen, who settled in northern France (or the Frankish kingdom), together with their descendants. The Normans founded the duchy of Normandy and sent out expeditions of conquest and colonization to southern Italy and Sicily and to England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.