List of Famous people with last name Norcott

William Norcott was an Irish lawyer and satirist. He has been credited as the author of a number of works such as The Metropolis that created a sensation in Dublin in the early 1800s. He was regarded as dissolute, and according to contemporary accounts, ended his life in poverty in Constantinople where he was decapitated and his body thrown into the sea.

Lieutenant General Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsey Norcott of the Rifle Brigade was a British Army officer who fought during the Crimean War, was an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria and became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Major-General Sir Amos Godsell Robert Norcott CB KCH was an English soldier of the 95th Rifles fought throughout the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo where he commanded a battalion. He later served as an acting Governor of Jamaica, before becoming the commander of Cork District.