Famous People with Name Nora

Nora Heysen            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Nora Heysen: was an Australian artist, the first woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture and the first Australian women appointed as an official war artist.She was raised at The Cedars in Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills. She studied art from 1926 to 1930, at the School of Fine Arts in Adelaide, under F. Millward Grey and sold paintings to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1930. From 1930 to 1933, she continued to study two days a week at the School, and worked in her own studio the rest of the time. In 1931 she visited Sydney with her parents, and spent two weeks studying at the Julian Ashton School.[1]

Mirko Norac            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Mirko Norac: is a former general of the Croatian Army. In 2003 he became the first Croatian Army general to be found guilty of war crimes by a Croatian court after he was transferred from The Hague. He served ten years in prison and was released on probation in November 2011. Norac took part in Operation Storm in August 1995 and on 25 September 1995 he was promoted to the rank of Major General. On 15 March 1996, Norac was appointed commander of the Knin Corps District. The President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic discharged Norac from the Croatian Army on 29 September 2000 after he signed the so-called Twelve Generals' Letter against what was claimed to be "criminalization" of the Croatian War of Independence.

Erick Norales            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Erick Norales: is a Honduran football defender that currently plays for Marathón in Liga Nacional de Honduras. He was part of the Honduran U-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. He made his debut for the national side on February 6, 2008 in a friendly against Paraguay.

Arto Noras            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Arto Noras: is a Finnish cellist[1] who started his studies in Sibelius Academy at age of 8 years. His teacher was Yrjö Selin. Noras continued his studies in Paris where his teacher was Paul Tortelier.Arto Noras is founder and Artistic Director of the Naantali Music Festival, is one of Finland's most celebrated instrumentalists and amongst the most outstanding internationally acknowledged cellists of his generation. He is known as an expressive and technically brilliant soloist and as an intensive and sensitive chamber musician. After completing his studies with Professor Yrjo Selin at the Sibelius Academy,