Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757–1837), French physicist, inventor and pioneer in parachuting
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Johann Kaspar Hechtel, who designed a deck of playing cards upon which Lenormand fortune-telling cards are modelled
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Marie Anne Lenormand (1772–1843), French professional fortune-teller for more than 40 years, famous during the Napoleonic era
Lenormand was succeeded by André-Jacques Garnerin who made the first parachute descent from high altitude (in a gondola detached from a balloon) with the help of a non-rigid parachute on October 22, 1797, and his wife Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse who made a similar descent two years later.
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During his time at the excise office Lenormand started publishing in technology journals and filed patents for a paddle boat, a clock (successfully installed at the Paris Opera) and a public lighting system.
The 36 card Lenormand deck is modelled on a deck of cards published c1799 as part of Das Spiel der Hoffnung (The Game of Hope), a game of chance designed by Johann Kaspar Hechtel of Nuremberg.
René Lenormand (1846–1932), was a French composer, father of playwright Henri-René Lenormand (1882–1951).