The phrase 'historic man' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a man who is known for or has made a significant impact in history. For example, "Martin Luther King Jr. was a historic man who changed the course of history with his inspiring words and actions."
They can be historic ("Man walks on Moon"), campaigning ("He lied and lied and lied"), classical ("Between Cilla and Charybdis"), subtle ("Flo quiets the Dons"), funny ("Super Caley go ballistic – Celtic are atrocious"), notorious ("Gotcha!"), scurrilous ("Zip me up before you go-go"), or downright absurd ("Freddie Starr ate my hamster").
But he rose above it to become a great and historic man.
I started life as the son of a bookie in Northern Kentucky and 56 years later, I got the opportunity to be friends with a truly historic man who I greatly admire.
Until the 1960s, by one estimate, changes in land use, which mostly means deforestation, accounted for most historic man-made emissions.
The Bulgarian writer Yordon Radichkov has placed the capital along the axis of two major transnational routes: 1) the historic man-made Silk Road that connects China and the West, and 2) a major natural path of migrating birds known as the "grand route of Aristotle".
The London Olympics marked a seminal moment for British gymnastics with the historic men's team medal.
He was an admirer of other historic men of action as well, including Robespierre, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon Bonaparte.
"That would be fantastic," said Vos. "It would be great to have a calendar with the Grand Tours and the historic men's races combined with women's races".
But no one was prepared for the historic man-made oil disaster that hit their coast five years later.
The major preoccupation for pre-historic man was killing whatever moved, and devising ever more efficient means to do it.
The formless, almost pre-historic man yells as students grimace, "Uh oh, mighty Kong has woken from his slumber!" As in most of Ferrell's best bits, his hulking presence makes itself known.
