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At 54.6 cm (21.5 in), Nepalese-born Chandra Bahadur Dangi was, at the time of his death in 2015, the world's shortest person ever verified. This list includes the shortest ever verified people in their lifetime or profession. The entries below are broken down into different categories which range from sex, to age group and occupations.
62.8 cm (2 ft 3⁄4 in) [2] Amge being measured by Guinness World Records. Jyoti Kishanji Amge (born 16 December 1993) [1] is an Indian actress notable for being the world's shortest living woman according to the Guinness World Records. [3][4][5] Following Amge's 18th birthday on 16 December 2011, she was officially declared the world's ...
Known for. Shortest living adult. Height. 65.24 cm (2 ft 1 + 1⁄2 in) Father. Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh. Afshin Ghaderzadeh (Persian: افشین قادرزاده; born 13 July 2002) is a Kurdish Internet personality who is the shortest living man in the world. He was recognized by the Guinness World Records in December 2022. [1][2] He has dimensions ...
Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in). [ 2 ] Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. [ 3 ] Due to his condition, he uses crutches to walk.
Two Guinness World Record holders finally had a chance to meet in real life. On Friday, the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, met the world's shortest woman, Jyoti Amge in Cairo, Egypt.
Junrey Balawing. Junrey Balawing (/ dʒuːnˈriː / joon-REE; Tagalog pronunciation: [dʒunˈrɪ bɐˈlawɪŋ] ⓘ; born June 12, 1993 – July 28, 2020) was a Filipino record holder at the Guinness World Records for the world's shortest man alive measuring at 60.00 centimetres (23.62 in) tall. [ 3 ] The declaration came during Balawing's 18th ...
The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a population) for populations in which adult men are on average less than 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall. [ 1 ] Although the term is considered derogatory, [ 2 ][ 3 ] it is primarily associated with the ...
Occupation. Dancer/actor. Known for. Being one of the world's shortest living men. Edward Niño Hernández (born May 10, 1986) [ 1 ] is the world's second-shortest [ 2 ] living mobile man. He was certified on September 4, 2010, by the Guinness World Records. At 24 years of age, Hernandez was 0.7 m (2 ft 3+1⁄2 in) tall and weighed 10 kg (22 lb).