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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. Most of the sourcing is done by Guinness World Records which in the last decade has added new categories for "mobile" and "non-mobile" men and women.
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 ...
Also known as "General Tom Thumb", he gained fame under P. T. Barnum who exaggerated his short height to be 64 cm (25 in). [87] 1838–1883 United States: 91 cm (36 in) [88] D: Thomas Dilward: Stage actor Nineteenth-century minstrel show entertainer. [89] 1840–1902 England: 100 cm (39 in) [90] B: Jeffrey Hudson: Court dwarf
The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early, a 5-foot-3-inch (160 cm) jockey who took part in one play in one game for the Kentucky Colonels as a publicity stunt in 1969. (The shortest signed ABA players were Jerry Dover and Monte Towe, both 5 feet 7 inches or 170 centimetres.)
Short stature. Short stature refers to a height of a human which is below typical. Whether a person is considered short depends on the context. Because of the lack of preciseness, there is often disagreement about the degree of shortness that should be called short. Dwarfism is the condition of being very short, often caused by a medical condition.
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S&M Short and Male, a documentary aired in 2008, demonstrated the obstacles and bigotry that short statured men face every day in life, love and work. [28] [29] [30] In 2019, the teen romantic comedy Tall Girl was released. It told the story of a 16 year-old girl who struggled in high school due to her height.
The list does not include a star's name until his or her award ceremony has taken place, not at the time of nomination or an accepted nomination. The stars are ordered alphabetically by surname , and all names are shown as they appear on the stars.