List of shortest people

List of shortest people This is a list of people who have been described or claimed as "shortest" in their lifetime or profession.

Shortest of all

Shortest men

*Gul Mohammed - Shortest man ever verified, measuring only 22.5 inches (57 cm), according to Guinness World Records. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D895F8095897&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Miami Herald] ]
*Younis Edwan - Shortest man claimant, said to be 25 inches (65 cm) tall. [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98oct21/world.htm#7 Tribune of India] ]
*He Pingping - Shortest man claimant at (74 cm), possibly the shortest man in the People's Republic of China. [ [http://en.ce.cn/Life/trend/200704/05/t20070405_10943062.shtml China Economic Net] ]
*Lin Yü-chih - Shortest man currently living (67.5 cm) according to Guinness World Records. [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/03/fringe/shortest.people/ CNN] ]
*Juan Greisch Steyn - Shortest geologist ever verified

Shortest women

*Madge Bester - Shortest living woman claimant.
*Pauline Musters - Smallest woman ever claimant. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080300466.html Washington Post] ]
*Lucia Zarate - Smallest woman claimant and the earliest studied example of microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060409/ai_n16183924 Deseret News] ]

Shortest by occupation

Shortest in various sports

*Debbie Black - Shortest to play in the Women's National Basketball Association.
*Muggsy Bogues - Shortest to play in the National Basketball Association. [ [http://www.sportsstarsusa.com/php/featuredartist.php?id=618 Sports Stars USA] ]
*Aditya Dev - "World's Smallest Bodybuilder" at 2ft. 9in. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/12/wromeo112.xml Telegraph] ]
*Eddie Gaedel - Shortest to play in Major League Baseball. [ [http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2001/0816/1240553.html ESPN] ]
*Frederick Walden - Shortest player in England national football team history. [ [http://www.englandfanzine.co.uk/records/records1.html England FC] ]
*Roy Worters - Shortest to play in the National Hockey League and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969. [ [http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196904&page=bio&list=#photo Legends of Hockey] ]
*Henry "Braces" Franklyn A 3-feet, 6-inch tall goaltender, possibly the smallest notable person in ice hockey history. [ [http://www.blackvoices.com/black_sports/special/_a/rewriting-hockey-history-in-black-and/20060424160809990001 Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1865-1925] ]
*Dylan Postl - Shortest professional wrestler in the WWE at around 4 ft 4 in.
*Oscar Gutierrez - second shortest male professional wrestler in the WWE at 5 ft 4 in, but is billed at around 5 ft 6 in.

Shortest actors

*Ajayakumar/Ajaykumar, (known as Undapakru), is a popular Malayalam comedy actor. He has made an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for being the shortest actor (64.008 cm height) to play a full length character in a film. He played the lead role in Albhuthadweep [ [http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm Bollywood India - Movies, Music, Stars, Photos, Videos, News & Reviews on MSN India ] ] ] , a Malayalam film directed by Vinayan. The movie was later dubbed in Tamil also.
*Nelson de la Rosa - Once recognized as "world's shortest actor" and had a minor role in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film). [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-10-23-de-la-rosa-obit_x.htm USA Today obit] ]
*Tamara De Treaux - Shortest actress, noted for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and as an influence for the novel Maybe the Moon. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211972/bio IMDB] ] [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=4PnEvNC_F9oC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=%22shortest+actor%22+academy&source=web&ots=Q4nmaybfcg&sig=2GjQn2KHD0NYxm4i_pYrbsjZ0UU#PPA114,M1 Film Facts] ]
*Michael Dunn - Stated to be the only "little person" actor to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [ [http://www.filmsite.org/bestsuppactor.html Filmsite] ]
*Weng Weng - Filipino actor and martial artist who was the shortest actor to have lead roles. [ [http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=editorial_feb10_2006 Manilla Standard Today] ]
*Verne Troyer - smallest actor as of 2008 standing about 2ft. 8in.

Shortest in politics

*Benito Juárez - Reportedly the shortest world leader to have height recorded. He was reportedly 4 ft 6 in or 1.37 meters [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/04/shortestworldleader The Guardian] ]
*James Madison - Shortest US President at 5 ft 4 in or 1.63 m.
* It should be noted that Napoleon was probably of an average size for his time, but was often portrayed as short by British propaganda, so the image stuck.
*Silvio Berlusconi - Shortest Italian Prime Minister at 1.54 m.

See also

*List of people with dwarfism
*List of tallest people

References