List of people with dwarfism
The following is a list of people who are known for their dwarfism and who have been open about it. While these people are not known for being the shortest ever, they have been mentioned in sources describing how the condition has affected their lives. Dwarfism is caused by several different types of medical conditions, and is typically defined as an adultA with a height of 147 centimetres (4 ft 10 in) or less.[1][2] Records or mentions of people with dwarfism have not always been kept well, resulting in estimated heights that were taken from eyewitnesses. In some given cases the height of the person is unknown except to say that they were mentioned as a "dwarf" in various media. This list does not include every prominent person with dwarfism, as others are already included on other linked Wikipedia lists.
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Actors and actresses
Deceased Living
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81 cm (32 in)[3] | Verne Troyer | American actor and stunt performer notable for having a form of dwarfism. He is best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series of comedy films.[3][4] | 1969–2018 |
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81 cm (32 in) | Linden Porco | Canadian actor, known for playing a body double for Marlon Wayans' character in Little Man. | 1996– |
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84 cm (33 in) | Michu Meszaros | 1939–2016 | |
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86 cm (34 in) | Pat Bilon | Known for his performances in Under the Rainbow, and one of two dwarfs hired for the role of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (body suit).[5] | 1947–1983 |
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88.9 cm (35.0 in)[6] | Angelo Rossitto | Angelo was an American actor that was billed as "Little Angie" or "Moe".[7] He was one of the actors in a classic horror movie Freaks. | 1908–1991 |
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91 cm (36 in)[8] | Eric Lynch | American actor, writer and former member of The Howard Stern Show's Wack Pack.[8] | 1975–2014 |
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96.5 cm (38.0 in)[9] | Josh Ryan Evans | American actor with achondroplasia, known for his role as Timmy Lenox from the TV series Passions.[9] | 1982–2002 |
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96.5 cm (38.0 in) | Mikey Post | 1982–2018 | |
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106.6 cm (42.0 in)[10] | Tony Cox | American actor known for his roles in Bad Santa, Me, Myself and Irene, Date Movie, Epic Movie and Disaster Movie.[11] | 1958– |
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106.6 cm (42.0 in)[12] | Phil Fondacaro | Fondacaro appeared in Star Wars Return of the Jedi as an Ewok, the only one to have a death scene. | 1958– |
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106.6 cm (42.0 in)[13] | Warwick Davis | British actor with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita. Davis is known for his role as Wicket W. Warrick from the Star Wars series.[14][15] | 1970– |
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106.6 cm (42.0 in)[16] | Kiruna Stamell | Australian actress who received her first major role in the movie Moulin Rouge! as "La Petite Princesse".[17] | 1981– |
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109.2 cm (43.0 in)[18] | Michael J. Anderson | American actor known for his roles as "The Man from Another Place" in the series Twin Peaks.[18][19] | 1953– |
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111.7 cm (44.0 in)[20] | Kenny Baker | English actor who originally portrayed R2-D2 in the Star Wars series.[20] | 1934–2016 |
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111.7 cm (44.0 in)[21] | Jimmy Vee | Scottish actor who has portrayed R2-D2 in Star Wars: Episode VII and beyond.[22] | 1959– |
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114 cm (45 in)[23] | Billy Barty | American actor with cartilage–hair hypoplasia, who had multiple roles in film from 1927 until his death.[23][24] | 1924–2000 |
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114 cm (45 in)[25] | Bridget Powers | American pornographic actress also known as "Bridget the Midget".[26] | 1980– |
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115 cm (45 in) | Mark Povinelli | 1971– | |
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116.8 cm (46.0 in)[27] | Michael Dunn | Oscar-nominated (for Best Supporting Actor in "Ship of Fools") American actor with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, type unspecified.[27] | 1934–1973 |
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119.3 cm (47.0 in) | Johnny Roventini | 1910–1998 | |
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119.3 cm (47.0 in)[28] | Patty Maloney | Maloney is an American actress who portrayed Honk from Far Out Space Nuts. | 1936– |
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119.3 cm (47.0 in)[29] | Felix Silla | Italian-American actor best known for his portrayal as Cousin Itt (voiced by Tony Magro) from the original 1964 TV series, The Addams Family.[29] | 1937– |
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119.3 cm (47.0 in)[30] | Hervé Villechaize | French-born actor, known for roles in The Man with the Golden Gun and Fantasy Island.[31] | 1943–1993 |
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119.3 cm (47.0 in)[32] | David Rappaport | Rappaport was a British actor who is known for his roles in the films Time Bandits and The Bride.[32] | 1951–1990 |
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121 cm (48 in) | Meredith Eaton | American actress known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on the CBS television series Family Law (in which she was the first female dwarf to fill a regular role in an American prime time series), for her recurring role as Bethany Horowitz on the ABC series Boston Legal, and for her lead role as Matilda Webber on the CBS series MacGyver. | 1999– |
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121.9 cm (48.0 in)[33] | Michael Gilden | American actor who starred in the TV series NCIS.[34] | 1962–2006 |
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121.9 cm (48.0 in)[35] | Danny Woodburn | American actor who is noted for the role on the TV comedy series Seinfeld, as Mickey Abbott.[36] | 1964– |
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121.9 cm (48.0 in)[37] | Shorty Rossi | Star of Pit Boss, and owner of Shortywood Productions. | 1969– |
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123 cm (48 in)[38] | Jason Acuña | Acuña is an American skateboarder with achondroplasia who is also known as "Wee-Man". He is one of the stars in the TV series Jackass.[39] | 1973– |
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124.4 cm (49.0 in)[40] | Martin Klebba | American actor best known for his role as Marty in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.[41] | 1969– |
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127 cm (50 in)[42] | Matthew Roloff | Roloff is an American actor, author, and businessman with diastrophic dysplasia. He was featured on the TV show Little People Big World.[42] | 1961– |
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129.5 cm (51.0 in)[43] | Zelda Rubinstein | American actress, best known for her role in Poltergeist as the medium Tangina Barrons.[44] | 1933–2010 |
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129.5 cm (51.0 in)[45] | Meredith Eaton-Gilden | American actress who is known for portraying "Emily Resnick" on the CBS television series Family Law.[46] | 1974– |
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130 cm (51 in) | Angelo Muscat | Maltese English actor, best known for playing The Butler in The Prisoner. | 1930–1977 |
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130 cm (51 in) | Vladimir Fyodorov | Soviet and Russian actor, known for playing Chernomor in Ruslan and Ludmila. | 1939– |
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130 cm (51 in) | Chuy Bravo | 1956–2019 | |
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132 cm (52 in)[47] | Mimie Mathy | French actress and comedian who is best known for her role in the Josephine, Guardian Angel television series. | 1957– |
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132 cm (52 in)[48] | Eric Cullen | Cullen was a Scottish actor with achondroplasia who was known for his role as "Wee Burney" in BBC's Rab C Nesbitt.[48] | 1965–1996 |
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134.6 cm (53.0 in)[49] | Peter Dinklage | Dinklage is an Emmy-winning American actor with achondroplasia. He has starred in The Station Agent, Game of Thrones and X-Men: Days of Future Past.[49] | 1969– |
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136 cm (54 in)[50] | Dick Beals | Beals specialized in doing the voices of young boys, although he was also hired to voice young female children.[51] | 1927–2012 |
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140 cm (55 in) | Rick Howland | Unknown | |
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145 cm (57 in) | Linda Hunt | American actress who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously. She also played Shadout Mapes in David Lynch's adaptation of Dune. | 1945– |
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N/A | John George | 1898–1968 | |
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N/A | George Brasno | 1911–1982 | |
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N/A | Olive Brasno | 1917–1998 | |
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N/A | George Claydon | 1933–2001 | |
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N/A | Mike Edmonds | British actor in Maid Marian and her Merry Men, Time Bandits, and "The Safety Dance" video.[52] | 1944– |
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N/A | Guy Big | Canadian actor best known for his role in the children's television series The Hilarious House of Frightenstein as the Midget Count.[53] | 1946–1978 |
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N/A | Malcolm Dixon | 1953–2020 | |
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N/A | Romy Pastrana | Pastrana is a Filipino dwarf actor who does roles on the children's gag show Goin' Bulilit, he is the only adult actor.[54] | 1958– |
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N/A | Jordan Prentice | Canadian actor, who appeared in In Bruges. | 1973– |
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N/A | Chinedu Ikedieze | Ikedieze is best known for playing alongside Osita Iheme in most movies after their breakthrough in Aki na Ukwa.[55] | 1977– |
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N/A | Osita Iheme | Iheme is known for his nickname "PawPaw", which he adopted after the role he played of the same name in the film Aki na Ukwa.[56][57] | 1982– |
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N/A | Lisa Hammond | 1983– | |
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N/A | Cécile Bayiha | Bayiha is best known for playing the part of captive Pygmy Likola in the 2005 Franco-British-South African film Man to Man[58] | Unknown |
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N/A | Fa'afiaula Sagote | Samoan actor who played the lead role in his country's first ever feature film, The Orator (2011).[59][60] | Unknown |
Artists and writers
Deceased Living
Nationality | Height | Name | Note | Lifespan |
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106.6 cm (42.0 in)[61]B | Judy-Lynn del Rey | American science fiction editor.[62] | 1943–1986 |
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116.8 cm (46.0 in)[63] | Richard Gibson (painter) | 17th century painter of portrait miniatures.[64] | 1615–1690 |
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142 cm (56 in)[65] | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | French painter | 1864–1901 |
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N/A | François de Cuvilliés | Flemish architect noted for Cuvilliés Theatre.[66] | 1695–1768 |
Athletes
Deceased Living
Nationality | Height | Name | Sport | Note | Lifespan |
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115 cm (45 in)[67] | Juli Windsor | Runner | Windsor was among the first dwarfs to complete the Boston Marathon after first trying in 2013. While she was unable to finish that year due to the bombing, she accomplished her goal in 2014.[68] | 1987– |
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123 cm (48 in)[69] | Ellie Simmonds | Paralympic swimmer | Simmonds is a multi-award-winning olympian in swimming.[70] | 1994– |
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125 cm (49 in)[71] | Lauritta Onye | Paralympic athlete | Onya won gold in shot put at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.[72] | 1984– |
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129 cm (51 in)[73] | Kate Wilson | Paralympic swimmer | Wilson represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[74] | 1998– |
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132 cm (52 in)[75] | Rico Abreu | Auto racing | NASCAR driver.[75] | 1992– |
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132 cm (52 in)[76] | Özlem Kaya | Paralympic swimmer | Kaya participated in the 2011 European Championships where she won bronze in the 100m Breaststroke.[76] | 1992– |
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140 cm (55 in)[77] | Kyron Duke | Paralympic athlete | Duke took part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games among other events where he won bronze and silver medals. | 1992– |
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N/A | Çiğdem Dede | Paralympic athlete | Dede won a silver medal at the 2012 Paralympics in powerlifting. | 1980– |
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N/A | Sarah Bowen | Paralympic swimmer | Bowen has won two gold, and two silver Olympic medals. | 1984– |
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N/A | Sarah Rose | Paralympic swimmer | 1986– | |
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N/A | Holly Neill | Paralympic athlete | 1989– | |
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N/A | Claire Keefer | Paralympic athlete | 1995– | |
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N/A | Tiffany T. Kane | Paralympic swimmer | 2001– |
Entertainers
The names here include circus performers, comedians, reality TV stars, and occupations that do not primarily involve acting in films.
Deceased Living
Nationality | Height | Name | Type | Note | Lifespan |
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81 cm (32 in)[78] | Lavinia Warren | Circus performer | Warren performed in the circus with her husband Charles Stratton (see below) under P. T. Barnum.[79] | 1841–1919 |
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86 cm (34 in)[80] | Nicolas Ferry | Court dwarf | French court dwarf nicknamed "Bébé" of the Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński.[81] | 1741–1764 |
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91 cm (36 in)[82]C | Charles Sherwood Stratton | Circus performer | Also known as "General Tom Thumb", he gained fame under P. T. Barnum who exaggerated his short height to be 64 cm (25 in).[83] | 1838–1883 |
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91 cm (36 in)[84]D | Thomas Dilward | Stage actor | Nineteenth-century minstrel show entertainer.[85] | 1840–1902 |
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100 cm (39 in)[86]B | Jeffrey Hudson | Court dwarf | English court dwarf and jester to Charles I.[87] | 1619–1682 |
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104 cm (41 in)[88] | Hedsor Conrad Ernest Coppernin | Court dwarf | Served as a page to Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha making him the last court dwarf.[89][90] | Unknown |
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106 cm (42 inch) | Evan Eckenrode | Internet Personality | Eckenrode grew to fame on the social media platform vine before moving his career to work along side social media star Logan Paul. | 1997- |
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106.6 cm (42.0 in) | George Washington Morrison Nutt | Circus performer | Known as "Commodore Nutt".[91] | 1848–1881 |
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106.6 cm (42.0 in) | Billy Merchant | Circus performer | British circus entertainer.[92] | 1919–2001 |
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115 cm (45 in)[93] | Pee Wee Marquette | Comedian | Master of ceremonies at the original Birdland jazz club.[94] | 1914–1992 |
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122 cm (48 in)[95] | Charla Baklayan Faddoul | Reality TV | American (Syrian born) The Amazing Race contestant (Seasons 5 and 11).[96] | 1976– |
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124.4 cm (49.0 in)[97] | Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr. | Radio personality | American entertainer who frequently appeared on The Howard Stern Show.[98] | 1962–2001 |
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129.5 cm (51.0 in)[99] | Jimmy Clitheroe | Comedian | British comedian called "The Clitheroe Kid".[100] | 1921–1973 |
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129.5 cm (51.0 in)[101] | Lester "Beetlejuice" Green | Comedian | Entertainer known for his appearances on The Howard Stern Show.[98] | 1968– |
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132 cm (52 in)[102] | Brad Williams | Comedian | American comedian and radio personality.[103] | 1984– |
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145 cm (57 in)[104] | Wee Georgie Wood | Comedian | Comic actor with a railway named after him, and an Australian rhyming slang term adopted from his name ("wee georgie").[105] | 1895–1979 |
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N/A | Marshall P. Wilder | Comedian | American comedian.[106] | 1859–1915 |
Musicians/singers
Deceased Living
Nationality | Height | Name | Note | Lifespan |
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Russia | 130.0 cm (51.2 in) | Olympia Ivleva | Russian musician and founding member of Little Big | 1990- |
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111.7 cm (44.0 in) | Nelson Ned | Brazilian singer and composer. | 1947–2014 |
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112.0 cm (44.1 in) | Bushwick Bill (b. Richard Shaw) | American rapper, founding member of the Geto Boys. | 1966–2019 |
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114.3 cm (45.0 in) | Joe C. (Joseph Calleja) | Kid Rock's sidekick.[107] | 1974–2000 |
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N/A | Chick Webb | Big band drummer.[108] | 1905–1939 |
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N/A | Michel Petrucciani | French jazz pianist. | 1962–1999 |
- The Ovitz family were a family of Romanian Jewish actors/traveling musicians who survived imprisonment at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. They were the largest family of dwarfs ever recorded and were the largest family (twelve family members from a 15-month-old baby to a 58-year-old woman) to enter Auschwitz and to survive intact.
Politicians
Deceased Living
Nationality | Height | Name | Note | Lifespan |
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99 cm (39 in) | Józef Boruwłaski | Polish "count".[109][110] | 1739–1837 |
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N/A | Antonio Gramsci | An influential Italian Marxist intellectual.[111] | 1891–1937 |
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N/A | Alan Eggleston | Australian politician with achondroplasia.[112] | 1941– |
- Chnoum-Hotep, ancient chief of perfumes from the Fifth dynasty of Egypt who is believed to have had achondroplasia.[113]
- Seneb, Egyptian high-ranking court official
Others
Deceased Living
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50.0 cm (19.7 in) | Caroline Crachami | Sicilian who had primordial dwarfism.[114] | 1815–1824 |
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114 cm (45 in)[115] | Anne Clowes | Reported centenarian dwarf (second longest lived next to Susanna Bokoyni) with house designed for her stature.[115][116][117] | 1681–1784 |
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135.0 cm (53.1 in) | Paul Steven Miller | Disability rights expert, EEOC Commissioner, professor at the University of Washington School of Law, Special Assistant to the President | 1961–2010 |
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N/A | Charles Proteus Steinmetz | Scientist and engineer, also "hunchbacked."[118] | 1865–1923 |
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N/A | Alexander Katan | Dutch teacher and victim of Nazi experimentation who eventually became an anatomical display. | 1899–1943 |
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N/A | Tom Shakespeare | Also known as Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet. A geneticist with achondroplasia.[119] | 1966– |
- Sebastiano Biavati, 17th century curator of museum of curiosities[120]
- Joyce Carpenter (December 21, 1929 – August 7, 1973), suffered from Morquio's disease. At 74 cm or 29ins the shortest recorded adult in the UK.
- Wybrand Lolkes, Dutch dwarf (visited Britain in 1790)[121]
See also
- List of dwarfism organisations
- List of Dwarfism media depictions
- List of tallest people
- List of people with gigantism
Notes
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