Zeng Jinlian was a Chinese teenage girl who is the tallest woman verified in modern times, surpassing Jane Bunford's record. Following the death of Don Koehler, Zeng was the tallest living person from 1981 to 1982, during which time she surpassed fellow "eight-footers" Gabriel Estêvão Monjane and Suleiman Ali Nashnush.
Gul Mohammed of New Delhi, India, according to Guinness World Records, was the shortest adult human being of his time whose existence and height have been independently verified.
Pauline Musters was a Dutch woman. She is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman ever recorded, standing at only 24 inches (61 cm) tall.
Khagendra Thapa Magar was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.67 m. Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest man from Edward Niño Hernández. He lost the title in June 2011 to Junrey Balawing of the Philippines.
Primordial dwarfism (PD) is a form of dwarfism that results in a smaller body size in all stages of life beginning from before birth. More specifically, primordial dwarfism is a diagnostic category including specific types of profoundly proportionate dwarfism, in which individuals are extremely small for their age, even as a fetus. Most individuals with primordial dwarfism are not diagnosed until they are about 3–5 years of age.
Sultan Kösen is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm.
Lin Yü-chih is an author and social activist, who was one of the shortest people in the world according to Guinness World Records. He resides in Taipei, Taiwan. In May 2008 he appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called "The World's Smallest Man and Me" hosted by Mark Dolan.
He Pingping was a Chinese man who, according to the Guinness World Records, was the world's shortest mobile man from 2007 until his death in March 2010.
Ajay Kumar, better known as Guinness Pakru, is an Indian actor and television personality, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, and some Tamil films. He has also served as a judge on several Malayalam television comedy shows. Standing at 2 ft 6 in (76 cm) tall, Pakru holds the Guinness World Records (2008) as the "shortest actor in a leading adult role" for his role in Athbhutha Dweepu (2005). In 2013, Pakru made his directorial debut with Kutteem Kolum.
Svetlana Pankratova is a Russian woman formerly recognized, according to Guinness World Records, as having the longest legs of any woman in the world.
Jyoti means "divine light" in many Indian languages.
Erika Ervin, known professionally as Amazon Eve, is an American model, fitness trainer, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of Australian magazine Zoo Weekly and played a regular character on American Horror Story: Freak Show and in a small role in American Horror Story: Apocalypse. She stands 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) tall.
Edward Niño Hernández is the world's second-shortest 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 tall and weighed 10 kg (22 lb). At 33 years of age, Hernandez was 0.721 m tall. He lives in Bogotá, Colombia.
Bridgette Marie Jordan was the smallest living woman according to Guinness World Records at 2 ft 3in (69 cm). She was also one of the shortest living siblings according to Guinness World Records; her younger brother Brad was 38 inches tall at 20 years old. The siblings were born with a rare genetic condition called Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II.
Chandra Bahadur Dangi was a Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history, measuring 54.6 cm. He broke the record previously set by Gul Mohammed (1957–1997), whose height was 57 cm.
"Monsters Among Us" is the premiere episode of the fourth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on October 8, 2014, on the cable network FX. It was co-written by creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk and directed by Murphy.
Rumeysa Gelgi is a Turkish web developer, who is best known for holding the record for Guinness World Record for tallest living woman since 2021, though several other living women not yet confirmed by Guinness are known to be taller. She also holds the titles of the largest hands (female), the longest fingers (female), the longest ears (female), the longest back (female) and previously held the title of tallest living female teenager given by Guinness World Records. She is 215.16 cm tall. and weighs 90 kg.
Siddiqa Parveen was an Indian woman listed by Guinness World Records as the tallest living woman. She was also the tallest Indian woman in recorded history at 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m).
