List of short men

Throughout history there have been several men who became famous for being short or whose fame was affected by their height. A classic example is who toured Europe in part because of his dwarfism. He is not listed here as measurement systems were different in his era leading to some confusion on the height of men of his era.

In modern times the lives and concerns of short men have gained attention in part through organizations like Little People of America, films like The Station Agent, and series like Little People, Big World. That stated not all short men count as "little people", but issues like heightism commonly occur.

As implied by the above names should be added only when their short stature is part of their fame or significance. The list ends at 4 foot 11, the height of Twa Ota Benga. Ota was not of below-average size for a Twa male, but most societies have an average height well-above the Twa who have often been called "pygmies."

57 cm (1 ft 10.5 in)
* Gul Mohammed - shortest adult human ever recorded.

68 cm (2 ft 3 in)
* Nelson de la Rosa - actor
*Lin Yü-chih - Shortest man in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

2 ft 4 in (71cm)

* Joseph Boruwlaski - 'aristocrat'

2 ft 8 in (81 cm)
* Francis Joseph Flynn - Sideshow entertainer known as "General Mite" who toured on several continents and performed for Queen Victoria. (According to some sources he was several inches shorter than this)
* Verne Troyer - actor (Austin Powers)

2 ft 9 in (84 cm)

* Charles Sherwood Stratton - "General Tom Thumb" of P.T. Barnum's circus

* Weng Weng - actor and martial artist

3 ft 0 in (91 cm)

* Michel Petrucciani - Jazz pianist

3 ft 2 in (97 cm)

* Josh Ryan Evans - actor (Passions)

3 ft 5 in (104 cm)

* Eric Lynch - radio celebrity, American Idol expert, actor (The Howard Stern Show)

3 ft 6 in (107 cm)

* Tony Cox - actor (Bad Santa)
* Warwick Davis - actor (Willow), (Leprechaun)
* Arturo Gil - actor (Spaceballs)

3 ft 7 in (110 cm)

* Michael J. Anderson - actor (Twin Peaks)
* Eddie Gaedel - one-time major league baseballer
* Ian "Dog Turd" Holmes - amateur hobbit impersonator

3 ft 8 in (112 cm)

* Kenny Baker - actor (R2-D2 in Star Wars)
* Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwickin the Barbarian Mother Funky Stay High Dollar Billstir - rapper

3 ft 9 in (114 cm)

*Billy Barty - actor
*Billy Curtis - actor
*Joe C. - rapper

3 ft 11 in (119 cm)

* Michael Dunn - actor
* David Rappaport - actor
* Felix Silla - actor
* Hervé Villechaize - actor
* Iwo PawÅ‚owski [http://pl. .org/wiki/Iwo_Paw%C5%82owski]

4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

* Charles Proteus Steinmetz - engineer and inventor.
* Danny Woodburn - actor

4 ft 1 in (124 cm)
* Kiran Shah - stunt double, actor

4 ft 3 in (130 cm)
* Mike Edmonds - actor
* Emmanuel Lewis - actor
* Angelo Muscat - actor

4 ft 4 in (132 cm)

* Deep Roy - actor

4 ft 5 in (134 cm)

* Thomas Quasthoff - operatic singer
* Peter Dinklage - actor
* Dylan Postl - professional wrestler

4 ft 6 in (137 cm)

* Jason Acuña - stuntman, professional skater
* Adolph von Menzel - painter
* Alexander Pope - poet
* Little Tich music hall entertainer

4 ft 7 in (140 cm)

* Gottfried Keller - writer
* Meinhardt Raabe - actor (Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz)

4 ft 8 in (142 cm)

* Gary Coleman - actor
* Doug Herland - rower, activist

4 ft 9 in (145 cm)
*Don Estelle - actor

4 ft 10 in (148 cm)
*J. M. Barrie - Author
*Bernardo O'Higgins - first Chilean head of state

4 ft 10½ in (149 cm)

*Robert Reich - college professor and statesman
*Morihei Ueshiba - martial artist and founder of Aikido

4 ft 11 in (150 cm)
* Jimmy Dickens - country musician
* Deng Xiaoping - politician
* Immanuel Kant - philosopher
* Halil Mutlu - weightlifter
* Issei Sagawa - criminal
* Willie Shoemaker - jockey
* - weightlifter
* Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - artist
* Engelbert Dollfuß - Austrian dictator

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