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List Of Heaviest People
This is a list of the heaviest people who have been weighed and verified, living and dead. The list is organised by the peak weight reached by an individual and is limited to those who are over . Heaviest people ever recorded See also *Big Pun (1971–2000), American rapper whose weight at death was . *Edward Bright (1721–1750) and Daniel Lambert (1770–1809), men from England who were famous in their time for their obesity. *Happy Humphrey, the heaviest professional wrestler, weighing in at at his peak. *Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959–1997), Hawaiian singer whose weight peaked at . *Paul Kimelman (born 1947), holder of Guinness World Record for the greatest weight-loss in the shortest amount of time, 1982 * Billy and Benny McCrary, holders of Guinness World Records's ''World's Heaviest Twins''. *Alayna Morgan (1948–2009), heavy woman from Santa Rosa, California. *Ricky Naputi (1973–2012), heaviest man from Guam. * Carl Thompson (1982–2015), heaviest man in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Mass Index
Body mass index (BMI) is a value derived from the mass ( weight) and height of a person. The BMI is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height, and is expressed in units of kg/m2, resulting from mass in kilograms and height in metres. The BMI may be determined using a table or chart which displays BMI as a function of mass and height using contour lines or colours for different BMI categories, and which may use other units of measurement (converted to metric units for the calculation). The BMI is a convenient rule of thumb used to broadly categorize a person as ''underweight'', ''normal weight'', ''overweight'', or ''obese'' based on tissue mass ( muscle, fat, and bone) and height. Major adult BMI classifications are underweight (under 18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5 to 24.9), overweight (25 to 29.9), and obese (30 or more). When used to predict an individual's health, rather than as a statistical measurement for groups, the BMI has limitat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catrina Raiford
Catrina Raiford is an American woman who was once considered to be the heaviest woman in the world, weighing on a frame. At age 14, she weighed close to . Her family placed her for eight months in a psychiatric home. As an adult, Raiford continued to gain weight. Unable to deal with her emotional issues, she eventually lost her job and moved back in with her mother. Raiford became known as the 'Half Tonne Woman' before she lost half her body weight. She was inspired to do that in December 2003, when she had to be “bulldozed out of erhouse” after calling for help due to breathing difficulties. For five years until that point she had been bedridden. It took Raiford three years to lose close to . Following that accomplishment in 2005 she became eligible for the gastric bypass surgery Gastric bypass surgery refers to a technique in which the stomach is divided into a small upper pouch and a much larger lower "remnant" pouch and then the small intestine is rearranged t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guam
Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic center of the U.S.); its capital Hagåtña (144°45'00"E) lies further west than Melbourne, Australia (144°57'47"E). In Oceania, Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, and the most populous village is Dededo. People born on Guam are American citizens but have no vote in the United States presidential elections while residing on Guam and Guam delegates to the United States House of Representatives have no vote on the floor. Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamoru, historically known as the Chamorro, who are related to the Austronesian peoples of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Micronesia, and Polynesia. As of 2022, Guam's population is 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Naputi
Ricky Junior Naputi (June 20, 1973 – November 10, 2012) was a Guamanian man who apparently died from overeating in his apartment in Mangilao, Guam, at 39 years old. His weight had ballooned since he was a teenager, which was when he developed an addiction to food, though he was an average-sized child. He weighed roughly 402 kg (900 lb) at his peak weight. He was the focus of the Channel 5 documentary ''The Man Who Ate Himself to Death'' and TLC followed him for their documentary ''900 Pound Man: The Race Against Time''. That documentary suggests the possibility of either suicide or foul-play as, when Cheryl, his wife, called emergency services, she said he'd taken some pills and wasn't breathing. In the documentary, she admits that she told him she was leaving him because she wasn't in love with him anymore, and he became very upset. Given his weight and inability to leave his bed, the question of how he got the pills exists, and those pills are potentially the actual cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa ( Spanish for " Saint Rose") is a city and the county seat of Sonoma County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California. Its estimated 2019 population was 178,127. It is the largest city in California's Wine Country and Redwood Coast. It is the fifth most populous city in the Bay Area after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont; and the 25th most populous city in California. History Early history Before the arrival of Europeans, what became known as the Santa Rosa Plain was occupied by a strong and populous tribe of Pomo natives known as the Bitakomtara. The Bitakomtara controlled the area closely, barring passage to others until permission was arranged. Those who entered without permission were subject to harsh penalties. The tribe gathered at ceremonial times on Santa Rosa Creek near present-day Spring Lake Regional Park. Following the arrival of Europeans, initially Spanish explorers and colonists, the Pomos were decimated by smallpox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alayna Morgan
Alayna Marie Morgan (May 21, 1948 – November 7, 2009) was an American woman from Santa Rosa, California, who was renowned as one of the world's heaviest people, weighing an estimated 700lbs (50 stone) at her peak weight. She was once featured in an episode of Supersize vs Superskinny programmed by Channel 4. Early life Morgan had a strained relationship with her father, and was sexually abused as a child and young adult. She developed a wide range of eating disorders such as bulimia, which she developed when she was 8 years old. See also * List of the heaviest people This is a list of the heaviest people who have been weighed and verified, living and dead. The list is organised by the peak weight reached by an individual and is limited to those who are over . Heaviest people ever recorded See also * ... References Alayna Morgan Obituary - Santa Rosa, California - Tributes.comWoman Barely Survives as Prisoner in Her Own BodyLakeland Ledger - Google News Archive Sear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McGuire Twins
Billy Leon McCrary (December 7, 1946 – July 14, 1979) and Benny Loyd McCrary (December 7, 1946 – March 26, 2001), known together as The McGuire Twins, were American professional wrestlers listed in the '' Guinness Book of World Records'' as the "World's Heaviest Twins" ( and , respectively). Stage careers Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the twins began using the stage name McGuire, as it was easier for ring announcers to pronounce; they gained popularity as tag team wrestlers and in carnival stunt shows. In wrestling The twins often used a finishing move called the "Tupelo Splash", which involved one of the twins diving belly-first onto a prone opponent; they would follow this with "The Steamroller", where the twin would roll back and forward over the opponent. Deaths Billy McCrary died on July 14, 1979, at the age of 32, following a motorcycle accident in Niagara Falls en route to a '' Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' museum. Benny lived for almost 22 more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinness World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The brainchild of Sir Hugh Beaver, the book was co-founded by twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter in Fleet Street, London, in August 1955. The first edition topped the best-seller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2022 edition, it is now in its 67th year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database. The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in ''Guinness World Records'' becoming the primary international authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kimelman
Paul M. Kimelman (born 1947) A motivational speaker in the 1980s and early 1990s, he held the Guinness World Record for the greatest weight-loss in the shortest amount of time and was featured on the book's cover in 1982. Kimelman traveled the world and spoke about his experience. The record A native of the Bronx, NY, Paul moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his father, Olga Kimelman, in the early 1960s. As a 19-year-old, Paul reached his peak weight; more than 520 pounds (235 kg). Starting in 1967, as a New Year's resolution, he decided to start fasting to lose weight because he was tired of being ridiculed. In an interview posted in the Boca Raton News on March 22, 1981, Paul made this statement on the resolution, "I quit eating right there. I fasted for as long as I could, then after that it was just clear soups, grapefruit juice, skim milk, and salads." Paul shed a little over 355 pounds (161 kg) in 7 months, dropping from 487 to 130 pounds (221 to 59 kg). His achievement w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (; meaning 'the fearless eye, the bold face'; May 20, 1959June 26, 1997), also called Bruddah Iz or just simply IZ, was a Hawaiian musician, singer, songwriter, and Hawaiian sovereignty activist. He achieved commercial success outside Hawaii when his album ''Facing Future'' was released in 1993. His medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" was released on his albums '' Ka ʻAnoʻi'' and ''Facing Future'', and was subsequently featured in several films, television programs, and television commercials. The song has had 358 weeks on top of the World Digital Songs chart, making it the longest-leading number-one hit on any of the ''Billboard'' song charts. Along with his ukulele playing and incorporation of other genres, such as jazz and reggae, Kamakawiwoʻole remains influential in Hawaiian music, and is seen by many as the greatest Hawaiian musician of all time. He was named "The Voice of Hawai‘i" by NPR in 2010. Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Humphrey
William Joseph Cobb (July 16, 1926 – March 14, 1989), best known by his ring and screen names of Happy Humphrey, Happy Farmer Humphrey, and "Squasher" Humphrey, was an American professional wrestler, known as the heaviest professional wrestler of all time. His most active period was in the 1950s and 1960s when he billed himself as "the world's largest wrestler". Humphrey averaged during his career.Stokes, Mike. "XXXXL: from Kamala the Ugandan Giant to Yokozuma to Haystacks Calhoun, we present the 10 greatest super-heavyweights in wrestling history - Special section: the heavyweights." ''Wrestling Digest'' August 2002/ref> Several times, he weighed in at over , and on one occasion he weighed over . Professional wrestling career Humphrey, who at the time was working on a farm where he was known for his uncommon strength, began his wrestling career in 1953 by wrestling a bear for 28 minutes.Schramm, Chris. "Happy Humphrey was the giant." ''SLAM! Wrestling'' April 1, 1999/ref> F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lambert
Daniel Lambert ( 1770 – 1809) was a gaol keeper and animal breeder from Leicester, England, famous for his unusually large size. After serving four years as an apprentice at an engraving and die casting works in Birmingham, he returned to Leicester around 1788 and succeeded his father as keeper of Leicester's gaol. He was a keen sportsman and extremely strong; on one occasion he fought a bear in the streets of Leicester. He was an expert in sporting animals, widely respected for his expertise with dogs, horses and fighting cocks. At the time of Lambert's return to Leicester, his weight began to increase steadily, even though he was athletically active and, by his own account, abstained from drinking alcohol and did not eat unusual amounts of food. In 1805, Lambert's gaol closed. By this time, he weighed , and had become the heaviest authenticated person up to that point in recorded history. Unemployable and sensitive about his bulk, Lambert became a recluse. In 1806, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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