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List Of Shortest People
This list includes the shortest ever verified people in their lifetime or profession. The entries below are broken down into different categories which range from sex, to age group and occupations. Most of the sourcing is done by Guinness World Records which in the last decade has added new categories for "mobile" and "non-mobile" men and women. The world's shortest verified man is Chandra Bahadur Dangi, while for women Pauline Musters holds the record. Men Women Shortest pairs Shortest by age group Shortest by occupation Actors Artists and writers Athletes Politicians Others See also * Dwarfism * Pygmy peoples * Caroline Crachami, a person about tall * Little people (mythology) * List of dwarfism organisations * Dwarfs and pygmies in ancient Egypt * List of tallest people Notes References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Shortest People Human height Lists of people by physical attribute, Shortest People Biolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandra 03
Chandra (), also known as Soma (), is the Hindu god Lunar deity, of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha (nine planets of Hinduism) and Dikpala (guardians of the directions). Etymology and other names The word "Chandra" literally means "bright, shining or glittering" and is used for the "Moon" in Sanskrit and other Indo-Aryan languages.''Graha Sutras'' by Ernst Wilhelm, published by Kala Occult Publishers p. 51 It is also the name of various other figures in Hindu mythology, including an asura and a Solar dynasty, Suryavamsha king. It is also a common Indian name and surname. Both male and female name variations exist in many South Asian languages that originate from Sanskrit. Some of the synonyms of Chandra include ''Soma'' (distill), ''Indu'' (bright drop), ''Atrisuta'' (son of Atri), ''Shashin'' or ''Shachin'' (marked by hare), ''Taradhipa'' (lord of stars) and ''Nishakara'' (the night maker), ''Nakshatrapati'' (lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wizard Of Oz (1939 Film)
''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1939 American Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on the 1900 novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind''. It stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton (actress), Margaret Hamilton. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, while others made uncredited contributions. The music was composed by Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Yip Harburg, Edgar "Yip" Harburg. ''The Wizard of Oz'' is celebrated for its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters. It was a critical success and was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, winning Academy Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athbhutha Dweepu
''Albhutha Dweep'' (; titled onscreen as ''Albhutha Dweep'') is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy survival film written and directed by Vinayan. The plot is set on an uncontacted island where men are dwarfs and women are of normal height, where four Indian Navy men gets stranded. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Guinness Pakru in the lead roles along with Mallika Kapoor, Jagathy Sreekumar, Jagadish, Indrans, Kalpana, Ponnamma Babu and Bindu Panicker in supporting roles. Ajayan who played prince Gajendran made an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for being the shortest actor (76 cm height) to play a full-length character in a film The Film Was commercially successful At Box Office. The film was also given an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for casting the most dwarves in a single film. Plot There exists an island inhabited by dwarf men and typical women. The ruler of the island, King Valiyavamana Thirumanasu invites various princes to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinness Pakru
Ajay Kumar (born 31 August 1976), 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 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''. Early life He was born Ajay Kumar, as the eldest son, of Radhakrishna Pillai and Ambujakshiyamma, on 31 August 1976. His father's home is in Mulavana, Kundara and Mother's is in Kottayam. His father was an auto driver and mother was an L.I.C agent who also worked at a telephone service agency on contract. Soon after his birth his family moved to Kottayam. Since his mother was often transferred they moved from one place to other and finally settled at Pandavam, Aymanam, Kerala. He has two younger sisters, Kavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Island Of Dr
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson De La Rosa
Nelson de la Rosa Martínez ( – October 22, 2006), Mahow, was a Dominican actor and one of the shortest men of the 20th and 21st centuries. Nelson measured 71 centimeters tall (about 2 feet 4 inches). His stature was caused by Seckel syndrome. Acting career De la Rosa starred in the 1987 Italian horror film '' Ratman'', which was shot in the Dominican Republic. During the 1990s, De la Rosa was a recurring guest on several talk and variety programs, such as Venevision's ''Súper Sábado Sensacional'' in Venezuela, Don Francisco's ''Sábado Gigante'', many Univision programs, and Susana Giménez's show. De la Rosa additionally appeared in similar shows internationally, including, but not limited to programs from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Spain. He married, and had a son. De la Rosa appeared in the 1996 remake '' The Island of Dr. Moreau'', where he shared scenes with Marlon Brando, among others. De la Rosa's performance is later cited as the inspiration for the ''Austin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longevity
Longevity may refer to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas ''life expectancy'' is defined Statistics, statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age. For example, a population's life expectancy at birth is the same as the average age at death for all people born in the same year (in the case of Cohort (statistics), cohorts). Longevity studies may involve putative methods to extend life. Longevity has been a topic not only for the scientific community but also for writers of Hyperborei, travel, science fiction, and utopian novels. The legendary fountain of youth appeared in the work of the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus. There are difficulties in authenticating the longest human maximum life span, life span, owing to inaccurate or incomplete birth statistics. Fiction, legend, and folklore have proposed or claimed life spans in the past or future vastly longer than those verified by modern standards, and longevity narratives and unverif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanna Bokoyni
Susanna Bokoyni (24 April 1879 – 24 August 1984), also known as "Princess Susanna", was a Hungarian centenarian and circus performer who was listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-lived dwarf on record. Early life and career Bokoyni was born in Hungary on 24 April 1879. Medical doctors told her family that she would not live past age seven. At age 16, she became a dancer at Budapest's Orpheum Theater. She later toured with Rose's Parisian Midget Follies and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show where she performed a tightrope act. Later life and death In 1972, the nonagenarian Bokoyni moved to Newton, New Jersey and settled at the Merriam House Retirement Home. On 24 August 1984, she died at age 105 at Newton Memorial Hospital. She was interred at Glenwood Cemetery in Vernon, New Jersey.Profile weirdnj.com; accessed 28 July 2017. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caesarean Section
Caesarean section, also known as C-section, cesarean, or caesarean delivery, is the Surgery, surgical procedure by which one or more babies are Childbirth, delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen. It is often performed because vaginal delivery would put the mother or child at risk (of paralysis or even death). Reasons for the operation include, but are not limited to, obstructed labor, twin pregnancy, pre-eclampsia, high blood pressure in the mother, breech birth, shoulder presentation, and problems with the placenta or umbilical cord. A caesarean delivery may be performed based upon the shape of the mother's pelvis or history of a previous C-section. A trial of Vaginal birth after previous C-section, vaginal birth after C-section may be possible. The World Health Organization recommends that caesarean section be performed only when medically necessary. A C-section typically takes 45 minutes to an hour. It may be done with a spinal block, where the woman is awake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haydn's Dictionary Of Dates
Joseph Timothy Haydn (Lisbon, Portugal, 1788 – London, 17 January 1856) was a British journalist and compiler of dictionaries, well known as the author of the ''Dictionary of Dates'', which went through many editions from 1841, and of the ''Book of Dignities'', 1851 (3rd revised edition, 1894). Career The ''Book of Dignities'' was a modernized form of Robert Beatson's ''Political Index'', but omits the lists of holders of many important offices. He also edited Samuel Lewis' ''Topographical Dictionaries''. His name is used in the "Haydn Series" of dictionaries, which are on the same lines as those he compiled. He does not, however, appear to have taken any part in their actual compilation. They are the ''Universal Index of Biography'', edited by J. B. Payne, 1870; ''Bible Dictionary'', edited by C. Boutell, 1871 (2nd edition, 1878); ''Dictionary of Popular Medicine and Hygiene'', edited by Dr. E. Lankester, 1874 (2nd edition, 1878). For a short time before his death, aged 69 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Joseph Flynn
Francis Joseph Flynn (6 October 1864 – 5 October 1898), better known as General Mite, was an American dwarf who performed as a showman at various competitions around the world. Flynn was born on 16 September 1872 in Greene, New York, the son of Edward Finnion Flynn and Mary Ann Flynn and brother to Alice Flynn. They were of average height. In 1884, Flynn married an English dwarf, Millie Edwards, in England. The wedding was widely publicized and attended. From then on, the couple were exhibited as the "Royal American Midgets" and "General and Mrs. Mite" in many advertisements. In 1890, Flynn and Edwards moved to Australia. Flynn died in Broken Hill, New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ... on 5 October 1898, one day before his 34th birthday. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
