People with Dwarfism
20 entries in the People with Dwarfism compendium.
Court dwarfCourt dwarfs were owned entertainers who enhanced royal status.Hiljmnijeta ApukKosovar activist for people of short stature.Junrey BalawingFilipino record holder as world's shortest living man.John William BeanAttempted to assassinate Queen Victoria in 1842.Sandra BorchNorwegian politician who resigned over plagiarism in her master's thesis.Sinéad BurkeDisability advocate, author, and founder of Tilting the Lens.François de CuvilliésBavarian architect who brought Rococo to Central Europe.Chandra Bahadur DangiNepalese man, world's shortest verified adult human.Noelia FrutosSpanish politician with dwarfism who served in the Cortes of Castile and León.He PingpingWorld's shortest mobile man from 2007 to 2010.John the DwarfCoptic Desert Father known for his obedience and austerity.Alexander KatanDutch Jewish dwarf murdered in Holocaust; photos displayed posthumously.Benjamin LayQuaker dwarf who became an early revolutionary abolitionist.Anahí LazzaroniArgentine poet from Tierra del Fuego.Margaret of CastelloBlind Italian Dominican tertiary and educator, canonized in 2021.Tony MunroJournalist who championed Associate and Affiliate cricket nations.Pauline MustersShortest woman ever recorded, at 24 inches tall.Adam RainerOnly person recorded as both a dwarf and a giant.SenebHigh-ranking dwarf official in Old Kingdom Egypt.Nabot TörnrosSwedish painter and member of the progressive group De Frie.
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