List of the verified shortest people

| {{convert|54.6|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Chandra Bahadur Dangi

| Chandra was declared the shortest human adult ever documented and verified, measuring {{convert|54.64|cm|in|order=flip|abbr=on}}. Height confirmed by Guinness World Records.{{cite news |title=Shortest Person Ever Declared: Chandra Bahadur Dangi|newspaper=Huffington Post |date=27 February 2012|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/26/shortest-person-ever-chandra-bahadur-dangi_n_1302135.html?ref=world&ir=World}}

| 1939–2015

| {{convert|57.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Gul Mohammed

| Guinness World Records verified Mohammed's height at {{convert|57|cm|in|order=flip|abbr=on}}.{{cite news |title=Gul Mohammed; World's Shortest Man |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=3 October 1997|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-03-mn-38850-story.html}} He was the shortest man ever verified up to 2012, when he lost the title to Chandra Bahadur Dangi.

| 1957–1997

| {{convert|60.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Junrey Balawing

| Former shortest living man in the world, measuring {{convert|56.0|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}, verified by Guinness World Records in 2012.Guinness World Records 2012 Balawing became the world's shortest non mobile person following Chandra's death in September, 2015 until his own death in 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/86901-shortest-man-living-non-mobile|title=Shortest man - living (non-mobile)|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=28 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/9/classics-when-edward-nino-hernandez-was-declared-the-worlds-shortest-man-442838|title=Classics: When Edward Niño Hernandez was declared the world's shortest man|author=Rachel Swatman|work=Guinness World Records|date=6 September 2016}}

| 1993–2020

| {{convert|65|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| István Tóth

| Shortest man claimant, was said to be {{convert|65|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}. Verification by Guinness World Records needs to be checked.{{cite web|title=Pityu, a legkisebb óriás|url=http://www.beol.hu/bekes/kozelet/pityu-a-legkisebb-orias-326318|work=Beol.hu|date=7 September 2010}}{{cite web|title=Tóth Pityu a világ legkisebb szupersztárja|url=http://royalmagazin.hu/kultura-miskolc/koztunk-elo-muvesz-portre-kincstar/3949-toth-pityu-a-vilag-legkisebb-szupersztarja|work=Royalmagazin.hu|date=1 April 2010}} István died in May 2011 at the age of 48.{{cite web|title=Elhunyt Pityu, a világ legkisebb embere|url=http://www.rtlklub.hu/musorok/fokusz/cikk/366595|work=rtlklub.hu|date=11 May 2011|access-date=11 May 2011|archive-date=14 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514175151/http://www.rtlklub.hu/musorok/fokusz/cikk/366595|url-status=dead}}

| 1963–2011

| {{flagcountry|Iran}}

| {{convert|65.24|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh

| Ghaderzadeh beat Edward's record and was listed as World's Shortest Man Living (Mobile) by Guinness World Records in December 2022.{{citation|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12/20-year-old-iranian-confirmed-as-worlds-shortest-man-730170|date=2022-12-20|access-date=2023-01-12|last=Ibrahim|first=Hassan|work=Guinness World Records|title=20-year-old Iranian confirmed as world's shortest man}}

| 2002–

| {{convert|67|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Khagendra Thapa Magar

| Khagendra was the shortest man in the world until 2011, when he became the world's shortest mobile man. Guinness World Records has since made multiple categories for World's shortest....{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/nepal.shortest.man/index.html?hpt=T2 |title=Nepalese teen named world's shortest man |publisher=CNN |date= 14 October 2010|access-date=2010-10-14}} Khagendra died in 2020.

| 1992–2020

| {{flagcountry|Taiwan}}

| {{convert|67.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Lin Yü-chih

| Yü-chih is listed as the World's shortest non-mobile man living, a title he has held non-consecutively since 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/8/a-history-of-the-worlds-shortest-people-and-the-countries-theyre-from-668323|title=2009 - Lin Yih-Chih|work=A history of the world's shortest people and the countries they're from|publisher=Guinness World Records|author=Sanj Atwal|date=August 17, 2021|accessdate=May 25, 2022}}

| 1972–

| {{flagcountry|Colombia}}

| {{convert|70.21|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Edward Niño Hernández

| Named the shortest man after Pingping died in March 2010, at {{convert|70.21|cm|in|order=flip|abbr=on}}, but lost the title in October 2010 to Magar.{{cite news|title=Colombian named 'world's shortest man'|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-06/world/colombia.shortest.man_1_craig-glenday-shortest-man-official-height?_s=PM:WORLD|publisher=CNN World|date=6 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021070115/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-06/world/colombia.shortest.man_1_craig-glenday-shortest-man-official-height?_s=PM:WORLD|archive-date=21 October 2010}} Edward re-gained the title of World's shortest mobile man living following Magar's death in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/5/shortest-living-man-616969|title=New record holder for the world's shortest man living confirmed as Edward Niño Hernández of Colombia|author=Kristen Stephenson|work=Guinness World Records|date=12 May 2020 |access-date=October 22, 2020}} He was beaten by Ghaderzadeh in December 2022.

| 1986–

| {{Flag|Nepal}}

| {{convert|73.43|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Dor Bahadur Khapangi

| Confirmed shortest living teenager (Male) by Guinness World Records.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-24 |title=Nepalese teen confirmed as shortest in the world |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/5/nepalese-teen-confirmed-as-shortest-in-the-world-705929 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}

| 2004–

| {{convert|74|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| He Pingping

| Once officially verified as shortest living man (mobile) at {{convert|29|in|cm|abbr=on}}, until death in March 2010.{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/09/19/2008-09-19_worlds_shortest_man_he_pingping_makes_tr.html |title=World's shortest man, He Pingping, makes trip to New York City |work=New York Daily News |first=Tracy |last=Connor |date=19 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003221201/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/09/19/2008-09-19_worlds_shortest_man_he_pingping_makes_tr.html |archive-date=2008-10-03 |url-status=live }}

| 1988–2010

| {{convert|61|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Pauline Musters

| Recognised by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman ever recorded.{{cite book|author1=Claire Folkard|author2=Guinness World Records Limited|author3=Jackie Freshfield |author4=Carla Masson |author5=Rob Dimery|title=Guinness world records 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9sUqvxuQWw8C|year=2004|publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd|isbn=978-0-85112-192-5}}

| 1878–1895

| {{flagcountry|India}}

| {{convert|62.8|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Jyoti Amge

| Recognized by the Guinness World Records as the World's Shortest Living Woman.{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2011/12/new-world%E2%80%99s-shortest-woman-it%E2%80%99s-official-%E2%80%93-jyoti-amge-from-india-is-new-record-holder/|title=New world's shortest woman: It's official – Jyoti Amge from India is new record holder|publisher=Guinness World Records|date=13 December 2011}}

| 1993–

| {{convert|65|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Madge Bester

| Former smallest living woman.[http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/03/fringe/shortest.people/index.html CNN – World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled – 3 November 1998]. Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1963–2018

| {{convert|68|cm|in|abbr=on|1}}

| Lucía Zárate

| Zárate claimed in her lifetime that she was only {{convert|50.8|cm|in|abbr=on|1}}, and was exhibited for her small stature. This measurement has since been updated by Guinness World Records, who place her height at {{convert|68|cm|in|abbr=on|1}}.{{cite book | first = James | last = Mason | title = The history of the year 1876, containing 'The Year book of facts' and 'The Annual summary' | year = 1876 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6DoIAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Lucia+Zarate%22&pg=PA1 | publisher = Oxford University | pages = 4–5}}{{Cite web |title=Lightest person |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67485-lightest-person |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}

| 1864–1890

| {{convert|69|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Bridgette Jordan

| Former smallest living woman and one of the shortest living siblings according to Guinness World Records.[http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/876034-worlds-shortest-woman-bridgette-jordan-is-2ft-cheerleader Metro]. metro.co.uk Retrieved on 22 October 2011.{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/19/bridgette-jordan-worlds-shortest-woman_n_970547.html#s387517&title=Worlds_Smallest_Living | work=Huffington Post | first=David | last=Moye | title=Guinness Declares Illinois Resident Bridgette Jordan The World's Shortest Woman (VIDEO) | date=19 September 2011}}

| 1989–2019

| {{flagcountry|Turkey}}

| {{convert|72.6|cm|in|abbr=on|2}}

| Elif Kocaman

| Former smallest living woman according to Guinness World Records.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8137666/Worlds-smallest-womans-joy-at-Guinness-award.html World's smallest woman's joy at Guinness award]. Telegraph (16 November 2010). Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1989–

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! Height

! Name

! Category

! Notes

! Lifespan

| {{convert|76|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Mike & Ike Matina

| Non identical twins

| Mike & Ike (born: Bela, and Matyus) Matina are the world's shortest non-identical twins at 30 inches each. They later became American citizens, and had a role in The Wizard of Oz as munchkins. Mike Matina died in 1954.{{cite book|first=Craig|last=Glenday|title=Guinness World Records 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2ExOXxw6cAC&pg=PA133|year=2013|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=978-0-345-54711-8|page=133}} Ike Matina died in 1965.

| 1901–1954
1901–1965

| {{convert|86.4|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Rice brothers

| Identical twins

| World's shortest identical twins (Greg Rice, John Rice) until 2005 with the death of John Rice.Woo, Elaine. (25 November 2005) [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/11/25/john_rice_at_2_ft_10_in_he_created_large_legacy/ John Rice; at 2 ft. 10 in., he created large legacy – The Boston Globe]. Boston.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.{{cite web |author=8min |url=http://www.wpbf.com/Legends-Legacies-The-Rice-Brothers/-/8789538/5118798/-/item/0/-/39lhbw/-/index.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209230038/http://www.wpbf.com/Legends-Legacies-The-Rice-Brothers/-/8789538/5118798/-/item/0/-/39lhbw/-/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 February 2013 |title=Legends & Legacies: The Rice Brothers | WPBF Home - WPBF Home |publisher=Wpbf.com |date=21 March 2008 }}

| 1951–2005
1951 – (Greg Rice)

| {{flagcountry|Brazil}}

| {{convert|90.3|cm|in|abbr=on}}
{{convert|91.1|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Paulo Gabriel Barros &
Katyucia Hoshino

| Married couple

| In 2016, Guinness World Records awarded the title of Shortest Married Couple to Paulo, and Katyucia from Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/11/say-hello-to-paulo-and-katyucia-the-worlds-smallest-married-couple-video-451423|title=Say hello to Paulo and Katyucia - the world's shortest married couple - video|author=Kevin Lynch|work=Guinness World Records|date=17 November 2016}}

| 1985–
1988–

! Nationality

! Height

! Name

! Category

! Notes

! Lifespan

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{convert|24|cm|in|abbr=on}}{{efn|This was Nisa's baby height, she later grew.}}

| Nisa Juarez

| Baby

| Was born 108 days premature and weighed only {{convert|320|g|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}.GWR 2006, p. 17.{{cite web | url = http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/shortest-baby | title = World's shortest baby | publisher = guinnessworldrecords.com | access-date = 28 April 2017}}

| 2002–

| {{convert|53.3|cm|in|abbr=on}}{{efn|This was Francis Joseph Flynn's shortest height, because he grew in height after age 16; he is not listed as one of the world's shortest men.}}

| Francis Joseph Flynn

| Teenager{{cite book |last=Ruoff |first=Henry W. |title=The Standard dictionary of facts : history, language, literature, biography... |year=1922 |publisher=Frontier Press |oclc=21954748 |page=786 |quote=twenty-one inches at sixteen}}

| Better known as General Mite, Flynn was an American dwarf who performed as a showman at various competitions around the world. In 1884, Flynn married English little person, Millie Edwards, in England.{{cite book |last=Haydn |first=Joseph |author2=Benjamin Vincent |title=Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages ... |year=1906 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |oclc=12934491 |page= 419}} 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.{{cite news |title=DETAILS OF THE MIDGETS' MARRIAGE. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/06/15/103620650.pdf |work=The New York Times |date=15 June 1884|access-date=2008-06-18 |page=6}}

| 1864–1898

| {{convert|72.4|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Stacey Herald

| Mother{{efn|Filed under "Shortest woman to give birth".}}

| Stacey gave birth to her first child on 21 October 2006, and later birthed two more children, all of which were delivered by caesarean sections. She died on 11 September 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/shortest-woman-to-give-birth|title=Shortest woman to give birth|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=27 April 2017}}

| 1974–2018

| {{convert|101.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8Pm70o2tmoC&q=Susanna+Bokoyni+height|title=Guinness Book of World Records (1990)|author=Donald McFarlan & Norris McWhirter|publisher=Bantam|page=8|year=1990|isbn=9780553284522}}

| Susanna Bokoyni

| Longevity

| Bokoyni died at the age of 105, making her the oldest verified centenarian dwarf. During her lifetime she travelled with various circuses, where she was a performer.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofwo00norr|url-access=registration|quote=Susanna Bokoyni.|title=The Guinness Book of World Records 1997|first=Norris|last=McWhirter|date=1 March 1997|publisher=Bantam Books.|isbn=9780553542844 |via=Internet Archive}}

| 1879–1984

| {{convert|71|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Nelson de la Rosa

| Once recognized as the "world's shortest actor" and had a minor role in the 1996 film, The Island of Dr. Moreau.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-10-23-de-la-rosa-obit_x.htm Nelson de la Rosa, Dominican actor and Boston Red Sox fan, dies]. Usatoday.Com (23 October 2006). Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1968–2006

| {{flagcountry|India}}

| {{convert|76|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Ajay Kumar alias Pakru

| Malayalam comedy actor, in the Guinness Book of Records for being the shortest actor ({{convert|2|ft|6|in|cm|abbr=on}}) to play a main character in a full-length film.{{cite news|title=Indian comedy star Ajay Kumar is world's smallest actor|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5201242/Indian-comedy-star-Ajay-Kumar-is-worlds-smallest-actor.html|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 April 2009|location=London}} He played the lead role in Athbhutha Dweepu, a Malayalam film directed by Vinayan, later dubbed in Tamil.

| 1974–

| {{convert|79|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Tamara De Treaux

| Shortest actress, noted for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and as an influence for the novel Maybe the Moon.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211972/bio Tamara De Treaux], IMDB.com{{cite book|first=Patrick | last=Robertson|title=Film Facts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PnEvNC_F9oC&pg=PA115|year=2001|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=978-0-8230-7943-8|page=115}}

| 1959–1990

| {{convert|83|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Weng Weng

| Filipino actor and martial artist who was the shortest actor to have lead roles.[http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=editorial_feb10_2006 Manila Standard Today], retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1957–1992

| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

| {{convert|126.2|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Kiran Shah

| Shah is the world's shortest active stuntman.{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/shortest-stuntman|title=Shortest stuntman|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=9 May 2018}}

| 1956–

| {{convert|137|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Alexander Pope

| English poet and satirist, never grew beyond 4 ft 6 in (137 cm).[https://web.archive.org/web/20080104162928/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838900,00.html Books: A Gulliver Among Lilliputians]. TIME (17 January 1969). Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1688–1744

| {{convert|142|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Édith Piaf

| French singer and actress, never grew beyond 4 ft 8 in (142 cm). Known for her small stature, born Édith Gassion, nicknamed Piaf, Parisian slang for "Little Sparrow"[http://www.astrotheme.com/heights/4'8]. Astrotheme (Unknown). Retrieved 18 June 2016.

| 1915–1963

| {{convert|84|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Aditya "Romeo" Dev

| Bodybuilding

| "World's Smallest Bodybuilder" at 2 ft. 9 in.Chivers, Tom (12 February 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080213112336/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2008%2F02%2F12%2Fwromeo112.xml "Romeo Dev, the world's smallest bodybuilder"]. Telegraph. Archived from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080213112336/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/12/wromeo112.xml original] on 13 February 2008.

| 1988–2012

| {{convert|109|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Eddie Gaedel

| Baseball

| Shortest to play in Major League Baseball.[https://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/2001/0816/1240553.html ESPN.com: MLB – Short on size, long on history]. Static.espn.go.com (19 August 1951). Retrieved 20 February 2011. This however was a publicity stunt and Gaedel only stood once at the plate.

| 1925–1961

| {{convert|130|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Lionel Giroux

| Wrestling

| Also known as "Little Beaver". Shortest professional wrestler in the WWF at around 4'4".[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/midgets/little-beaver.html Online World of Wrestling]. Online World of Wrestling (4 December 1996). Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1935–1995

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{convert|132|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Dylan Postl

| Wrestling

| | Worlds shortest living professional wrestler.[http://www.topendsports.com/testing/records/height-shortest.htm World's Shortest in Sports]. Topendsports.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1986–

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{convert|149|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Julie Krone

| Horse racing

| Shortest American jockey, stand 4 ft 10.5 in (149 cm).

| 1963–

| {{convert|152|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Tich Cornford

| Cricket

| Shortest ever international cricketer.[http://sporteology.com/top-10-shortest-cricketers-in-history Top 10 Shortest Cricketers in History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022001608/http://sporteology.com/top-10-shortest-cricketers-in-history/ |date=22 October 2014 }}. sporteology.com. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

| 1900–1964

| {{convert|155|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Jim Bradford

| Australian rules football

| Shortest to play Australian rules football at the highest level.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=113239|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718221253/http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=113239|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2012|title="Short Story" at AFL site}}

| 1926–2005

| {{convert|155|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Jack Shapiro

| American football

| Shortest professional player of American football, but only for one game.{{cite web|url=http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~maxymuk/home/passing/qbshort.html|title=Strong Arm Tactics|access-date=6 October 2014}}

| 1907–2001

| {{convert|157|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Frederick Walden

| Association football

| Shortest player in England national football team history ({{convert|5|ft|2|in|cm|abbr=on}}).{{cite web|title=Fanny Walden|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/legends/fannywalden.html|work=Legends|publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C|access-date=12 June 2011}}

| 1888–1949

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{convert|157|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Shannon Bobbitt

| Basketball

| Shortest to play in the Women's National Basketball Association.

| 1985–

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{convert|160|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Muggsy Bogues

| Basketball

| Shortest at 5 ft 3 in to play in the National Basketball Association.[http://www.sportsstarsusa.com/php/featuredartist.php?id=618 tyrone bogues personal appearances, representation, basketball, Tyrone Bogues]. Sportsstarsusa.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1965–

| {{convert|160|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Roy Worters

| Ice hockey

| Shortest to play in the National Hockey League and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969.{{Cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196904&page=bio&list=#photo |title=Legends of Hockey -- the Legends -- Honoured Player -- Worters, Roy -- Biography |access-date=14 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203214358/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196904&page=bio&list=#photo |archive-date=3 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}

| 1900–1957

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{convert|165|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Trindon Holliday

| American football

| Holliday was formerly the shortest active player at 5 ft 5 in in the National Football League until 2015.[http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/14/texans-sign-trindon-holliday/ Texans sign Trindon Holliday | ProFootballTalk]. Profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1986–

| {{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

| {{convert|165|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Jose Altuve

| Baseball

| Shortest active player at 5 ft 5 in in Major League Baseball.{{cite web|url=http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2011/08/18/astros-altuve-stands-shorter-than-all-active-mlb-players/|title=Astros' Altuve stands shorter than all active MLB players|work=Ultimate Astros|date=18 August 2011 |access-date=1 June 2015}}

| 1990–

| {{convert|114|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Charley Lockhart

| Shortest public official in America (at the time), when he was sworn in as Texas State Treasurer in 1931.{{cite book|author=Betty M. Adelson|title=The Lives of Dwarfs: Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social Liberation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ym5x3mq2p7EC&pg=PA411|year=2005|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-3548-7|pages=47, 368, 411}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eK1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=6357,2780643&dq=charles-lockhart+dwarf&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard - 18 April 1937, pg 12}}

| 1876–1954

| {{convert|137|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Benito Juárez

| Reportedly the shortest world leader to have height recorded. He was reportedly 4 ft 6 in or 1.37 meters.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/04/shortestworldleader Who is the shortest world leader? | World news]. The Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1806–1872

| {{convert|153|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

| Shortest king of Italy.

| 1869–1947

| {{flagcountry|Italy}}

| {{convert|154|cm|in|abbr=on}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ilpost.it/2022/07/25/brunetta-non-ho-scelto-di-essere-alto-basso-statura/ | title="Io non ho scelto di essere alto o basso" | date=25 July 2022 }}

| Renato Brunetta

| Italian politician and former Minister

| 1950–

| {{convert|163|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| James Madison

| Shortest US president at 5 ft 4 in or 1.63 m.[http://www.infoplease.com/spot/prestrivia1.html Presidential Trivia —]. Infoplease.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.[http://www.fi.edu/school/math/presidents.html Presidents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130190132/http://fi.edu/school/math/presidents.html |date=30 November 2010 }}. Fi.edu. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

| 1751–1836

| {{flagcountry|PHI}}

| {{convert|150|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

| Shortest Philippine President at 4 ft 11 in or 1.50 m.[http://opinion.inquirer.net/96255/long-and-short]. Inquirer.net. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

| 1947–

| Northern Ireland

| {{convert|160|cm|in|abbr=on}}{{Cite news|title=Robin Swann: 'When I first got elected, I was called a political pigmy... people keep referring to my lack of height, but there isn't anything I can do about that so I'm not bothered'|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/robin-swann-when-i-first-got-elected-i-was-called-a-political-pigmy-people-keep-referring-to-my-lack-of-height-but-there-isnt-anything-i-can-do-about-that-so-im-not-bothered-36483060.html|access-date=2021-03-04|issn=0307-1235}}

| Robin Swann

| Minister of Health (2020–){{Cite web|date=2016-05-25|title=Minister of Health {{!}} Department of Health|url=https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/profiles/minister-health|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Health|language=en}}

| 1971–

| {{convert|124|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

| His spirit tablet in Daiju-ji is shortest of all Tokugawa shōguns whose spirit tablets are made the height as their own body.{{Cite web |title=小人症だった犬公方―徳川綱吉｜あなたの健康百科｜Medical Tribune |url=https://medical-tribune.co.jp/kenko100/articles/111208524831/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Medical Tribune |language=ja}}

| 1646–1709

| {{convert|154.4|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Tokugawa Ieyoshi

| Shortest shōgun whose remains are excavated.{{Cite book |last=鈴木 |first=尚 |url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000039-I000793536-00 |title=増上寺徳川将軍墓とその遺品・遺体 |publisher=東京大学出版会 |year=1967 |language=ja}} His spirit tablet is 1.535 meters tall.

| 1793–1853

| {{convert|58|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Richebourg

| align="center" | Spy

| Richebourg was a secret agent during the French Revolution, who disguised himself as an infant to pass information along.{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/shortest-spy|title=Shortest spy|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=9 May 2018}}

| 1768–1858

| {{flagcountry|United States}}

| {{convert|152|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| Nancy J. Currie-Gregg

| align="center" | Astronaut

| Currie became the shortest person in space when she flew in July 1993 as a Mission specialist on STS-57.{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/453795-shortest-person-in-space|title=Shortest person in space|work=Guinness World Records|accessdate=May 25, 2022}}

| 1958–