Susanna Bokoyni
{{eastern name order|Bokoyni Susanna}}
{{infobox person
| name = Susanna Bokoyni
| other_names = Princess Susanna
| birth_place = Hungary
| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|4|24|df=y}}
| death_place = Newton, New Jersey, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|8|24|1879|4|24|df=y}}
| occupation = Circus performer, dancer
| known_for = Longest-lived dwarf certified by Guinness World Records
}}
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.{{cite book|title=Weird NJ, volume 23|year=2004}}
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.[http://weirdnj.com/stories/graves-index Profile], weirdnj.com; accessed 28 July 2017.
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Category:Entertainers with dwarfism
Category:Hungarian people with disabilities
Category:Hungarian circus performers
Category:Hungarian women centenarians
Category:Hungarian emigrants to the United States
Category:Entertainers from Budapest
Category:Circus performers from Austria-Hungary
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