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Chandra Bahadur Dangi

1939 - 2015

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Chandra Bahadur Dangi (30 November 1939 – 3 September 2015) (Nepali: चन्द्रबहादुर डाँगी, pronounced [t͡sʌndrʌ ˈbʌɦadur ˈɖãŋɡi], or [t͡sʌndraˈbaːdur ˈɖãŋɡi] ) was a Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history, measuring 54.6 cm (1 ft 9+1⁄2 in). He broke the record previously set by Gul Mohammed (1957–1997), whose height was 57 cm (1 ft 10 in). Dangi came to the attention of the media when a wood contractor saw him in his village in the Dang district of Nepal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chandra Bahadur Dangi has received more than 2,525,670 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the 46th most popular celebrity, the 11th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Nepalese Celebrity.

Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the shortest living man in recorded history. He is recognized by Guinness World Records as the shortest living man in recorded history.

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  • 58.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Chandra Bahadur Dangi ranks 46 out of 265. Before him are Albert Pierrepoint, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Cecilia Gallerani, Mary Mallon, Sultan Kösen, and Armi Kuusela. After him are Stańczyk, Isabel Preysler, Kim Peek, Elizabeth Stride, María Capovilla, and Joseph Meister.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Chandra Bahadur Dangi ranks 91. Before him are Ion Țiriac, Fritjof Capra, Lucia Popp, Peter Bogdanovich, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, and Jānis Lūsis. After him are Daniel C. Tsui, Seamus Heaney, Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria, Eugene Fama, Nikola Pilić, and Bernard Kouchner. Among people deceased in 2015, Chandra Bahadur Dangi ranks 75. Before him are Chantal Akerman, Robert Loggia, Khaled al-Asaad, Kurt Masur, Dettmar Cramer, and Licio Gelli. After him are Rod Taylor, Árpád Göncz, Patrick Macnee, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Cabu, and Cynthia Lennon.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Chandra Bahadur Dangi ranks 11 out of 59. Before him are Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), and Gyanendra of Nepal (1947). After him are Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814), Janaka (null), Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), Anuruddha (-450), and Ram Chandra Poudel (1944).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Nepal

Among celebrities born in Nepal, Chandra Bahadur Dangi ranks 1. 

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