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Jon Brower Minnoch

1941 - 1983

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Jon Brower Minnoch (September 29, 1941 – September 4, 1983) was an American man who is the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb (635 kilograms; 100 stone) at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normally weighed 800–900 lb (363–408 kilograms; 57–64 stone) during his adult years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Brower Minnoch has received more than 5,335,122 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jon Brower Minnoch is the 13th most popular celebrity, the 414th most popular biography from United States (up from 466th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Celebrity.

Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who held the Guinness World Record for being the heaviest person in recorded history. He weighed over 1,400 pounds at his heaviest and required special medical care and equipment to manage his weight. Minnoch's story drew significant attention to the issue of obesity and its impact on health, and his case remains one of the most extreme examples of morbid obesity ever recorded.

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 13 out of 265. Before him are Kaspar Hauser, Robert Wadlow, Millvina Dean, Geli Raubal, Simonetta Vespucci, and Anna Nicole Smith. After him are Empress Michiko, Maria von Trapp, Buffalo Bill, Joseph Merrick, Tollund Man, and Monica Lewinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 30. Before him are Ryan O'Neal, Charlie Watts, Vivienne Westwood, Julia Kristeva, Jon Lord, and Tadao Ando. After him are Laura Antonelli, Fausto Cercignani, Flórián Albert, Dick Cheney, Nick Nolte, and Faye Dunaway. Among people deceased in 1983, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 9. Before him are Garrincha, Leopold III of Belgium, Luis Buñuel, Umberto II of Italy, Hergé, and Idris of Libya. After him are Felix Bloch, Tennessee Williams, Meyer Lansky, Arthur Koestler, Albert Claude, and Nikolai Podgorny.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 414 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Herbert (1920), Prince (1958), Jack Ruby (1911), Paul Tibbets (1915), Willis Carrier (1876), and Kurt Vonnegut (1922). After him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), Herman Hollerith (1860), Melvin Calvin (1911), Jesse James (1847), William McKinley (1843), and Kim Basinger (1953).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 6. Before him are Wallis Simpson (1896), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), Phineas Gage (1823), Robert Wadlow (1918), and Anna Nicole Smith (1967). After him are Buffalo Bill (1846), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Black Dahlia (1924), Kim Kardashian (1980), Myrtle Corbin (1868), and Margaret Brown (1867).

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