# Who is the smallest, perfectly healthy and normally proportioned small person ever?

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**Created:** [December 18, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-smallest-perfectly-healthy-and-normally-proportioned-small-person-ever/219684 "2003-12-18T03:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-smallest-perfectly-healthy-and-normally-proportioned-small-person-ever/219684/1 "2003-12-18T03:12:21Z")

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How small can a normally proportioned, healthy person (male or female) get?

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-smallest-perfectly-healthy-and-normally-proportioned-small-person-ever/219684/2 "2003-12-18T03:42:49Z")

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I remember browsing through a book, last year, regarding a guy who lived in the 17th century who was supposedly a foot and a half tall.

Buggered if I can remember what his name was, tho’, so I can’t seem to find any further info at the moment.

I’m sorry. I expect I could have made this answer less helpful if I really REALLY tried…

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-smallest-perfectly-healthy-and-normally-proportioned-small-person-ever/219684/3 "2003-12-18T03:54:15Z")

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Ah! [Here](http://www.kidsliterature.com/Lord_Minimus__The_Extraordinary_Life_of_Britains_Smallest_Man_0312291612.html) we go.

_Two_ and a half feet tall. Any advance on two-and-a-half feet?