Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Conrad Heyer (April 10, 1749 or 1753 [Note 1] – February 19, 1856) was an American farmer, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and centenarian.He is often credited as being the earliest-born person to have been photographed alive, although several other contenders are known, most notably a shoemaker named John Adams and Caesar, an African.
Every day she conducted three performances. To attract media attention, Verschueren had promised a reward of 12,000 Guilders to any person of at least 17 years of age who was smaller than Musters. [2] Pauline Musters was soon well liked in New York for her beauty and gracefulness; she was described as polite, calm, and gentle. [citation needed]
The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. [ b ] The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.
Guinness World Records from its inception in 1955, began maintaining a list of the verified oldest people. [5] It developed into a list of all supercentenarians whose lifespan had been verified by at least three documents, in a standardized process, according to the norms of modern longevity research.
Albert Stevens (1887–1966), also known as patient CAL-1 and most radioactive human ever, was a house painter from Ohio who was subjected to an involuntary human radiation experiment and survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human. [1]
Zárate is the first person to have been identified with Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II. [2] She was entered into the Guinness World Records as the "lightest recorded adult", weighing 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg) at the age of 17.
Katherine Plunket (born as Catherine Plunket; 22 November 1820 – 14 October 1932) [1] was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and botanical illustrator from Ballymascanlan, County Louth, a prolific Botanical illustrator and painter., [2] the oldest person ever to be born and die in Ireland and the fourth oldest-lived Irish person in history, having lived to 111 years and 327 days.
Carol Ann Yager (January 26, 1960 – July 18, 1994) was an American woman who was the heaviest woman ever recorded and one of the most severely obese people in history. Weight Published reports said Yager's peak weight was about 1,603 lb (727 kg; 114.5 st). [ 1 ]