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Dwarfism is caused by several different types of medical conditions, and is typically defined as an adult A with a height of 147 cm (4 ft 10 in) or less. [1] [2] Records or mentions of people with dwarfism have not always been kept well, resulting in estimated heights that were taken from eyewitnesses. In some given cases the height of the ...
The Ovitz family was a family of Hungarian Jewish actors/traveling musicians originating from present Romania, who survived imprisonment at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Most of them were dwarfs . [ 1 ]
This category lists famous dwarfs, regardless of the condition that makes them shorter than average. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Siegel, Nicole. "American Jewish Physicians During the Era of Medical Professionalization, 1850–1950" (PhD Dissertation, Fordham University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025. 31768388). Simon, Sydney M. “History of Jewish Physicians in the United States Up to About 1900,” Annals of Medical History 7, no. 3 (May 1935):285-29
“Little People, Big World” star Zach Roloff and his three children, Jackson, 6, Lilah, 4, and Josiah, 23 months, all have dwarfism. While Zach has been living with the genetic condition for 33 ...
Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. [1] In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 147 centimetres (4 ft 10 in), regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dwarfism is 120 centimetres (4 ft).
Adam Rainer was born in Graz, Austria-Hungary (present day Austria), in 1899. [3] As a child, Rainer was described as very small, thin, and weak. In 1917, at age 18, he was measured at 122.55 cm (4 ft 0.25 in).
David Abulafia, professor of history, University of Cambridge (Jewish Year Book 2005, p. 218) Henry Abramson, Touro College, Eastern European Jewish Historian. [1] Ignác Acsády, Hungarian social and economic historian [2] [clarification needed] Howard Adelson, U.S. mediaeval historian [2] Cyrus Adler, [3] U.S. historian of Jewish history