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Encyclopedia > List of the heaviest people

This is a list of the heaviest people recorded. The table includes each individual's name, peak weight, their birth date, and years of life. This list is limited to those individuals who weighed over 450 kg (1000 pounds). Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Look up pound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Name Country Gender Birth Death Peak Weight Comments
Rosalie Bradford USA F 1943 2006 479 kg (1053 lb)
Mills Darden USA M 1799 1857 463 kg (1020 lb)
Michael Hebranko USA M 1953 Over 500 kg (1,100 lb) In 1990 he was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest recorded weight loss due to dieting[1]
Robert Earl Hughes USA M 1926 1958 486 kg (1069lb)
Walter Hudson[2] USA M 1944 1991 544 kg (1197 lb)
Jon Brower Minnoch[3] USA M 1941 1983 636 kg (1400 lb) His weight loss of approximately 419 kg (924 lb) is the largest ever documented.
Manuel Uribe [4] Mexico M 1965 560 kg (1235 lb)
Carol Yager[5] USA F 1960 1994 Over 730 kg (1,600 lb) Peak weight not confirmed. Weight at death was 545 kg (1,200 pounds).

Rosalie Bradford (b. ... Mills Darden (October 7, 1799 - January 23, 1857) is alleged to have been the biggest man ever to have lived. ... Michael Hebranko (b. ... The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ... Robert Earl Hughes holds the world record for heaviest human who ever lived, weighing 486 kg (1,071 lb). ... Walter Hudson (c. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Manuel Uribe Garza (born June 11, 1965),[1] a 42-year-old man from Monterrey, Mexico, is one of the heaviest people in medical history. ... Carol Yager (1960-1994) holds the distinction of having been one of the most obese people in medical history. ...

References

  1. ^ Once-1,000 Lb. Canarsien Is Now "Getting
  2. ^ Walter Hudson
  3. ^ The 900 Club
  4. ^ Half-ton Mexican man loses 200 pounds
  5. ^ The Flint Journal, Friday, June 17, 1994, page A1, "What next for 1,200-pound woman?" by Marcia Mattson (Journal staff writer)

See also

The McGuire twins were born Billy Leon and Benny Loyd McCrary on December 7, 1946. ... The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...

External links

  • 900 Club, list of people exceeding 900 lb


 

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