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Official: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepali poses with his certificates after being declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records officials at 21.5 inches.
Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man, and Chandra Dangi, the world's shortest man, attend the Guinness World Records Day at St. Thomas' Hospital on Nov. 13 in London, England. Fred Duval, FilmMagic. Fullscreen. Sultan Kosen is 8 feet 9 inches tall, and Chandra Dangi measures 21-and-a-half inches.