Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, from northern Iran, has now been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the shortest man alive, with a height of 2ft 1 inch (65.24cm).

They determined that he was indeed the shortest man alive. Dangi stole the crown from the prior record-holder, a man from the Philippines who was a recorded 23.5 inches tall. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters ...

The young man had been declared the shortest man alive by Guinness World Records (GWR) in 2010 after turning 18. His brother told AFP news agency the 27-year-old had tragically died after a battle ...

IN 1952 "persons of restricted growth" were called midgets and people paid to watch them perform. This picture from January that year is an obvious publicity stunt for the Grand Theatre in ...

The world's shortest man who could walk, 27-year-old Khagendra Thapa Magar, has passed away in hospital in Nepal. He stood at just 67.08 cm tall and was declared the shortest man alive by Guinness ...

His small stature earned him the Guinness World Record crown of shortest man alive earlier this year, and the 72-year-old Nepali said Mt Everest was now high up on his to-do list. "I'd love to see ...

The caption at the time read: "Postman George Bullock pauses on his rounds to greet "the smallest man alive." Henry Behrens, who was only 2ft 6in tall, ...