--- title: The Shortest Man Ever Measured Has Died description: He was just over 21 in. tall canonical: https://time.com/4023563/shortest-man-died/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-04T21:47:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:19.901Z og:title: The Shortest Man Ever Measured Has Died og:description: He was just over 21 in. tall og:url: https://time.com/4023563/shortest-man-died/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f335b2fdb37cfd/69886262e20a8769dfa8d17a/chandra-bahadur-dangi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 13 Nov 2014, London, England, UK --- epaselect epa04487614 Chandra Bahadur Dangi (L) from Nepal and Sultan Kosen from Turkey pose for photographers during a photocall for the Guinness World Records in London, Britain, 13 November 2014. Dangi (54.6 cm) is og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Shortest Man Ever Measured Has Died twitter:description: He was just over 21 in. tall twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f335b2fdb37cfd/69886262e20a8769dfa8d17a/chandra-bahadur-dangi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Shortest Man Ever Measured Has Died  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Sep 4, 2015 9:47 PM CUT  Chandra Bahadur Dangi, formerly the world's shortest man, posing with the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen from Turkey, during a photocall for the Guinness World Records in London on Nov. 13, 2014. Chandra Bahadur Dangi, formerly the world's shortest man, posing with the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen from Turkey, during a photocall for the Guinness World Records in London on Nov. 13, 2014.Facundo Arrizabalaga—EPA/Corbis  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Sep 4, 2015 9:47 PM CUT The shortest man ever measured has [died at 75](http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/09/04/the-worlds-shortest-man-dies-a-photo-tribute-to-nepals-chandra-bahadur-dangi/ "undefined"), standing just 21.5 in. tall. Chandra Bahadur Dangi, the Nepalese man who held the Guinness World Record for shortest living man and for smallest man ever measured, died Friday in a hospital in American Samoa, the Wall Street _Journal_ reports. The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed his death in a [statement. ](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/9/guinness-world-records-statement-chandra-dangi-1939-2015-395200 "undefined") Last year, Dangi met the world’s tallest man, Sultan Kösen, at an event in London. Kösen, who is 8 ft. 3 in. tall told the [_Telegraph_ ](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11228351/Worlds-tallest-man-comes-eye-to-eye-with-worlds-smallest-man-for-Guinness-World-Records-Day.html "undefined")that despite their height differences, he and Dangi “have similar struggles.” “I look into Chandra’s eyes, I can see he’s a good man,” he said. “It’s been a lifelong dream to travel and becoming a Guinness World Records title holder has enabled me to do that,” Dangi told the [_Telegraph._ ](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11228351/Worlds-tallest-man-comes-eye-to-eye-with-worlds-smallest-man-for-Guinness-World-Records-Day.html "undefined")“It makes me extremely proud to represent Nepal all around the world, I’m extremely humbled by the support I receive.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4023563/shortest-man-died/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4023563/shortest-man-died/"},"headline":"The Shortest Man Ever Measured Has Died","datePublished":"2015-09-04T21:47:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:19.901Z","description":"He was just over 21 in. tall","url":"https://time.com/4023563/shortest-man-died/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","Nepal","Guinness Book of World Records"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f335b2fdb37cfd/69886262e20a8769dfa8d17a/chandra-bahadur-dangi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f335b2fdb37cfd/69886262e20a8769dfa8d17a/chandra-bahadur-dangi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"13 Nov 2014, London, England, UK --- epaselect epa04487614 Chandra Bahadur Dangi (L) from Nepal and Sultan Kosen from Turkey pose for photographers during a photocall for the Guinness World Records in London, Britain, 13 November 2014. 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