--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 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. 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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](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Sep 4, 2015 9:47 PM UTC 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/), 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) 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)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)“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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