Dwarfism
Dwarfism is a condition in which a person, animal or plant is much below the ordinary size of the species. When applied to people, it implies not just extreme shortness, but a degree of disproportion. Dwarfism is now rarely used as a medical term and is sometimes (but not always) considered impolite or pejorative. Today, the term little person tends to be preferred. According to the Little People of America the human definition of this term is stated as such "a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4'10" or shorter, among both men and women, although in some cases a person with a dwarfing condition may be slightly taller than that."
Famous people with dwarfism
- Jason Acuña, Wee-Man US actor
- Michael J. Anderson, US actor
- Kenny Baker, actor who portrayed R2-D2
- Billy Barty, US actor
- Bushwick Bill, US musician, founding member of The Geto Boys
- Sebastiano Biavati, 17th century curator of museum of curiosities
- Joseph Boruwlaski, Polish "count"
- Joe C., Kid Rock's sidekick
- Caroline Crachami, Sicilian dwarf
- Warwick Davis, UK actor
- Peter Dinklage, US actor
- Meredith Eaton, US actor
- The Doll Family, German-born siblings
- Josh Ryan Evans, US actor
- Nicholas Feny. French-born court dwarf
- Charles Flato, American writer and Soviet spy, he was also hunchbacked
- Phil Fondacaro, US Actor
- Eddie Gaedel, made one plate appearance for the St. Louis Browns in 1951
- Jeffrey Hudson, English court dwarf and jester to Charles I
- Martin Klebba, US actor
- Wybrand Lolkes, Dutch dwarf
- George Washington Morrison Nutt, "Commodore Nutt"
- Alexander Pope, poet
- Meinhardt Raabe, oldest surviving munchkin from "The Wizard of Oz"
- David Rappaport, UK & US actor
- Judy-Lynn del Rey, US science fiction editor
- Timothy Roman, the son of US actress Susan Cabot
- Zelda Rubinstein, US actress
- Felix Silla, US actor
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz, scientist and engineer
- Charles Sherwood Stratton, "General Tom Thumb"
- Verne Troyer, US actor
- Hervé Villechaize, French-born actor
- Lavinia Warren, US
- Chick Webb, big band drummer
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