Famous Midgets

Nepalese world shortest man Khagendra Thapa Magar holds a press conference during a ceremony to mark his 18th birthday at local hotel in Pokhara, Nepal, 14 October 2010. All photos: © ANP

Verne Troyer as Mini-Me in the movie 'Austin Powers in Goldmember'

Jason Acuña as Wee-Man in 'Jackass Number Two'

Tony Cox as Yado in 'Epic Movie'

Shortest man in the world He Pingping (L), standing at 2 ft 5.37 in (74.61 cm), holds onto the finger of the world's tallest man, Sultan Kösen (up), who is 8 ft 1 in (246.5 cm) tall, during the launch of the Guinness World Records live roadshow in Istanbul. Britain's Guinness World Records said on March 15, 2010 that the world's shortest man, He Pingping, has died at the age of 21

Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, better known as Major Mite at age 22

Teen Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) is pictured outside his home in Pokhara, some 200 kms west of Kathmandu, on October 14, 2010. The Nepalese teenager whose tiny stature has made him a celebrity in his homeland later in the day entered the record books as the world's shortest man at 67.08 cm or 26.4 inches according to new measurements by the Guinness World Records, as he celebrated his 18th birthday.

Warwick Davis starring as Professor Flitwick in 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'

Vance Swift, “the smallest midget in America”, also played the xylophone, built model aeroplanes and excelled at bridge. His greatest ambition was to meet Franklin D. Roosevelt.

David Rappaport in the CBS television show 'The Wizard'

Bao Xishu (L), a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, shaking hands with He Pingping (R), who only measures 73 centimeters (2.4 feet), in Baotou in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 13 July 2007

Pauline Musters from the Netherlands at 23 inches (58 cm) tall, recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest woman ever recorded.

He Pingping from Mongolia, the world's smallest man (74.61 cm) stands between the legs of Svetlana Pankratova from Russia, the woman with the world's longest legs during a photocall to launch the Guinness World Records 2009 book in London, Britain, 16 September 2008.

Dutch musician Roel van Velzen

Cast member Peter Dinklage arrives at the world premiere of "Death At A Funeral" at the Arclight Cinerama Dome, April 12, 2010 in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.

Colombian twenty-four-year-old and 70 centimeters tall Edward Niño Hernandez (R), the world shortest man as officially certified by the Guinness World Records, poses with his brother Yustin and the record certificate, at their house in Bogota on September 7, 2010. Guinness people discovered Niño after the previous titleholder He Pingping of China, who was 4 centimeters taller, died on March 13.

Actor Warwick Davis attends the 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1' World Premiere at the Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square on November 11, 2010 in London.

Yemeni dwarf Yahya bin Yahya Al-Ghader leaves 09 July 2006 the House of Representatives (Parliament) yard in Sanaa, after his candidacy application to run in the upcoming presidential election was turned down. Al-Ghader met all the required conditions but his application was apparently rejected because he is short (80 cm tall), despite specified tall is not mentioned in the Yemeni laws regarding presidential candidates. The number of candidates for the presidency reached 48 people