This is a list of the heaviest people who have been weighed and verified, living and dead. The list is organised by the peak weight reached by an individual and is limited to those who are over .
Heaviest people ever recorded
See also
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Big Pun (1971–2000), American rapper whose weight at death was .
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Edward Bright (1721–1750) and
Daniel Lambert (1770–1809), men from England who were famous in their time for their obesity.
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Happy Humphrey, the heaviest professional wrestler, weighing in at at his peak.
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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959–1997), Hawaiian singer whose weight peaked at .
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Paul Kimelman (born 1947), holder of
Guinness World Record
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
for the greatest weight-loss in the shortest amount of time, 1982
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Billy and Benny McCrary
Billy Leon McCrary (December 7, 1946 – July 14, 1979) and Benny Loyd McCrary (December 7, 1946 – March 26, 2001), known together as The McGuire Twins, were American professional wrestlers listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Record ...
, holders of Guinness World Records's ''World's Heaviest Twins''.
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Alayna Morgan (1948–2009), heavy woman from
Santa Rosa, California.
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Ricky Naputi (1973–2012), heaviest man from
Guam.
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Carl Thompson Carl Thompson may refer to:
* Carl Thompson (boxer) (born 1964), British boxer
* Carl Thompson (luthier) (born 1939), American luthier
* Carl Thompson (heavy person) (1981–2015), heaviest man in the United Kingdom
* Carl D. Thompson (1870–194 ...
(1982–2015), heaviest man in the United Kingdom whose weight at death was .
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Renee Williams (1977–2007), woman from
Austin, Texas.
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Yokozuna, the heaviest WWE wrestler, weighing between and at his peak.
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Barry Austin and
Jack Taylor, two obese British men documented in the comedy-drama ''
The Fattest Man in Britain''.
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Yamamotoyama Ryūta, heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler; is also thought to be the heaviest Japanese person ever at .
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