Caroline Crachami is sometimes cited as being the smallest person in recorded history, but as she was nine years old or less at the time of her death, it is unlikely that she had finished growing. Said to have been born in Palermo, she was known as the "Sicilian Fairy" or "Sicilian Dwarf." She had primordial dwarfism, and was only about 19 1/2 inches (50 cm) tall. When she died in June 1824, her body was stolen by Dr. Gillian, … Wikipedia
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