List of famous people with the condition dwarfism:
Ellie Simmonds (born November 11, 1994), British Paralympic athlete
Rico Abreu (born January 30, 1992), NASCAR driver
Jason Acuña (born May 16, 1973), also known as "Wee-Man", American skateboarder, one of the stars of Jackass Achondroplasia
Jyoti Amge (born December 16, 1993), currently the world's smallest woman according to the Guinness Book of Records
Michael J. Anderson (October 31, 1953), American actor
Jen Arnold, doctor, reality TV star The Little Couple
Kenny Baker (August 24, 1934–August 13, 2016), English actor who portrayed R2-D2
Billy Barty (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000), American actor (Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia)
Cécile Bayiha, D.R. Congo actress; "proportionate dwarf". She played a Pygmy in the 2005 film Man to Man, although she is not a Pygmy herself.
Sebastiano Biavati, 17th century curator of museum of curiosities
Bushwick Bill (born Richard Shaw, December 8, 1966), American musician, founding member of the Geto Boys. Currently calls himself "Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwickin the Barbarian Mother Funky Stay High Dollar Billstir."
Susanna Bokoyni, Centenarian dwarf and circus performer.
Józef Boruwłaski (1739–1837), Polish "count"
Joe C. (November 9, 1974–November 16, 2000), Kid Rock's sidekick
Joyce Carpenter (December 21, 1929–August 7, 1973), suffered from Morquio's disease. At 74 cm or 29ins the shortest recorded adult in the UK.
Chnoum-Hotep, ancient chief of perfumes from the Fifth dynasty of Egypt who is believed to have had achondroplasia.
Jimmy Clitheroe (1921–1973), British comedian called "The Clitheroe kid."
Ann Clowes (1681?–1784), Reported centenarian dwarf with house designed for her stature.
Gary Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010), American actor, who starred in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
Coppernin — the last court dwarf, page to Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Kevin Costa (born October 31, 1953), American actor
Tony Cox (born March 31, 1958), American actor
Caroline Crachami (c. 1815–June 1824) Sicilian who had Primordial dwarfism.
Eric Cullen (July 12, 1965–August 16, 1996), Scottish actor with achondroplasia.
Billy Curtis (1909–1988), actor who played a Munchkin and starred in The Terror of Tiny Town.
François de Cuvilliés (1695–1768) Flemish architect noted for Cuvilliés Theatre and others.
Chandra Bahadur Dangi (November 30, 1939–September 3, 2015), the world's shortest recorded man according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Warwick Davis (born February 3, 1970), British actor Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Nelson de la Rosa (June 1968–October 22, 2006), Dominican actor, had MOPD II form of primordial dwarfism.
Tamara De Treaux, actress, an inspiration for the book Maybe the Moon.
Judy-Lynn del Rey (January 26, 1943–February 20, 1986), American science fiction editor
Aditya Dev (November 1, 1988–September 13, 2012), body builder with dwarfism recorded in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Smallest Bodybuilder".
Thomas Dilward, nineteenth century minstrel show entertainer
Peter Dinklage, (born June 11, 1969), Emmy-winning American actor who starred in The Station Agent and Game of Thrones. He has achondroplasia.
The Doll Family, German-born siblings. The eldest was born in 1899, the last died in 2004.
Michael Dunn (1934–1973), Oscar-nominated (for Best Supporting Actor in "Ship of Fools") American actor with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, type unspecified
Meredith Eaton-Gilden (born August 26, 1974), American actress
Mike Edmonds, British actor in Maid Marian and her Merry Men, Time Bandits, and "The Safety Dance" video.
Alan Eggleston (born December 30, 1941), Australian politician with achondroplasia.
Josh Ryan Evans (January 10, 1982–August 5, 2002), American actor Achondroplasia
Charla Baklayan Faddoul, American (Syrian born) The Amazing Race contestant (Seasons 5 and 11)
Nicolas Ferry, nicknamed "Bébé", French court dwarf (1741–1764) of the Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński.
Francis Joseph Flynn (1864–188?), Sideshow entertainer known as "General Mite" who toured on several continents and performed for Queen Victoria
Phil Fondacaro (born November 8, 1958), American actor
Eddie Gaedel (June 8, 1925–June 18, 1961), made one plate appearance for the St. Louis Browns in 1951
Richard Gibson (painter) (1615–1690), 17th century painter of portrait miniatures.
Arturo Gil (born March 13, 1960), actor
Michael Gilden (September 22, 1962–December 5, 2006), American actor
Antonio Gramsci (January 22, 1891 – April 27, 1937) an influential Italian Marxist intellectual
Lester "Beetlejuice" Green (born June 2, 1968, in Jersey City, New Jersey), entertainer known for his appearances on The Howard Stern Show.
Kalyn Heffernan, a hip-hop artist and producer with osteogenesis imperfecta.
Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), English court dwarf and jester to Charles I
Osita Iheme
Chinedu Ikedieze
Alexander Katan Dutch teacher and victim of Nazi experimentation who eventually became an anatomical display.
Bill Klein, business owner, reality TV star, The Little Couple
Martin Klebba (born June 23, 1969), American actor and dwarf sportsperson.
Matthew Knox, longest lived dwarf who died at 105 years old
Javed Kodu, Pakistani comedian. He has made many appearances in films, theater and TV dramas.
Runi Larasati – "woon" (April 4, 1989), famous Indonesian exotic dancer
Wybrand Lolkes, Dutch dwarf (visited Britain in 1790)
Patty Maloney (born March 17, 1936), American actress
Eric Lynch (March 11, 1975 – September 20, 2014), American actor, writer and member of The Howard Stern Show's Wack Pack.
Jerry Maren (born January 24, 1920), American actor.
Pee Wee Marquette, master of ceremonies at the original Birdland jazz club.
Mimie Mathy (born July 8, 1957), French actress and comedian
Billy Merchant (1919–2001), British circus entertainer.
Paul Steven Miller (1961–2010), disability rights expert, EEOC Commissioner, professor at the University of Washington School of Law, Special Assistant to the President
Gul Mohammed (February 15, 1957–October 1, 1997), Guinness record holder for world's shortest man.
Pauline Musters (1876–1895), Dutch woman who is believed to be the shortest woman verified.
Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr. (1962–2001), known as Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American entertainer who frequently appeared on the Howard Stern Show.
Nelson Ned (born March 2, 1947 – January 5, 2014), Brazilian singer and composer
George Washington Morrison Nutt, Known as "Commodore Nutt"
The Ovitz family were a family of Romanian Jewish actors/traveling musicians who survived imprisonment at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. They were the largest family of dwarfs ever recorded and were the largest family (twelve family members from a 15-month-old baby to a 58-year-old woman) to enter Auschwitz and to survive intact.
Kyle Pacek, American actor/stuntman known for "All About Lizzie" and "Oz the Great and Powerful"
Guinnes Pakru (31 August 1976 (age 38)), Indian actor.
Michel Petrucciani (December 28, 1962–January 6, 1999), French jazz pianist.
He Pingping (1988–2010), a Chinese man who was known as the shortest man who ever lived and was still able to walk. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8569166.stm)
Alexander Pope (May 21, 1688–May 21, 1744), English poet & writer (was approximately 4'6" tall, according to Sir Joshua Reynolds); likely suffered from tuberculosis of the spine
Dylan Postl (born May 29, 1986), better known as Hornswoggle in WWE
Bridget The Midget, porn star
Jordan Prentice(born January 30, 1973), Canadian actor, who appeared in In Bruges
Jack Purvis (1937–November 1997), British & American actor.
Meinhardt Raabe (September 2, 1915–April 9, 2010), was one of the last surviving Munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz
David Rappaport (November 23, 1951–May 2, 1990), British & American actor
Rice Brothers – formerly the shortest living twins. (From 1951 to 2005 both were alive)
Daniel Neil Rodgers (born December 9, 1955), American actor: Graak the Ewok in Star Wars, Return of the Jedi, Under the Rainbow, Van Halen music video "Pretty Woman". Achondroplasia.
Amy Roloff (born 1963), featured on the TV show Little People Big World Achondroplasia
Matthew Roloff (born 1961), American actor, author and businessman featured on the TV show Little People Big World, Diastrophic dysplasia.
Zachary Roloff (born 1990), Featured on the TV show Little People, Big World, son of Amy Roloff and Matthew Roloff
Shorty Rossi, (born February 10, 1969), star of Pit Boss and owner of Shortywood Productions www.shortywood.com and a Philanthropist, Bully Rights Activist, Cigar Blender, Author, Producer. Achondroplasia
Angelo Rossitto, American actor
Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (Poltergeist)
Fa'afiaula Sagote, Samoan actor who played the lead role in his country's first ever feature film, The Orator (2011)
Elly Annie Schneider, actress, also known as "Tiny Doll", played a Munchkin. (1914–2004)
Seneb, Egyptian high-ranking court official
Arthur Serevetas, Australian dwarf actor.
Tom Shakespeare (born May 11, 1966), also known as Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet. A geneticist with achondroplasia. His father, William Geoffrey Shakespeare, also had achondroplasia.
Felix Silla (born on January 11, 1937), American actor
Kiruna Stamell, Australian actress
Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865–October 26, 1923), scientist and engineer, also "hunchbacked."
Charles Sherwood Stratton – "General Tom Thumb" (January 4, 1838–July 15, 1883), United States
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French painter
Verne Troyer (born January 1, 1969), American actor
Andreas Vesalius was an anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. [6]
Hervé Villechaize (April 23, 1943–September 4, 1993), French-born actor
Lavinia Warren (1841–1919), American entertainer
Chick Webb (died June 16, 1939), big band drummer
Weng Weng (1957–1992), actor and martial artist.
Marshall P. Wilder (1859–1915) American humorist
Brad Williams (born January 13, 1984) American Comedian and radio Personality
Juli Windsor, an American who became the first little person to complete the Boston Marathon, in 2014. She finished in 4 hours and 43 minutes. She was 27 years old and 3-foot-9 inches tall.
Wee Georgie Wood (1895–1979), comic actor with a railway named for him
Danny Woodburn (born July 26, 1964), American actor whose most recognizable part was on the TV comedy Seinfeld, as a friend of Kramer.
Lucia Zarate (1864–1890), Mexican with MOPD II. She is believed to have the lowest weight of any adult woman and may have been shorter than Pauline Musters.
Dagul (born October 5, 1958), Filipino midget actor, comedian and politician.
