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Jon Brower Minnoch

1941 - 1983

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Jon Brower Minnoch (September 29, 1941 – September 4, 1983) was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb (635 kilograms; 100 stone) at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normally weighed 800–900 lb (363–408 kilograms; 57–64 stone) during his adult years. He owned a taxi company and worked as a driver around his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington. In an attempt to lose weight, Minnoch went on a 600 kcal (2,500 kJ) per day diet under a doctor's orders. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Brower Minnoch is the 14th most popular celebrity (down from 13th in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from United States (down from 414th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Celebrity.

Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who held the Guinness World Record for being the heaviest person in recorded history. He weighed over 1,400 pounds at his heaviest and required special medical care and equipment to manage his weight. Minnoch's story drew significant attention to the issue of obesity and its impact on health, and his case remains one of the most extreme examples of morbid obesity ever recorded.

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Among celebrities, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 14 out of 265. Before him are Lina Medina, Mary Mallon, Simonetta Vespucci, Robert Wadlow, Millvina Dean, and Buffalo Bill. After him are Blanche Monnier, Don King, Geli Raubal, Joseph Merrick, Tollund Man, and Roy Sullivan.

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Among people born in 1941, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 32. Before him are M. Stanley Whittingham, Julia Kristeva, Fausto Cercignani, Dick Cheney, Mahmoud Darwish, and Laura Antonelli. After him are Franco Nero, Nick Nolte, Jon Lord, Tadao Ando, Flórián Albert, and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam. Among people deceased in 1983, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 12. Before him are Umberto II of Italy, Leopold III of Belgium, Hergé, Albert Claude, Felix Bloch, and Idris of Libya. After him are John Vorster, Tennessee Williams, Benigno Aquino Jr., David Niven, Arthur Koestler, and Nikolai Podgorny.

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Among people born in United States, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 573 out of 20,380. Before him are Eugene O'Neill (1888), Robert Peary (1856), Jeff Bridges (1949), Lauren Bacall (1924), Rock Hudson (1925), and Charles Cooley (1864). After him are Prince (1958), Paul Alexander (1946), Irving Langmuir (1881), Dusty Rhodes (1945), Viggo Mortensen (1958), and Brian De Palma (1940).

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Among celebrities born in United States, Jon Brower Minnoch ranks 7. Before him are Wallis Simpson (1896), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), Margaret Brown (1867), Phineas Gage (1823), Robert Wadlow (1918), and Buffalo Bill (1846). After him are Don King (1931), Roy Sullivan (1912), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Rodney King (1965), Kim Kardashian (1980), and Sarah Knauss (1880).

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