Adam Rainer

Adam Rainer (1899–4 March 1950), of Austria, is the only person in recorded history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant. His father measured 5 feet 8.9 inches (175 cm) and his mother measured 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm) in height. He had a step-brother, who was 5 feet 8.9 inches (175 cm) tall. As a child, even up to his 21st birthday Adam Rainer was extremely small, thin and very weak.