The Human Body | Who Is The Heaviest Person That Ever Lived?
Who is the heaviest person that ever lived?
John Brower Minnoch (1941-1983) of Bainbridge Island, Washington, weighed 976 pounds (443 kilograms) in 1976. It was estimated that he weighed more than 1,387 pounds (630 kilograms) when he was rushed to the hospital in 1978 with heart and respiratory failure. Much of his weight was due to fluid retention. After two years on a hospital diet, he was discharged at 476 pounds (216 kilograms). He had to be readmitted, however, after reportedly gaining 197 pounds (87 kilograms) in seven days. In 1983 when he died, he weighed 798 pounds (362 kilograms).
The heaviest woman on record is Rosie Carnemolla (1944-) of Pough-keepsie, New York, at 850 pounds (386 kilograms). It's possible, however, that another woman, Percy Pearl Washington, weighed more. When Washington, who suffered from polydipsia (excessive thirst), died in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hospital in 1972, she...
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