Jon Brower Minnoch

Jon Brower Minnoch (1941-1983) was the heaviest man ever. At his peak weight, he was around 100 stone (1400 lbs). This figure was only calculated though due to the fact that he was too heavy and in such a bad condition to be able to be weighed.

He has suffered from obesity since he was a child. At the age of 12, he weighed 28 stone and was 6ft 1 in. His weight grew and grew until he was hospitalized in March 1978. He had accumalated too much water which caused congestive heart failure.

It took a dozen firemen and a specially modified stretcher to get him to the hospital. He was then put on two beds put together and it took 13 people to roll him over.

He was discharged from the hospital after two years on a diet. He weighed 34 stone. The greatest weight loss by any human. However, the year after, he was readmitted to the hospital. He had doubled his weight to 68 stone. He died on September 10th, 1983 at a weight of 57 stone.