Karns Fat Family (Pop Karn, Grace Karn, Jill Karn, Cliff Karn,
Jack Karn, Tiny Karn, Mom Karn)[d]
Karns, (Mrs) Gertrude, b ca 1908, m Cliff Karns (or Karn), fat
man/talker, Shreveport, LA (?), d Kenosha, WI, Jly 16, 1951; 745 lbs,
weighed 18 lbs at birth, gave birth to two healthy daughters at 600+
lbs, billed as "World's Fattest Mother"
Katz, Jacob "510lbs."fl 1929; 700 lbs [ajax101]
Keathley, (Miss) Kate, "The Missouri Giantess," d St. Louis, MO, Jly
18, 1868; 812 lbs
Kenna, Trilby (d. Chicago, IL., Feb. 28, 1922; 400 lbs. at time of death)
King, "Sweet Marie" nee Grim (b. Helena, Arkansas, 1940, m. Donald King,
who died 3 years later. They had a daughter, Edna Maria, who died of pneumonia at the age of 4.)
Kirby, Dot, aka Kitty Kirby, "Miss Kirby," from Methuen, MA, fl 1897;
described as a "fat midget"
King, Flora May (also Johnson) [blk 0-738-767-768]
Kirby, Dot [blk 0-182]
Krebeck, Joseph H. "Sacramento Joe" (d. Dec. 12, 1920
from complications in heart surgery; 646 lbs.)
Krueger, Clifford W. "Tiny" (b. Madison, Wisc., June 24, 1918; d. Merrill, WI,
Oct. 15, 1988; 450 lbs. Clifford retired from the circus in 1946 to become the senator for
Marathon and Lincoln counties.)
Lambert, Nellie (b. Leicester, England, 1895; claimed to be the
great-granddaughter of Daniel Lambert. Married in 1914 to Albert Ensell, circus strongman.)
La Deaux, Marie [blk 0-140]
Landrith, Ettie (or Ellie) (613 lbs.)
Lang, Major "The Bermuda Giant Boy"
Langley, Ivan
Lanterbach, Emmy, aka "Fat Emmy" or "Emmy the Female Colossus,"
German, fl ca 1900; 520 lbs
Leslie, Rose, b 1861, m John McLaughlin, performer with John B. Doris
Circus, d winter 1886; 615 lbs, 5' 3" tall, had symptoms of Cushing's
disease
Lewis, Mary
Lilley, Bertha (660 lbs.)
Lindsey, Happy Carter [blk 0-668]
Little Baby Viola, 512lbs. (1920's)
Little Suzie- contemporary; 830 lbs
Lizette [blk 0-179]
Loter, Wilhelm "The Giant Child"
Lotz, William H., b Reading, PA, ca 1855, d Reading, PA, Feb 16,
1900; 523 lbs, 72" waist
McCary, Billy and Benney
McCoubery, Edna, fl 1920s
McDonald, John
McDonald, Johny "The Man-Mastadon" (with Barnum & Bailey in 1901)
McRay, Bob, b Pittsburgh, PA; 598 lbs at age 26
Mack, Vantile "The Giant Baby" "The Infant Lambert" (b. Darlington, PA,
1854; d. NYC, 1861 of asphyxia; 257 lbs. at age 7)
Madame Allen
Madame Cardona," fl 1888; exhibited with her daughter, a fat girl
Madame Johnson," fl 1891
Madame Miles," fl 1889
Madame Naomi, 562lbs. fl. 1870's [d]
Mlle. Royal (d. Birmingham, England, 1909)
Madame Sherwood, (Height 5'6", 7 Feet Around the waist and 24 inches
around the arm, Aged 31)575lbs. fl. 1870's [d]
Mme. Tuppee, "The English Giantess"
Madame Victoria," alias of (Mrs) Emma M. Markley, b Reading, PA, ca
1852, d Philadelphia, PA, 1885; 550 - 600 lbs, 62 1/2" waist
Madame Warren"; 500 lbs
Madame Zoma(b. 1908, claimed to be from Zambesia, Mozambique)
Maillot, M., "Canadian Giant," fl 1828 - 1831; 619 lbs, 6' 4 1/2" tall
Maitland, Ida (b. Springfield, Mass., 1898; d. 1932. Allegedly died
while bending over to pick up a four-leaf clover.)
Mamie Frazer (aka Howard?), from Missouri; 630 lbs, 74" waist
Maquire, David, of Kenosha, WI, fl 1935; 810 lbs
Marie Lill, "Champion English Fat Girl"
Markley, Emma M. (see Madame Victoria)
Mamie Weight 640, Age 22 [blk 0-163-164-643-644] [d]
Marie Lil [blk 0-798]
Mason, Lenny "Leicester Fat Boy"
Maxwell, George Herbert (b. 1868; d. Oroville, Cali., ca. 1938.
Maxwell was a child performer but retired and became a recluse.)
Mexican Rose" - Rose Nanez, b ca 1915; 756 lbs at age 23
Miller. Louise (or Brown) from New Haven, CT
Millie Josephine (422 lbs at age 13)
Mills, Ella RBBB Circus fl 1940s - 1960s; 586 lbs alias of Ella Millbauer
(b. Eau Claire, Wisc., 1899; d. 1970s; married four times) [blk 0-754-756] [d]
Minatra, Big Jim [blk 0-766,dpm74]
Miss Allen
Miss Elma (aka "Miss E") ca. 1918 [d]
Miss McAllister
Miss Scalpini," fl 1889
Monti, Mildred (m. Jack Glicken, midget, on Dec. 4, 1934,
but divorced him three years later claiming the marriage was a publicity stunt.
Was with a comedy troupe called "Tiny Rosebuds" with two other fat ladies).
Moore, Lucy, "The American Fat Girl," aka Alma Moore, real name Anna
Chelton, d Bristol, England, Oct 16, 1920; 645 lbs.40st.7lbs.1905 (b. 1895, d. Decatur, IL.,
1918; 700 lbs.)
Moore, "Lovely Lucy" "The American Fat Girl"
Morlan, Chauncy (Mr. & Mrs.) Age 17-474lbs, age 19-513lbs."The Indiana Fat Boy,"
b Rushville, IN, Apr 27,
1869 (or Indianapolis, 1872), m (1) Annie Bell, "The Ohio Giantess,"
NYC, Nov 30, 1892, (2) Stella Banning, Elwood, IN, ca 1905, d Elwood,
IN, ca 1912; 848 lbs, 5' 10" tall[blk 0-156][d]
Morris, Lucy, b Mississippi 1867; 660 lbs
Morrison, Annie; 521 lbs at age 19 [d]
Morrison, Mary, b ca 1895, fl 1910s; 521 lbs[blk 0-532]
Moses, Blanche, née Gray, b Detroit, MI, Nov 29, 1863 (or 1867), m
David Moses, museum employee, Sep 27, 1883, d Baltimore, MD, Oct 26,
1883; 517 lbs, 4' 6" tall, 86" bust
Muller, May, fl 1889 - 1891
Moxley, Charlotte "The English Giantess"
Naucke, Emil, b Wiemar (?), Germany, May 2, 1855; 410 lbs,
exhibited as fat strong man, film pioneer
Navarro,David [mm p.30]
Olson, Lulu (500 lbs.)
Olson, Tiny Glen [blk 0-180]
Orozco, Mary L., of Los Angeles, b ca 1929, fl 1956; 475 lbs,
measurements 52-58-70
Parker (nee), Elizabeth Love
Pearl, Mrs. Percy Pebley, Fred, b Harrison, AK; 710 lbs at age 38, 5' 11" tall, 96" waist
Perry, Merry Rose
Peters, Darlene (412 lbs. at age 18)
Plath, Gertie (545 lbs.)
Pontico, Baby Ruth (also see "Ima Waddler") [blk 0-133-637]
Porter, John, b ca 1892, d Pittsburgh, PA, Sep 11, 1946; 721 lbs
Porter, Mamie (m. Mons. Fowler, albino, in Dover, NJ, Aug. 26, 1883)
Porter, Minnie, b Camden, IN ca 1857, fl 1888; 550 lbs, 5' 8" tall,
later exhibited with sister Mamie and possibly another sister Maxie
Powers, Adelaide, "Kentucky Mammoth Lady"; 490 lbs at age 23
Powers, John
Powers, Mary Jane, "The Kentucky Giantess" b Franklin Cty, KY; 783
lbs at age 26, later 807 1/2 lbs, 5' 2" tall, 86" waist, sister of
John H. Powers, fat boy
Price, Annie (Maud), née Allan, b Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
1842 (or 1844), m (1) circus man named Pettit, (2) Charles Price,
albino, 1884, d Oct. 25, 1889, NYC; 525 lbs
Price, (Miss) Jennie, fl 1890s
Pritchard (first name unknown), "The American Lambert," from
Kentucky, fl 1830s - 1860s; 695 lbs
Princess LaLa, m. Prince Arthur, "Strangest Married Couple"
(748lbs. 28 years, 6'2" & 716lbs 1953)
possibly (Mrs) Percy Pearl Washington, b Louisiana,
1926, m "Prince Arthur," midget, NYC (?) d Milwaukee, WI, Oct 9, 1972; 880 lbs, 6' tall
Princess Pontus, "Amazon Giantess" - fl 1937; 530 lbs, 7' 2
1/2" tall (billed at 8' 2")
Proctor, Jennie, fl 1889
Raskell, Maud, fl 1891
Rohm, Hannah Jane, née Duck, b Licking Cty, OH, ca 1846, d Baltimore,
MD, May 28, 1875
Redding, F.E (or F.F.), i.e. "Big Jumbo" [blk 0-141]
Redline, Annie (568 lbs.)
Reed, Mattie
Reed, Master J.F. (Barnum fat boy)
Rémond, André, "The Jurassian Colossus," b Offlanges, France,
1882, d Fontenoy-le-Château, France, ca 1935; 629 lbs (sometimes
mistakenly printed as kgs), 113" waist, 84 1/2" chest
Rita La Grosse - fl 1960s, 528 lbs at age 33; exhibited in France and Italy
Rittenbaumer, Gotthard (German)
Roberts, Henry J. (married a Miss Correll, 115 lbs.)
Robinson, John, fl 1880s; 588 lbs, some photos show him dressed as a woman
Roversant, Mlle. Felicite "The Giantess of Lyons" (married Baron
Albert de Bernabes, midget)
Ruby Trixie (married midget Robert Gondin in London, 1923)
Rusk, Webster Edward (b. San Francisco, Cali., Oct 11, 1895; 449 lbs.,
claimed 649 lbs.)
Ruth from Duluth
Scanlon, Jane, fl 1889
Schenk, Furman (b. New Brunswick, NJ, 1852; d. New Brunswick, NJ,
Aug. 24, 1892; 520 lbs.)
Scholey, (Mrs) Catherine, d Jly 5, 1855
Shaddock, Richard(b. 1891; d. Miami, FL, Feb. 26, 1943; 550 lbs.)
Shafer, Margaret and Christiana (sisters)
Sherwood, Jane, "Madame Sherwood"; 675 lbs at 5' 8" tall, 84" waist
Sinclair, Frances, "The Yorkshire Giantess," b ca 1864; 546 3/4 lbs
Sittig, "Jolly George" J. (b. 1859; d. Mansfield, OH, Nov. 28, 1908; 500 lbs.)
Smiling Alice 625 lbs at age 18 [blk 0-627]
Stanley, "Jolly Pearl"
Star, Ida
Stark, Baby Jane
Stout, Hugh L.
Strehle, Robert (425 lbs.)
Sugar Baby 500lbs, Age 18, 1926. Appears with dog [d]
Sweet Adeline
Sweet Marie (1) - Marie Lawhead
Sweet Marie (2) 723lbs aka "Dainty Doris" - Mary King, b Helena. AK, ca
1936, fl 1960s; 400 lbs at age 20, 643 lbs at age 28, 723 lbs ca age
34, Ward Hall says she achieved 800 lbs, died from complications of
weight-loss surgery [d]
Teresina" or "Mlle Thérésina," "Queen of the Colossi"
"Colossus of the Rhine" Teresina de Barracão
(spelling from a Portugese source), b Italy, fl 1910s (?);
618 - 705 lbs, exhibited in Europe.m. Almiro Crema, Italian giant
Terrell, "Jolly Nellie" Blanche nee Lane (b. Columbus, OH,
May 1, 1898; d. Sept. 5, 1955, of cancer)
Tessie Ton
Texas Dollie," aka "Dolly Dimple" - b ca 1915, fl 1940; 678 lbs
Thompson, Alice, "Big Alice" (married 90-pound Alfred J. Thompson in August 1889)
fl 1897; 586 lbs
Thompson, Birdie; 500 lbs, appeared in the film The Unholy Three
Thompson, Thron, Mary Rosa (nee Baujan) b. Illinois, ca. 1856;
sister of fat boy Peter Baujan;
married Henry T. Thron on April 16, 1878; 410 lbs.)
Thurston, Charles C. (360 lbs. at age 14)
Timmons, Baby Jane [blk 0-168]
Tiny Glen Olson [blk 0-180]
Tiny Hicks Clyde Hicks; 505 lbs, 6' tall, 62" waist [blk 0-149-699]
Tiny Kaye and "Dainty Dora", (brother and sister from California)
Tiny Olson - Glen Olson
Tiny Tina Brown
Titman, C. F. (aka Emory Titman), of Philadelphia, PA, b ca 1899;
700 lbs at age 36
Tom Ton aka "Prince Val," "Theo Val" - Theodore A.Valenzuela,
b Mexico, 1895, d 1937; 850 lbs, 5' 11" tall [blk 0-681, mm p.30]
Tripp, Susanna and Deborah (sisters from England)
Trunley, Johnny, "The Peckham Fat Boy," b Peckham (Camberwell
borough, London), England, ca 1898, m "Lionette the Lion Faced Lady";
504 lbs at age 18, later 560+ lbs, 5' 8" tall
Two Ton Tessie [d]
Valenzula, T.A. [blk 0-176]
Varadi, Pete (from Hungary)
Varden, Dolly alias of Selitia Campbell (d. Aug. 19, 1911)
Vera, "The Heaviest Girl in Europe"
Wade, Alice [blk 0-631]
Waite Family (three sisters & three brothers) [blk 0-760]
Waites, Baby Doll "The Beautiful Fat Lady" (b. 1904) [blk 0-674]
Waldron, Jessie, b Greenpoint, NY, ca 1864, m Jesse Reed, museum
manager, 1882, d Buffalo, NY, 1884; 400 - 600 lbs, 6' 4" tall
Walker, George Washington, of Noble Cty, IN, b ca 1850, fl 1896;
560 lbs, 5' 10" tall, 68" chest, 76" waist
Walker, Michael, real name Francis John Lang, b 1934, exhibited
1970 - 1971, retired; 1187 lbs (aprox 900 lbs confirmed), 6' 2" tall,
reduced to 369 lbs by Feb 1980
Wallace, Fannie "The Scottish Giantess"
Warren, Carrie (sister of Rhonda Warren, thin lady)
Webb, Johnny, b Altoona, PA, ca 1905, d Washington, DC, July 18,
1938; 747 lbs, exhibited with "Webb Fat Family"
Webb, Mary, from Altoona, PA, fl 1948; sister of Johnny Webb, fat boy [blk 0-647]
Weiss, Maude (b. 1880; d. 1928 of heart failure)
Wetsel, Bill, b ca 1894, d Clayton, NJ, Jan 14, 1951; 675 lbs, 5'
8 1/2" tall, 80" waist
Webb Fat Family [blk 0-167]
The Westwood Family (seven kids, from Foxton, New Zealand)
Whipperman, Lee Edwin (b. Nov. 10, 1955; d. Gibsonton, Dec. 23, 1991)
Whitton, Leo
Wilcox, Mamie (married William Barlow, living skeleton)
Williams (nee) "Baby Thelma" Amand (b. 1925; 420 lbs, claimed 619)
Williams, Frank age 18, 487lbs.[d-942]
Williams, Ida, b Columbus, OH, fl 1870s - 1890s; 517 lbs at age 19, ca 1875
Wilson, Jack (James?)
Williams, Master Warner H. "Iowa Baby Giant"
Williams, Zola (Zo L.) "Bearded Fat Lady" (Real Name Leslie Ark,
Was married to John Williams "Alligator-Skinned Man" Clyde Beatty Circus, 1952) [d-rlc]
Wilson, Jack d Brooklyn, NY, Jly 1919; 680 lbs, 5' 7" tall [blk 0-158-159]
Winsome Winnie - Winnie Johnson; 850 lbs
Wolford, Laura "The Colored Giantess" (d. Lafayette, IN,
August 17, 1889; claimed to be 904 lbs.)
Wood, Annie; 450 lbs
Wood, Rosina Delight, née Richardson, b New Hampshire ca 1839; 765
lbs, 5' 3" tall, 74" hips
Wren, Lizy
Zadina, Ali, of Istanbul, Turkey, b ca 1900; 732 lbs at age 29
multi-talented, appears in more than one category
full article needed and/or forthcoming
