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Table 1 Short stature does not impede achievement.

From: Idiopathic Short Stature: Conundrums of Definition and Treatment

Name

Height

Accomplishments

CP Steinmetz

4 (122 cm)

Electrical engineer whose ideas on alternating current systems helped inaugurate the electrical era in the US

Chick Web

4 (122)

Prominent bandleader and jazz drummer of the swing era

Michael Ain

43′′ (130)

Orthopedic surgeon-Johns Hopkins

Benito Juarez

46′′ (137)

National hero and president of Mexico from 1861 to 1863 and 1867 to 1872

Robert B. Reich

49′′ (147)

Professor of social and economic policy at Brandeis University. Secretary of labor in Pres. Clinton's first term from 1993–1997

Andrew Carnegie

5 (152)

Phenomenally successful entrepreneur- virtual founder of American steel industry and philanthropist (Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Hall, libraries throughout US)

David Ben Gurion

5 (152)

Founding Zionist and first prime minister of Israel

Thomas Hart Benton

5 (152)

One of the foremost painters and muralists in 20th Century America