Austro-Hungarian man Adam Rainer was the only person in recorded world history to be both a giant and a dwarf.

At age 18 Rainer fit into the category of adult dwarfism at the height of 122.5 cm which was 14.5 cm below the cut-off height for dwarfism. He was 4 feet tall.

Soon after this he had one of the largest recorded growth spurts in any human. By 1931 he was 218 cm (7 feet 2). He then became bedridden and at the time of his death in 1950 he was 237 cm (7 feet 8), his feet were 33.3 cm and his hands were 23.9 cm despite the fact he weighed only 109 kg.