Robert Earl Hughes

Robert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 - July 10, 1958) holds the Guinness world record for the largest chest measurement ever recorded on a human, at 124 inches (10 feet 4 inches or 3.15 m). He weighed 486 kg (1,069 lb), and for a couple of decades also held the world's record as the heaviest human of all time. Robert was born and lived on a farm near the town of Fishhook in Pike County, Illinois.

He is often said to have been buried in a piano case. This error stems from a sentence that appeared in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records, which read, "He was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case."

Hughes was honored by the "snack rock" band The Go-nuts in a song named after him on a 7" vinyl record released in May of 1997 on Lookout! Records.

He has also been referred to as Robert Earl Hugs, due to misspellings and that his chest and arms are so large as to suggest a bear hug.

Statistics

 * Chest: 124 inches (World record) (3.15 metres)
 * Mass (Weight): 486.0 kg
 * BMI: 139.4