Mills Darden


Mills Darden was an American who became famous as one of the largest men ever in human history. His enormous size both in terms of his body weight and height made him one of the biggest humans to have ever lived. He was officially confirmed to have stood at a height of tall and weighed around, and possibly even more. His recorded approximate weight of would have given him a body mass index of 123.1. If the reported figures are correct, Darden was 35 percent taller than and about ten times as heavy as the average American male of the 21st century.
Mills Darden was born on October 7, 1799, near Rich Square, North Carolina, United States, to John and Mary Darden. He was married at least once and had several children. His wife Mary, who died in 1837 aged about 40, was tall and weighed, and the tallest of their sons reached .
He died on January 23, 1857. He was buried in Lexington, Tennessee. His grave, and his wife's, have been restored by the local Development Authority.
No known verifiable photo remains of him.