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Read about the world's most iconic Guinness World Records title holders, both past and present, and find out the stories behind some of history's most game-changing and remarkable achievements.

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Shingo Kunieda & Diede de Groot

Incredible tennis champs

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Sylvia Earle

Marine biologist

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Laura Biondo

Football Virtuosa

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Wim Hof

The Iceman

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Harlem Globetrotters

Slam-dunk superstars

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Erden Eruc

Amazing circumnavigation

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Queen Elizabeth II

Longest reigning queen

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Zion Clark

The fastest man on two hands

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Elton John

Highest-grossing music tour ever

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Rumeysa Gelgi

The tallest living woman

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Wally Funk

Oldest woman in space

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Cristiano Ronaldo

Most goals in men’s internationals

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Ellie Simmonds

Youngest recipient of an MBE

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David Aguilar

First functional LEGO prosthetic arm

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Max Park

The Wonder of Cubing World

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Beyoncé

The Queen of femme Pop

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Lucky Diamond Rich

The most tattooed person living (male)

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BTS

Best selling album in South Korea

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Viridiana Álvarez Chávez

Fastest ascent of the top three highest mountains with supplementary oxygen

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Mya-Rose Craig

Most northerly climate protest

Peggy Whitson

Most spacewalks by a female

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Eliud Kipchoge

Fastest marathon distance

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David Attenborough

Longest career as a TV presenter

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Marawa Ibrahim

Most hula hoops spun simultaneously

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Sultan Kösen

Tallest living man

Youngest Nobel Prize winner

Malala Yousafzai

Youngest Nobel Prize winner

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Simone Biles

Most medals won at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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The Simpsons

Longest-running animated sitcom (number of episodes)

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Jaden Ashman

Youngest esports millionaire from a single tournament

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Andy Green

Fastest car (land-speed record)

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Victor Vescovo

Deepest dive by a crewed vessel

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Greta Thunberg

Youngest TIME Person of the Year

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Aaron Fotheringham

Longest wheelchair ramp jump

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Jane Goodall

Longest-running wild-primate study

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Kami Rita Sherpa & Lhakpa Sherpa

Most times to climb Everest

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Otto

Longest human tunnel travelled through by a skateboarding dog

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Lee Redmond

Longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever (female)

Jyoti Kisanji Amge

Shortest woman living

Climbing Meru Peak

Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk

First ascent of the Shark's Fin route

Burj Khalifa

The tallest building in the world

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Felix Baumgartner

First person to break sound barrier in freefall

Pelé

Most wins of the FIFA World Cup by a player

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

First men on the Moon

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Ashrita Furman

Guinness World Records' most prolific record holder

Tallest man ever

Robert Wadlow

Tallest man ever

Roger Bannister

Roger Bannister

First sub-four-minute mile