- Who
- Unknown
- Where
- ()
- When
- 1973
The largest lion ever was a black-maned male named Simba, who had a shoulder height of 1.11 m (44 in) in July 1970 and lived at Colchester Zoo, Essex, UK, then Knaresborough Zoo, North Yorkshire, UK until his death on 16 January 1973 aged 14.
 
