The thinnest man in the world was Salisto Espino, who was born in Mexico in 1891. In 1973, when he was 82 years old, his weight was only 29 kilograms. Espino suffered from a number of illnesses, including tuberculosis and cancer, which led to his extreme thinness. He died in 1973. Today, the thinnest man in the world is Manuel Uribe, whose height is 1.75 meters, and his weight is only 38 kilograms.
