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. It was said his resting blood pressure averaged 237/138. He was officially confirmed to have stood at a height of tall and weighted around, with a shoulder to shoulder width measurement of. These figures would have given him a body mass index of 74.692.9.
Mills Darden was born on October 7, 1799, near Rich Square, North Carolina, United States, to John and Mary Darden. He was married twice and had several children. His first wife Mary died in 1837 aged about 40.They had seven children. The name of his second wife was given in the census as Tameria. They had four children.
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.