Hans Langseth
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Hans Nilson Langseth was a Norwegian-American who held the record for the world's longest beard.
Hans Langseth c. 1912
Wyndmere, North Dakota
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Wyndmere is a city in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 454 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 442 in 2025. It is part of the Wahpeton, ND–MN Micropolitan Stati
Hans Langseth
…later life, he traveled around the United States as part of a freak show showing off his beard. Langseth died of complications of old age at age 81 in Wyndmere, North Dakota, on November 10, 1927, and is buried in Elk Creek Church Cemetery in Kensett, Iowa. When he died, his beard measured 5.33 meters (17.5 ft). It was…
Central Wyndmere, August 2009