The epithet the Short applies to the following:
Charles III of Naples (1345–1386), King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and King of Hungary Dionysius Exiguus (), a monk, inventor of the Anno Domini era John the Dwarf (c. 339–c. 405), a Coptic Desert Father of the early Christian church Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1303), member of the House of Ascania and co-ruler of Brandenburg Pepin the Short (768), first King of the Franks, son of Charles Martel Władysław I Łokietek (1261 – 1333), King of Poland, also called "the Elbow-high"
See also List of people known as the Small List of people known as the Tall