This is Stephan Bibrowski better known as Lionel the Lion-Faced Man. He was a famous sideshow performer who lived from 1891–1932. His whole body was covered with long hair that gave him the appearance of a lion.
Bibrowski was born in Warsaw in Poland with one-inch hair covering his body. His mother blamed the condition on the mauling of his father by a lion, which she witnessed while pregnant with Stephan. Although its likely that this was a made up story.
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He has extreme hypertrichosis, also known as “werewolf syndrome.” I did a post about this very subjects, several months ago on my myth blog. To read more about this condition, visit: http://myths-legends-folklore.blogspot.com/2010/11/werewolf-syndrome-extreme.html
Oh, you got a cool, freaky little site here; I may come back and browse around later on… Cheers!