Dan Meyer (born April 7, 1957) is an American sword swallower, multiple Guinness World record holder in sword swallowing, a global TEDx speaker, and the recipient of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine. Meyer was one among the Top 50 finalists on America's Got Talent Season 3 (2008), and returned to compete on America's Got Talent Season 11 (2016), on France's Got Talent Season 12 (2017), and Israel's Got Talent International Edition Season 2 (2018–19), Sweden Got Talent (2023). He is the president of Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI). Meyer has also made many other television and film appearances. </ref> Awards and honors Guinness World Record for Most Sword Swallowers Swallowing Swords Simultaneously Most Swords Swallowed Simultaneously Guinness World Record for Single Sword Swallowed by the Most Sword Swallowers Most Swords Swallowed Simultaneously by Sword Swallowers Guinness World Record for Sword Swallowing Underwater - 21 inch sword with 18 inch long blade Guinness World Record for Sword Swallowing Underwater - 30 inch sword with 24 inch long blade Guinness World Record for Most Swords Swallowed Simultaneously Underwater: 2 swords Ripley's Believe It or Not! Myrtle Beach - Sword swallowing underwater in tank of sharks 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard References External links 1957 births Living people Sword swallowers America's Got Talent contestants People from Michigan City, Indiana