what is the guinness world record for not sleeping
Randy Gardner (record holder) Randy Gardner (born c.â€‰1948) is the holder of the scientifically documented record for the longest a human has gone without sleep. In 1964, Gardner, a high school student in San Diego, California, stayed awake for 264.4 hours (11 days 25 minutes). This period of sleeplessness broke the previous record of 260 hours held by disk jockey Tom Rounds of Honolulu.[1]