Leica Note 3

Leica Man

Anyone know this fellow?  The picture is from the book by Theo M. Scherer "The Leica and the Leicaflex" (English Edition 1970). Page 67.  The picture legend says: "American globetrotter visits the Leitz works. Photograph by J. Behnke. Example of grotesque distortion. 21mm Auper-Angulon, f8; 1/125 sec; Ilford FP3."