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This is a list of the tallest people to be measured and verified, living and dead.
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Living Deceased Height disputed No growth-related pathological disorder (gigantism, acromegaly)
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272 cm | 8 ft 11.1 in | Robert Wadlow | Tallest human in recorded history confirmed by Guinness World Records.[1] | 1918–1940 (22) | |
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267 cm | 8 ft 9 in | John Rogan | Second tallest man in recorded history. Weighed only 204 lb (92.5 kg). Unable to stand due to ankylosis. | 1868–1905 (37) | |
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263.5 cm | 8 ft 7¾ in | John F. Carroll | 8 ft 0 in (244 cm) standing height, 8 ft 7+3⁄4 in (263.5 cm) assuming normal spinal curvature. | 1932–1969 (37) | |
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257 cm | 8 ft 5 in | Leonid Stadnyk | Not officially recognized by Guinness World Records because he refused to be measured according to their standards.[2] | 1969–2014 (45) | |
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257 cm | 8 ft 5 in | Ho Van Trung | At age 17, 1.7m. At age 21, 2m. Some sources say he was 9 ft tall (2.75 m tall)[3][4] | 1984–2019 (34) | |
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251.4 cm | 8 ft 3 in | Väinö Myllyrinne | Recognized as the tallest living person from 1940 to his death in 1963. Measured 251.4 cm (8 ft 3 in) tall at his peak. | 1909–1963 (54) | |
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251 cm | 8 ft 3 in | Édouard Beaupré | Tallest strongman as well as tallest wrestler in history. His death certificate described him as being 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) tall and still growing. | 1881–1904 (23) | |
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251 cm | 8 ft 2.8 in[5] | Sultan Kösen | The tallest living person since 17 September 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records.[6] He has 36.5-centimetre-long (1 ft 2 in) feet—the second-longest feet for a living person and 28.5-centimetre-long (11.22 in) hands—the longest for a living person.[7] | 1982– | |
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249 cm | 8 ft 2 in | Jinnat Ali | Was not measured officially by Guinness. Tallest person in Bangladesh.[8] | 1996–2020 (24) | |
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249 cm | 8 ft 2 in | Vikas Uppal | Was not measured officially by Guinness. | 1986–2007 (21) | |
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249 cm | 8 ft 2 in | Don Koehler | Tallest person in world for most of the 1970s. | 1925–1981 (55) | |
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248 cm | 8 ft 1.6 in | Bernard Coyne | Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August, gave his height as 8 ft (240 cm), although he had reached a height of 8 feet 2 inches (249 cm) by the time of his death. Possibly reached up to 8 ft 4 in (254 cm). | 1897–1921 (23) | |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Patrick Cotter O'Brien | Tallest person recorded at the time and the first in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet (240 cm). Remains examined in 1972 and height verified. | 1760–1806 (46) | |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in[9] | Brahim Takioullah | Possesses the world's largest feet at 38 cm (1 ft 3 in).[10] | 1982– | |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Morteza Mehrzad | Tallest man in Iran.[11] Gold medalist of Iran sitting volleyball national team in Summer Paralympic games Rio 2016 | 1987– | |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Julius Koch | Probably never the world's tallest person due to his life coinciding with that of John Rogan. Skeleton preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Mons, Belgium. | 1872–1902 (30) | |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Gabriel Estêvão Monjane | Guinness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990. | 1944–1990 (46) | |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Dharmendra Pratap Singh | Tallest living Indian person.[12] | 1983– | |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Suleiman Ali Nashnush | Libyan who was the tallest basketball player in the world.[citation needed] | 1943–1991 (47) | |
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245 cm | 8 ft 1⁄2 in | Jean-Joseph Brice | Known as "Le Géant des Vosges", Ramonchamp, France; his exact height was controversial.[13] | 1835–? | |
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244 cm | 8 ft 0 in | Anton de Franckenpoint | Nickname Langer Anton. Skeleton later measured at 244 cm (8 ft 0 in). | fl. ?-1596 | |
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242 cm | 7 ft 11+1⁄4 in | Zhang Juncai | Tallest living Chinese person. | 1966– | |
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242 cm | 7 ft 11+1⁄4 in | Suparwono | Was the tallest man in Southeast Asia, and he was the tallest Indonesian; claimed to be 8 ft 10.5 in (270.5 cm). Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009.[14] | 1985–2012 (26) | |
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242 cm | 7 ft 11+1⁄4 in | Albert Johan Kramer | Tallest man in the Netherlands; His brother-in-law was suffering from dwarfism and did not exceed 69 cm (27 in). Together they formed a variety act, with performances around the world.[15] | 1897–1976 (79) | |
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242 cm | 7 ft 11+1⁄4 in | Miguel Joaquín Eleicegui Arteaga (es) "Gigante de Altzo" |
Tallest man recorded in Spain. The 2017 Basque movie Handia is based on his life.[16][17][18] | 1818–1861 (43) | |
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241 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Felipe Birriel | Tallest Puerto Rican recorded. | 1916–1994 (78) | |
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241 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Asadulla Khan | Tallest man in India.[19] | 1988– | |
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240 cm | 7 ft 10 in | Alexander Sizonenko | Soviet basketball player.[20] | 1959–2012 (53) | |
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240 cm | 7 ft 10 in | Sa'id Muhammad Ghazi | He was billed as 300 cm (10 ft) in his life.[21] | 1909–1941 (32) | |
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239 cm | 7 ft 10 in | Feodor Machnow | Billed as 282 cm (9 ft 3 in) during his life. | 1878–1912 (34) | |
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238 cm | 7 ft 10 in | Grgo Kusić | Tallest Croat recorded. Tallest person of Austria-Hungary of his time.[22] | 1892–1918 (26) | |
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238 cm | 7 ft 10 in | Naseer Soomro | Tallest confirmed man living in Pakistan.[23][24] | 1975– | |
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238 cm | 7 ft 10 in | Rigardus Rijnhout | Second tallest man in the Netherlands; he was known as the giant of Rotterdam. Early June 2011, a life-size statue of Rijnhout was unveiled in the Oude Westen district in Rotterdam.[25] | 1922–1959 (36) | |
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237 cm | 7 ft 9.3 in | Joélisson Fernandes da Silva | Tallest living Brazilian.[26][27] | 1985– (34) | |
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Öndör Gongor | Very tall man in early-20th-century Mongolia. Some other sources even give 245 cm (8 feet) | 1880/85 – 1925/30 | |
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Louis Moilanen | Tallest person in Michigan history and one of the tallest men in the world during his lifetime. He may have been 8 ft 1 in (246 cm) tall.[28] | 1885–1913 (28) | |
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Angus MacAskill | Tallest "true" giant (not due to a pathological condition). Tallest recorded man from the United Kingdom. | 1825–1863 (38) | |
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | William Bradley | 1787–1820 (33) | ||
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Frederick Kempster | Height disputed between 7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm) and 8 ft 4.5 in (255.3 cm)[29] | 1889–1918 (29) | |
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Martin Van Buren Bates | Known as the Kentucky Giant or The Giant of the Hills.[30] He and Anna Haining Bates were the tallest married couple.[31] | 1837–1919 (81) | |
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Walter Straub | Tallest man in Germany while he was alive.[32] | 1925–1986 (61) | |
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Rachid Bara | Tallest man in Algeria while he was alive.[33] | 1974–2009 (35) | |
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236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Uvais Akhtaev | Soviet/Chechen basketball player in 1940–50s. | 1930–1978 (48) | |
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236.17 cm | 7 ft 8.98 in | Sun Mingming | Chinese basketball player. Formerly second-tallest living person. | 1983– | |
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236.1 cm | 7 ft 8.95 in | Bao Xishun | Considered the tallest living person by Guinness World Records until September 2009 when he was replaced by Sultan Kösen.[34] | 1951– | |
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235.9 cm | 7 ft 8.87 in | Radhouane Charbib | Listed by Guinness World Records as tallest man until 15 January 2005, before Bao Xishun and Sun Mingming.[35] | 1968– | |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8+1⁄2 in | Rafael França do Nascimento | Tallest man in Brazil.[36] | 1987– | |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8½ in | Nikolai Pankratov | Tallest man in Russia.[37] | 1990– | |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8+1⁄2 in | Ri Myung-hun | Former basketball player with the North Korean national team. | 1967– | |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8+1⁄3 in | Igor Vovkovinskiy | Currently the tallest person living in the United States. Originally from Ukraine, moved to Rochester, Minnesota to be treated at the Mayo Clinic. Most recently has been acting in commercials and movies.[38] Became well known by wearing a T-shirt that read "Obama's Biggest Supporter". Took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, as one of the performers on the stage representing Ukraine. | 1982– | |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Broc Brown | In 2015, the tallest teenager in the United States.[39] | 1997– | |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Cecil Boling | Was 7 ft 8 in (234 cm) but shrank to 7 ft 0 in (213 cm) when his legs were replaced with artificial legs 8.5 in (22 cm) shorter.[40] | 1920–2000 (79) | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Brenden Adams | Former tallest teenager in the world. | 1995– | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Polipaka Gattaiah | Former tallest Indian.[41] | 1975–2015 (40) | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Abdramane Dembele | Tallest man in Ivory Coast.[42] | 1985– | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Arshavir Grigoryan | Tallest man in Armenia.[43] | 1990– | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Bob Wegner | Professional Basketball Player [44] | 1993– | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | George Bell | Former Tallest living American.[45] | 1957– | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Kaliova Seleiwau | Tallest living Fijian.[46] | 1981– | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Adam Rainer | Only person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 118 cm (3 ft 10 in) tall at age 21 and peaked at 234 cm (7 ft 8 in) when he died, having doubled his height as an adult. | 1899–1950 (51) | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Alam Channa | Pakistani, considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998.[47] | 1953–1998 (46) | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Jóhann K. Pétursson | Was the tallest person in Iceland. | 1913–1984 (71) | |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Yasutaka Okayama | Tallest living Japanese. Tallest basketball player drafted in NBA history.[48][49][50][51] | 1954– | |
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233.7 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Franz Winkelmeier | One of the tallest people in his time.[52] | 1860–1887 (27) | |
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233 cm | 7 ft 7.7 in | Jaime Clemente Izquierdo | Spain's tallest man in his lifetime.[53] | 1961–2005 (44) | |
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233 cm | 7 ft 7+1⁄2 in | Agustín Luengo Capilla | Circus performer. Tallest man in Spain at the time of his death.[54] | 1849–1875 (26) | |
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232 cm | 7 ft 7½ in | Jack Earle | Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich. American silent film actor and sideshow performer. | 1906–1952 (46) | |
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233 cm | 7 ft 7.4 in | Hussain Bisad | Somalia, considered to be one of the tallest living men. | 1975– | |
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233 cm | 7 ft 7.4 in | Neil Fingleton | Tallest NCAA Division I basketball player. Known for his role Mag the Mighty for the HBO TV series Game of Thrones.[55] | 1980–2017 (37) | |
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237 cm | 7 ft 9.3 in | Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka | Tallest man in Japan; no color images of him exist even though he died in the 1960s.[56] | 1930–1962 (32) | |
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233 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Wang Feng-Jun | Asia's tallest man in 2004.[57] | 1976–2015 (39) | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Jorge González | Tallest wrestler in WWE history. | 1966–2010 (44) | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7.26 in | Paul Sturgess | Tied for the tallest player to play college basketball in the U.S.[58] | 1987– | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Kenny George | Second-tallest NCAA Division I basketball player (Neil Fingleton).[59] | 1987– | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Lock Martin | He played the robot in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.[60] | 1916–1959 (43) | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Charles Byrne | Skeleton now resides in the Hunterian Museum. | 1761–1783 (22) | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Max Palmer | Actor and pro wrestler. Listed by Guinness World Records at 7 ft 7 in (231 cm), claimed 8 ft 1 in (246 cm).[61] | 1927–1984 (57) | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Gheorghe Mureșan | Tied for tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. | 1971– | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Robert Bobroczky | Romanian basketball player who was 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in) in 2017–18, aged 17.[62] | 2000– | |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Manute Bol | Tied for tallest player in NBA history. | 1962–2010 (48) | |
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230 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Aleksandar Rindin | Tallest man in Azerbaijan.[63] | 1985– | |
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230 cm | 7 ft 6.75 in | Alain Delaunois | Tallest living Belgian.[64] | 1971– | |
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230 cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | Slavko Vraneš | Tallest Montenegrin basketball player in the national basketball team, former player in the NBA | 1983– | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6.25 in | Trần Thành Phố | Was the tallest man in Vietnam when he died in 2010[65] | 1947–2010 (63) | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6.25 in | Malik Sidibe | Tallest basketball player in Senegal.[66] | 1985– | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6+1⁄4 in | Christopher Greener | Formerly Britain's tallest man | 1943–2015 (71) | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6+1⁄5 in | Saad Kaiche | Former basketball player of Club Baloncesto Breogán of Lugo.[67][68] | 1985– | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Ralph Madsen | Billed as 7 ft 6 in (229 cm).[69] | 1897–1948 (51) | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Mills Darden | Known for his extreme weight and height. Weighed 1,021 lb (463 kg). | 1799–1857 (57) | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Yao Ming | Was the tallest player in the NBA during his playing years until his retirement in 2011. | 1980– | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Shawn Bradley | Former player in the NBA, 1993–2005, tallest living German (holding dual citizenship). | 1972– | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Moussa Seck | Tallest basketball player in Senegal.[70] | 1986– | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Matthew McGrory | Was the world's tallest actor when he died in 2005.[71] | 1973–2005 (32) | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Mamadou N'Diaye | Was the tallest in high school and college basketball while playing in the USA (tied for tallest with Tacko Fall in his final college season in 2015–16).[72][73] | 1993– | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Conrad Furrows | He was listed in the Bernard L. Kobel Catalogue of Human Oddities of Circus Sideshows.[74] | 1922–1967 (45) | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 5.8 in | Sergey Ilin | Tallest basketball player in Russia.[75] | 1988– | |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Fermín Arrudi Urieta | Tallest man in Spain at the time of his death. | 1870–1913 (42) | |
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228 cm | 7 ft 5+2⁄3 in | Bienvenu Letuni | Tallest basketball player in DRC[76] | 1994– | |
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228 cm | 7 ft 5+2⁄3 in | Eugeniusz Taraciński | Tallest man in Poland while he was alive.[77] | 1928–1978 (50) | |
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228 cm | 7 ft 5+2⁄3 in | Asdrúbal Herrera Mora | Tallest living Colombian. Tied for tallest South American man with Margarito Machacuay[78] | 1986– | |
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228 cm | 7 ft 5+2⁄3 in | Martin Miklosik | Tallest basketball player in the Slovak Republic.[79] | 1986– | |
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228 cm | 7 ft 5+2⁄3 in | Margarito Machacuay | Tied for the tallest South American person with Asdrúbal Herrera and is the fifth-tallest in the Americas.[80] | 1965–2020[81] (55) | |
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Jeison Rodríguez | Tallest man in Venezuela. Also holds the Guiness Record of largest feet.[82][83] | |||
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226 cm | 7 ft 5 in | Sim Bhullar | Tallest living Canadian. He played for the Sacramento Kings[84] in 2014-2015 also making him the tallest Canadian NBA player ever. | 1992- | |
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226 cm | 7 ft 5 in | Tacko Fall | Currently the tallest player in the NBA since being signed by the Celtics in 2019.[73][85] Was the tallest high school basketball player in the US as of 2014,[86] and was the tallest player in US college basketball from 2016 to 2019. | 1995– | |
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226 cm | 7 ft 5 in | Samuel Deguara | Tallest man in Italy and Malta.[87] | 1991– | |
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225 cm | 7 ft 4+1⁄2 in | Afeez Agoro Oladimeji | Tallest man in Nigeria.[88] | 1975– | |
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221 cm | 7 ft 3 in | Jakob Nacken | Tallest Nazi soldier in World War II[89][90] World's tallest man at the time.[91] | 1906–1987 (81) | |
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221 cm | 7 ft 3 in | Peter Mayhew | Chewbacca actor in the Star Wars franchise.[92] | 1944–2019 (74) |
Women
Living Deceased Height disputed No growth-related pathological disorder (gigantism, acromegaly)
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254 cm | 8 ft 4 in | Trijntje Keever | The tallest woman in history; her height is disputed or unconfirmed.[citation needed] | 1616–1633 (17) |
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248 cm | 8 ft 1+3⁄4 in | Zeng Jinlian | Confirmed by Guinness World Records as tallest female recorded. Suffered from spine curvature and could not stand at full height. Tallest recorded Chinese person and world's tallest person shortly before her death. She is the only woman verified to have reached 8 feet (240 cm) tall.[93] | 1964–1982 (17) |
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243 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Anna Haining Bates | Second tallest woman and tallest woman in her lifetime. She and Martin Van Buren Bates were the tallest married couple.[31] | 1846–1888 (41) |
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241 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Jane Bunford | Tallest recorded English person and possibly the world's tallest person at the time of her death. Given height is adjusted for spinal curvature; maximum standing height was 7 ft 10 in (239 cm).[94] | 1895–1922 (27) |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Yao Defen | Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, until her death on 13 November 2012. | 1972–2012 (40) |
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231.78 cm | 7 ft 7+1⁄4 in | Sandy Allen | Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, and the tallest American woman, until her death on 13 August 2008.[95] | 1955–2008 (53) |
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229.87 cm | 7 ft 6.5 in | Vasiliki Caliandi | Tallest woman in Greece.[96] | 1882–1904 (22) |
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226 cm | 7 ft 4.98 in | Zhang Ziyu | World's tallest living woman.[97] | 2007– |
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221 cm | 7 ft 3 in | Sun Fang | World's second tallest living woman.[98] | 1987– |
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218 cm | 7 ft 2 in | Margo Dydek | Tallest professional women's basketball player.[99] | 1974–2011 (37) |
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218 cm | 7 ft 2 in | Zainab Bibi | Declared world's tallest woman in 2003[100] | 1972–2018 (46) |
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213.6 cm | 7 ft 0.09 in | Rumeysa Gelgi | Tallest living woman in Turkey, and previously world's tallest female teenager[101][102] | 1997– |
Disputed and unverified claims
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France | 350 cm | 11 ft 6 in | Giant of Castelnau | Height estimate based on bone fragments found at the Neolithic cemetery of Castelnau-le-Lez, excavated in 1890 by Georges Vacher de Lapouge and published in the journal La Nature, Vol. 18, 1890.[103] | Unknown - Neolithic France |
United States | 304.8 cm | 10 ft | Unknown | Multiple human skeletons discovered by Dr. J. F. Everhart and the Historical Society of Brush Creek Township, Ohio in 1880. Controversial and disputed. | Unknown[104] |
Russia/Belarus | 283 cm | 9 ft 3 in | Feodor Machnow | Photographic evidence says he was more likely 7 feet 10½ inches (240 cm). | 1878–1912 (34) |
England | 282 cm | 9 ft 3 in | John Middleton The Childe of Hale |
Written on his grave is Here lyeth the bodie of John Middleton, the Childe of Hale, nine feet three. Height not confirmed officially. | 1578–1623 (45) |
United States | 274 cm | 8 ft 11.5 in | John Aasen | American silent movie actor, height is not confirmed officially. His skeleton was measured at 7 ft 2.4 in (219.5 cm). | 1890–1938 (48) |
Thailand | 269 cm | 8 ft 10 in | Pornchai Sawsri | Claimed to measure 269 cm (8 ft 10 in) at age 26 in September 2015.[105] He was measured at 257 cm (8 ft 5 in) by Thai authorities for his ID card renewal in October 2013.[106] | 1990?–2015[107] |
Egypt | 269 cm | 8 ft 10 in | Sa’id Muhammad Ghazi | Claimed 8 ft 10 in (269 cm), but was later measured at 7 ft 11 in (241 cm).[108] | 1909–1941 (32) |
Ireland | 269 cm | 8 ft 10 in | Patrick Murphy | Claimed 8 ft 10 in (269 cm), but was later measured at 7 ft 3.4 in (222 cm). Height is not confirmed officially. | 1834–1862 (28) |
Japan | 263 cm | 8 ft 6 in | Akashi Shiganosuke | Was born in 1600 and isn't recognised by the Guinness World Records and he is also believed to be 245cm (8’0).[citation needed] | 1600-1649 (48-49) |
Iran | 259 cm | 8 ft 5.9 in | Siah Khan Ibn Kashmir Khan | When he was admitted to hospital in 1933 he was found to be only 7 ft 2.6 in (220 cm) tall.[109] | 1912–1938 |
Ukraine | 257 cm | 8 ft 5.5 in | Leonid Stadnyk | Refused to undergo independent testing using Guinness World Records rules, so his claim is not recognized by Guinness World Records. Photographic evidence suggests he was 231 cm (7 ft 7 in). | 1970–2014 (44) |
Pakistan | 254 cm | 8 ft 4 in | Ajaz Ahmed | Claims actually to be 8 feet 4 inches (254 cm), but this is unverified by Guinness World Records. He claims that he is still growing. | 1976– |
Netherlands | 254 cm | 8 ft 4 in | Trijntje Keever | Tallest recorded woman. Not confirmed by Guinness World Records.[110][111] | 1616–1633 (17) |
United States | 254 cm | 8 ft 4 in | Ella Ewing | Claims 8 feet 4 inches (254 cm), however measured at 7 feet 4.5 inches (224.8 cm). Her mother describes her full height at 8 feet 4 inches (254 cm). | 1872–1913 (41) |
Bangladesh | 251 cm | 8 ft 3 in | Parimal Barman | Claims of being 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), not confirmed. | 1962–1991 (29) |
United States | 248 cm | 8 ft 2 in | Henry Hite | Claims of being 8 feet 2 inches (249 cm), not confirmed. | 1915–1978 (63) |
India | 248 cm | 8 ft 2 in | Jitendra Singh | Claims of being 8 feet 2 inches (249 cm), but was later measured at 7 ft 7 in (231 cm)[112] | 1971– |
Finland | 247 cm | 8 ft 1.4 in | Daniel Cajanus | Height not confirmed officially.[113] He was only 7 ft 8 in (234 cm) according to the London Annual Register.[114] | 1703–1749 (46) |
People's Republic of China | 246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Zhao Liang | Height not confirmed officially. A circus performer. | 1982– |
Finland | 246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Louis Moilanen Big Louie |
Height not officially confirmed.[115] | 1886–1913 (27) |
China | 244 cm | 8 ft 0 in | Zhan Shichai | Height not officially confirmed.[116] | 1841–1893 (52) |
Turkey | 244.4 cm | 8 ft 0 in | Barth's Giant | Skeleton of reputed giant "Hayduk", Turkish soldier displayed at Vienna's Anatomical museum in 1904. Height estimated from Femur and Tibia at 235.2 to 244.4 cm (7 ft 8.6 in to 8 ft 0.2 in) tall.[117] | c. 1683 |
Algeria | 244 cm | 8 ft 0 in | Mounir Fourar | Height not confirmed officially.[118] | 1972–2012 (40) |
Indonesia | 242 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Musutaman | Height not confirmed officially.[119] | 1962– |
Sweden | 242 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Gustaf Edman | Height not confirmed officially.[120] | 1882–1912 (30) |
Isle of Man | 241 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Colonel Routh Goshen | Known as the Arabian Giant or the Palestine Giant. | 1824–1889 (64) |
Bulgary[where?] | 239 cm | 7 ft 10 in | Maximinus Thrax | Emperor of Rome, among the first persons known probably having gigantism.[121] | 173–238 |
Hungary | 238 cm | 7 ft 9 in | János Várnai | Claimed to be the tallest Hungarian in 1963.[122] | ?–? (?) |
Mongolia | 236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Öndör Gongor Tall Gongor |
Was measured by Roy Chapman Andrews, but some other sources even give 245 cm (8 feet) | 1879–1931 (52) |
United Kingdom | 236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Frederick Kempster | Claimed to be 8 ft 4.5 in (255.3 cm). Height not confirmed officially.[123] | 1889–1918 (29) |
Ireland | 234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Cornelius McGrath | Measurement according to the London Annual Register.[114] | 1737–1759 (22) |
Spain | 222–234 cm | 7 ft 3 in – 7 ft 7 in | Sancho VII of Navarre | Height estimated by Luis del Campo in 1952, from a measurement of his femur recorded in 1622.[124] | 1170–1234 (64) |
China | 221 cm | 7 ft 3 in | Zhang Ziyu | Measurement according to her middle school fitness exam, measured late 2019. Confirmation would tie her with Sun Fang, the world's tallest living woman as of 2020, as well as make her the tallest female teenager and female basketball player.[125] | 2007– |
Tallest in varied fields or endeavors
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Tallest in various sports
Country | Metric | Imperial | Name | Note | Lifespan | Photo |
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Canada | 251 cm | 8 ft 3 in | Édouard Beaupré | Tallest strongman and tallest wrestler. | 1881–1904 | |
Libya | 246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Suleiman Ali Nashnush | Tallest basketball player. | 1943–1991 | |
Iran | 246 cm | 8 ft 1 in[126] | Morteza Mehrzad | Tallest paralympian and tallest volleyball player.[127] | 1987– | ![]() |
Romania | 242 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Gogea Mitu | Tallest professional boxer in history. | 1914–1936 | |
People's Republic of China | 236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Sun Mingming | Tallest active professional basketball player. | 1983– | ![]() |
Romania | 231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Gheorghe Mureșan | Retired professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. | 1971– | |
Sudan | 231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Manute Bol | Retired professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. | 1962–2010 | |
Argentina | 231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Jorge González | Tallest wrestler in WWE history | 1966–2010 | |
Senegal | 226 cm | 7 ft 5 in | Tacko Fall | Tallest active NBA player. | 1995– | |
Brazil | 218 cm | 7 ft 2 in | Giant Silva | Tallest kickboxer and mixed martial artist. | 1963– | |
Poland | 218 cm | 7 ft 2 in | Małgorzata "Margo" Dydek | Tallest female player in WNBA history. | 1974–2011 | ![]() |
Russia | 218 cm | 7 ft 2 in[128] | Dmitriy Muserskiy | Tallest volleyball player. Member of Russia's national team | 1988– | |
India | 216 cm | 7 ft 1 in | Dalip Singh Rana | Tallest active wrestler, former powerlifter and bodybuilder. | 1972– | ![]() |
Pakistan | 216 cm | 7 ft 1 in | Mohammad Irfan | Tallest international cricketer[129] | 1982– | |
Philippines | 216 cm | 7 ft 1 in | E.J. Feihl | Tallest basketball player in PBA history. (tied with Greg Slaughter) | 1970– | |
Philippines | 216 cm | 7 ft 1 in | Greg Slaughter | Tallest basketball player in PBA history. (tied with E.J. Feihl) | 1988– | ![]() |
Netherlands | 215 cm | 7 ft 1 in | Loek van Mil | Tallest baseball player. | 1984–2019 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | 213 cm | 7 ft 0 in | Richard Metcalfe | Tallest rugby union player. | 1973– | |
Netherlands | 213 cm | 7 ft 0 in | Ted van der Parre | Tallest World's Strongest Man. | 1955– | |
United States | 213 cm | 7 ft 0 in | Richard Sligh | Tallest American football player in National Football League history. | 1944–2008 | |
Russia | 213 cm | 7 ft 0 in | Nikolai Valuev | Tallest boxing world champion. | 1973– | |
Netherlands | 212 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Semmy Schilt | Tallest kickboxing world champion. | 1973– | |
Netherlands | 212 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Stefan Struve | Tallest fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. | 1988– | |
United States | 211 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Jon Rauch | Tallest baseball player in Major League Baseball history. | 1978– | |
Australia | 211 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Aaron Sandilands | Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history. | 1982– | ![]() |
Australia | 211 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Peter Street | Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history. | 1980– | |
United States | 211 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Mason Cox | Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history. | 1991– | |
United States | 211 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Reilly Opelka | Tied as tallest tennis player on the ATP Tour. | 1997– | |
Croatia | 211 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Ivo Karlović | Tied as tallest tennis player on the ATP Tour. | 1979– | |
United Kingdom | 211 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Will Carrick-Smith | Tied as tallest active professional rugby union player. | 1992– | |
Ireland | 211 cm | 6 ft 11 in | Devin Toner | Tied as tallest active professional rugby union player. | 1986– | |
Lithuania | 209 cm | 6 ft 10 in | Rolandas Gimbutis | Tallest Olympic swimmer. | 1981– | |
Belgium | 208 cm | 6 ft 10 in | Kristof Van Hout | Tallest association football player. | 1987– | |
Russia | 208 cm | 6 ft 10 in | Nelly Alisheva | Tallest female volleyball player. | 1983– | |
Slovakia | 206 cm | 6 ft 9 in | Zdeno Chára | Tallest player in National Hockey League history. | 1977– | ![]() |
Bulgaria | 203 cm | 6 ft 8 in | Kotooshu Katsunori | Tallest sumo wrestler. | 1983– | |
Germany | 201 cm | 6 ft 7 in | Ingo Schultz | Tallest sprinter. | 1975– | |
United States | 201 cm | 6 ft 7 in | Phil Blackmar | Tallest golfer on the PGA Tour. | 1957– | |
Switzerland | 200 cm | 6 ft 7 in | Ramon Zenhäusern | Tallest World Cup competitor in alpine skiing. | 1992– | |
Bulgaria | 198 cm | 6 ft 6 in | Velichko Cholakov | Tallest Olympic weightlifter. | 1982–2017 |
Tallest actors
Country | Metric | Imperial | Name | Note | Lifespan |
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United States | 203.84 cm | 6 ft 8.25 in | Lindsay Kay Hayward | Tallest actress [130] | 1987–[131] |
Tallest people living in various nations
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251 cm | 8 ft 3 in | Sultan Kösen | Tallest Turk[6] | 1982– |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Brahim Takioullah | Tallest Moroccan[10] | 1982– |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Dharmendra Pratap Singh | Tallest Indian[132] | 1983– |
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246 cm | 8 ft 1 in | Morteza Mehrzad | Tallest Iranian[109] | 1987– |
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242 cm | 7 ft 11 in | Zhang Juncai | Tallest Chinese[citation needed] | 1966– |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8.5 in | Radhouane Charbib | Tallest Tunisian and the tallest living person in Africa[35] | 1968– |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8+1⁄2 in | Hussain Bisad | Tallest Somali[citation needed] | 1975– |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8.5 in | Ri Myung-hun | Tallest North Korean[citation needed] | 1967– |
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235 cm | 7 ft 8+1⁄3 in | Igor Vovkovinskiy | Tallest American[citation needed] | 1982– |
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232.4 cm | 7 ft 7.5 in | Win Zaw Oo | Tallest man in Burma;[citation needed] also known as 'Big Zaw', who is currently seeking medical treatment from 2013 in Singapore | 1977– |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Paul Sturgess | Tallest Briton[133] | 1987– |
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234 cm | 7 ft 8 in | Yasutaka Okayama | Tallest Japanese[50] | 1954– |
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231 cm | 7 ft 7 in | Gheorghe Mureșan | Tallest Romanian[citation needed] | 1971– |
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230.1 cm | 7 ft 6.6 in | Joélisson Fernandes da Silva | Tallest Brazilian[26] | 1991– |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Slavko Vraneš | Tallest person in Montenegro[citation needed] | 1983– |
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229 cm | 7 ft 6 in | Samuel Deguara | Tallest Maltese[citation needed] | 1991– |
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226 cm | 7 ft 5 in | Sim Bhullar | Tallest Canadian[citation needed] | 1983– |
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225 cm | 7 ft 4.5 in | Jonty Butterfield | Tallest New Zealander[134] | 1994– |
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225 cm | 7 ft 4.5 in | Shaun Aisbitt | Tallest Irishman[135] | 1962– |
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224 cm | 7 ft 4.2 in | Jannik Könecke | Tallest German[136] | 2019– |
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222 cm | 7 ft 3.5 in | Peter John Ramos | Tallest Puerto Rican[citation needed] | 1985– |
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222 cm | 7 ft 3.5 in | László Dobos | Tallest Hungarian[137] | 1993– |
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221 cm | 7 ft 3 in | Raul Dillo | Tallest Filipino when he was measured at age 17.[138][139] | 1991– |
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221 cm | 7 ft 3 in | Roberto Dueñas Hernández | Tallest Spaniard[citation needed] | 1975– |
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220 cm | 7 ft 1 in | Mohd Azli Hisyam | Tallest man in Malaysia.[140] | 1994– |
Humans with gigantism
This is a list of people who have or had a form of gigantism.
- John Aasen (1890–1938), actor in silent films and vaudeville
- Brenden Adams (b. 1995), formerly world's tallest teenager until he turned twenty in September 2015
- Sandy Allen (1955–2008), pituitary gigantism, was recognized as the tallest living woman until the time of her death[141]
- Martin Van Buren Bates (1837–1919)
- Édouard Beaupré (1881–1904), "the Willow Bunch Giant" from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Canada, was 8 ft 2 in (249 cm) at 23 years old
- Felipe Birriel (16 August 1916–15 March 1994), El Gigante de Carolina, honored in Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Jane Bunford (1895–1922), tallest woman in history until Zeng Jinlian
- Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), "The Jewish Giant", photographed by Diane Arbus
- John F. Carroll (1932–1969)
- Giant of Castelnau (circa 4000 BC)
- Zhan Shi Chai (1840s–1893)
- Alam Channa (1953–1988)
- Radhouane Charbib (b. 1968)
- Bernard Coyne (1897–1921)
- Yao Defen (1972–2012)
- Jack Earle (1906–1952)
- Ramon Fernandez (b. 1953), dubbed El Presidente
- Kenny George (b. 1987), former UNC Asheville basketball player
- Jorge González (1966–2010), dubbed "Giant Gonzalez" or "El Gigante"; tallest professional wrestler
- Rondo Hatton (1894–1946), actor who played the Creeper in the Sherlock Holmes movie The Pearl of Death
- Henry Hite (1915–1972)
- Trijntje Keever (1616–1633), presumed to have been the tallest girl teenager
- Richard Kiel (1939–2014), actor who played Jaws in James Bond
- Julius Koch (1872–1902), eunuchoidal-infantile gigantism; his legs ultimately had to be amputated due to gangrene
- Don Koehler (1925–1981)
- Sultan Kösen (b. 1982), tallest living man, a Turkish farmer
- Angus MacAskill (1825–1863)
- Cornelius Magrath (1736–1760)
- John Middleton (1578–1623)
- Sun Mingming (b. 1983), a Chinese basketball player
- Gheorghe Mureșan (b. 14 February 1971), tallest NBA player in history
- Patrick Murphy (1834–1862)
- Väinö Myllyrinne (1909–1963), Finnish soldier
- Suleiman Ali Nashnush (1943–1991), basketball player from Libya
- Max Palmer (1928–1984)
- Jóhann K. Pétursson (1913–1984), dubbed "The Viking giant"
- André René Roussimoff (1946–1993), dubbed "André The Giant" Former Professional Wrestler
- Alexander Sizonenko (1959–2012), tallest Russian during his lifetime, formerly a basketball player
- Leonid Stadnyk (1970–2014)
- Carel Struycken (b. 30 July 1948) in The Hague, Netherlands), actor with acromegalic-gigantism
- Brahim Takioullah (b. 1982), second tallest living man, world's largest feet
- Clifford Thompson (1904–1955)
- Stor-Stina (1819–1854)
- Vikas Uppal (1986–2007)
- Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918–1940), recognized as the tallest human being
- Paul Donald Wight (b. 1972), dubbed "Big Show" Professional Wrestler
- Igor Vovkovinskiy (b. 1982), America's current tallest man
- George Bell (b. 1957), America's former tallest man
- Morteza Mehrzad (b. 1987), Iran's tallest man
- Paulo César da Silva (b. 1963), Brazilian dubbed "Giant Silva"
- Zeng Jinlian (1964–1982), believed to be the tallest girl teenager, but scoliosis kept her from standing erect
- Dalip Singh Rana (b. 1972), dubbed "The Great Khali", an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and powerlifter
- Bao Xishun (b. 1951)
- Anton de Franckenpoint (1600s)
- Antônio Silva (b. 1979) mixed martial arts fighter and UFC heavyweight
- Louis Moilanen (1886–1913)
- Sancho VII of Navarre (1157–1234)
- John Rogan (1865/1868?–1905)
- Zhang Juncai (b. 1966)
- Lock Martin (1916–1959)
- Broc Brown (b. 1998) A 20-year-old man in Michigan, ranked at 19 years old as the world's tallest teenager, at 7 ft 8 in (234 cm), and is still growing 6 in (15 cm) per year, and may surpass 8-foot-3-inch (251 cm) Sultan Kosen as the tallest man alive.[142][143]
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External links
Media related to Tall people at Wikimedia Commons
- "Ancient American Giants", report of multiple 8ft - 10ft human skeletons, Scientific American, 14 August 1880, p. 106