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This is a list of the tallest people, living and dead, in the world.

People deemed tallest

Tallest male

  1. Robert Pershing Wadlow - Confirmed tallest male and person by Guinness World Records at 8'11.1" (272 cm). Wadlow died July 15, 1940. [1]
  2. Leonid Stadnyk - Tallest male living, standing 8'6".[2]
  3. Sultan Kosen - Tallest basketball player ever in the history of basketball, standing 8'1" (247 cm).
  4. Väinö Myllyrinne - Tallest Finn ever, standing 8'1" (247 cm). Myllyrinne died April 13, 1963
  5. Gabriel Estêvão Monjane - Guinness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990 at 8'1" (246 cm).
  6. Suleiman Ali Nashnush - Libyan who is believed to have been the tallest basketball player ever at 8'½" (245 cm).
  7. Bao Xishun - Formerly considered tallest living person at 7'9" (236 cm).[3]
  8. Sun Ming-Ming - Formerly second tallest living person at 7'9", now third tallest living person.
  9. Radhouane Charbib - Listed by Guinness World Records as tallest man before Bao Xishun and Sun Ming Ming at 7'8¾" (235 cm).[3]
  10. George Bell - Tallest American at 7'8" in (234 cm).[4]
  11. Yasutaka Okayama - is known to be the tallest basketball player drafted in National Basketball Association history.The 7'8" center from Japan was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 10th pick of the eighth round of the 1981 Draft.
  12. Neil Fingleton - Tallest person born in UK at 7'7½" (233 cm).[5][6]
  13. Alam Channa - Considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998 at 7'7¼" (232 cm).[7][8]
  14. Manute Bol - Tied for tallest in NBA history at 7'7" (231 cm).
  15. Gheorghe Mureşan - Tied for tallest in NBA history at 7'7" (231 cm).
  16. Kenny George - Tallest Division I basketball player at 7'7" (231 cm).[9]
  17. Yao Ming - Yao is currently the tallest player in the NBA at 7'6" (229 cm).
  18. Matthew McGrory - Tallest actor at 7'6" (229 cm) when he died.[10]

Tallest female

  1. Trijntje Keever was the tallest woman that ever lived, measuring 254 centimeters or 8 feet and 4 inches.
  2. Zeng Jinlian - Second tallest Woman ever at 8' 1.75"(249 cm). Suffered from spine curvature and could not stand at full height. Died at aged 17.
  3. Jane Bunford - The world's tallest ever woman (until Zeng Jinlian) and possibly the world's tallest person at the time of her death in April 1922 at 7'7" (231 cm), but due to a curved spine she could not stand up straight. However, if her spine had normal curvature, she would have stood 7'11" (241 cm).[11]
  4. Yao Defen - Claimant as tallest living female at 7'9" (234 cm).[12] Not confirmed by Guinness World Records.[13]
  5. Sandy Allen - Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records at 7'7¼" (232 cm) [13], until her death on August 13, 2008.[14]

Tallest in varied fields or endeavors

Tallest in varied sports

The NBA's Yao Ming
The AFL's Aaron Sandilands
  1. Sun Ming Ming - 2.36m (7'9") - Tallest Chinese Basketball player
  2. Manute Bol - 2.31m (7'7")- Retired Sudanese professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history.
  3. Gheorghe Mureşan - 2.31m (7'7") - Retired Romanian professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in NBA history.
  1. Kenny George - 2.31m (7'7") - Tallest American basketball player
  2. Yao Ming - 2.29m (7'6") - Tallest Current NBA player
  3. Shawn Bradley - 2.29m (7'6") - Tallest American Player in NBA history
  4. Jorge Gonzales - 2.31 m (7'7") Tallest professional wrestler
  5. Dalip Singh - 2.21m (7'3") - Tallest Indian professional wrestler in WWE
  6. Choi Hong-man - 2.18m (7'2")- Tallest South Korean Kickboxer and former South Korean ssireum practitioners
  7. Loek van Mil - 2.18m (7'2") - Current tallest Dutch baseball player
  8. Margo Dydek - 2.18m (7'2") - Tallest Polish female professional basketball player
  9. Richard Sligh - 2.13m (7'0") - Tallest player in NFL history
  10. Richard Metcalfe - 2.13m (7'0") Scottish International Rugby player, and the world's tallest International rugby player
  11. Nikolai Valuev - 2.13m (7'0") - Tallest Russian Heavyweight Boxer
  12. Semmy Schilt - 2.12m (6'11") - Tallest Dutch Kickboxer and Mixed Martial Artist
  13. Jon Rauch - 2.11m (6'11") - Tallest professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
  14. Aaron Sandilands and Peter Street - 2.11m (6'11") Equal tallest players in the history of the Australian Football League
  15. Will Jefferson - 2.08m (6'10") - widely believed to be the tallest to play any First Class Cricket.
  16. Ivo Karlovic - 2.08m (6'10")- Tallest Croatian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour
  17. Zdeno Chára - 2.06m (6'9") - Tallest Slovakian player in National Hockey League history
  18. Tor Hogne Aarøy - 2.04m (6'8") - Tallest Norwegian football (soccer) player
  19. Phil Blackmar - 2.01m (6'7") - Tallest American golfer on the PGA Tour
  20. Lou Ferrigno - 1.95 m (6'5") - Tallest professional bodybuilder

Tallest actors

  1. Matthew McGrory - Tallest actor at 7'6" (229 cm) when he died.[15]
  2. James Cromwell - Tallest Academy Award nominated actor at 6'7" (201 cm).[16]
  3. Tim Robbins - Tallest Academy Award winning actor at 6'5" (196 cm).[16]
  4. Brad Garrett - Tallest current TV actor at 6'8 1/2" (203 cm).[16]
  5. Tamara Dobson - It's claimed she was the tallest actress to play lead roles at 6'2" (188 cm).[17]
  6. Peter Mayhew - Tallest living English/American Movie actor 7'3".[16]
  7. Carel Struycken (213cm), 7'.
Statue of Pier Gerlofs Donia, the last "King of all Frisians" known for his legendary strength and size

Tallest living in varied nations

  1. George Bell - Tallest American at 7'8" in (234 cm).[18]
  2. Pier Gerlofs Donia - tallest Frisian ever at 7 feet 5 inches.[19]
  3. Neil Fingleton - Tallest person born in UK at 7'7½" (233 cm).[20][21]
  4. Jerry Sokoloski - Tallest Canadian at 7'5" (226 cm) and 311 lbs (141 kg).[22]
  5. Urmila Kumari Chaudhari - Tallest Nepalese girl at 7'1" Tallest girl in Nepal.
  6. Touch the Clouds - Tallest Minneconjou Teton Lakota chief ever, standing at a height of 7 ft.

See also

References

  1. ^ Robert Pershing Wadlow
  2. ^ Tribune India
  3. ^ a b BBC
  4. ^ MSNBC - 7-foot-8 deputy nation's tallest man
  5. ^ The Sun
  6. ^ Telegram
  7. ^ BBC News | South Asia | World's tallest man dies
  8. ^ BBC
  9. ^ With Bigger Feet Than Shaq’s - New York Times
  10. ^ Telegraph obituary
  11. ^ Birmingham.gov
  12. ^ The Tallest Known Living Women, retrieved 2008-08-13
  13. ^ a b Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon - portret
  14. ^ World's Tallest Woman Dies at Age 53, 2008-08-13
  15. ^ Telegraph obituary
  16. ^ a b c d Austin Chronicle Cite error: The named reference "autogenerated2" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  17. ^ Film Facts
  18. ^ MSNBC - 7-foot-8 deputy nation's tallest man
  19. ^ "Greate Pier fan Wûnseradiel" (in West Frisian). Gemeente Wûnseradiel. Retrieved 2008-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  20. ^ The Sun
  21. ^ Telegram
  22. ^ Toronto Star
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