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This is a list of the tallest people, living and dead, in the world. See also List of
humans with gigantism.
Contents
[hide]
1 Men
2 Women
3 Disputed and unverified claims
4 Tallest in varied fields or endeavors
o 4.1 Tallest in varied sports
o 4.2 Tallest actors
5 Tallest people presently living in varied nations
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
[edit] Men
Deceased

Living

Height disputed

Nationality Metric Imperial


United
States

2.72 m 8 ft 11 in

United
States

2.67 m 8 ft 9 in

United
States

2.63 m

8 ft 7
in

Finland

2.51 m 8 ft 3 in

Canada

2.51 m 8 ft 3 in

Turkey

2.51 m 8 ft 3 in

Name

Note
Lifespan
Tallest person in
recorded history
1918
Robert Wadlow
confirmed by Guinness 1940
World Records.[1]
Second tallest male in
recorded history.
c. 1868
John Rogan
Weighed only175 lb
1905
(79 kg). Unable to stand
due to ankylosis
2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
standing height, 2.64 m 1932
John F. Carroll
(8 ft 7 in) assuming
1969
normal spinal curvature
Recognized as the tallest
living person from 1940
Vin
1909
to his death in 1963.
Myllyrinne
1963
Said to have been 2.51 m
in his thirties.
Tallest strongman as
Edouard
1881well as tallest wrestler in
Beaupr
1904
history.
Sultan Ksen The tallest living person 1982
since September 17,
2009, as determined by

Nationality Metric Imperial

United
States

2.49 m

United
States

2.49 m

India

2.49 m

Ireland

2.46 m

Morocco 2.46 m
Iran

2.46 m

Germany 2.46 m

Mozambi
que
Libya

2.46 m

2.45 m

Name

Note
Lifespan
Guinness World
Records.[2]
Coyne's World War I
draft registration card,
dated 29 August his
height as 8 feet, although
1897
8 ft 2 in Bernard Coyne he had reached a height
1921
of 8 feet 2 inches (2.49
m) by the time of his
death. Possibly reached
up to 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m)
Tallest in world for most
of 1970s. Had twin sister 1925
8 ft 2 in Don Koehler
who was 1.75 m (5 ft 9) 1981
tall
Was not officially
1986
8 ft 3 in Vikas Uppal
measured by Guinness. 2007
Tallest person recorded
at the time and the first
in medical history to
Patrick Cotter
1760
8 ft 1 in
stand at a verified height
O'Brien
1806
of eight feet (2.44 m).
Remains examined in
1972 and height verified.
Possesses the world's
Brahim
8 ft 1 in
largest feet at 1 ft 3 in
1982Takioullah
[3]
(38 cm).
Morteza
8 ft 1 in
Tallest man in Iran.[4]
1987Mehrzad
Probably never the
world's tallest person
due to his life coinciding
with that of John Rogan. 1872
8 ft 1 in Julius Koch
Skeleton preserved in the 1902
Museum of Natural
History in Mons,
Belgium.
Guinness World Records
Gabriel Estvo
1944
8 ft 1 in
listed him as tallest man
Monjane
1990
from 1988 to 1990.
Libyan who may have
Suleiman Ali been the tallest
1943
8 ft in
[citation
Nashnush
basketball player.
1991
needed]

France

2.45 m 8 ft in

Jean-Joseph
Brice

Germany 2.44 m 8 ft 0 in Anton de

Le Gant des Vosges


Ramonchamp - France -- 1835?
Height controversy[5]
Lived during Thirty
Unknown

Nationality Metric Imperial

China

2.42 m

Indonesia 2.42 m

Puerto
Rico
Soviet
Union

2.41 m
2.41 m

Ukraine 2.39 m
Austria2.38 m
Hungary

China

2.36 m

Mongolia 2.36 m
United
Kingdom

2.36 m

United
Kingdom

2.36 m

China

2.36 m

Pakistan 2.36 m
Germany 2.36 m
North
Korea
Tunisia

2.35 m
2.35 m

Name

Note
Lifespan
Years' War; skeleton
Franckenpoint
later measured at 8 ft 0
(Langer Anton)
in (244 cm).[6][7]
7 ft 11
Tallest living Chinese
Zhang Juncai
1983
in
person.
Tallest living Indonesian.
Officially measured
(lying down and in the
7 ft 11
1985
Suparwono
standing position) by the
in
2012
Indonesian Record
Museum (MURI) in
December 2009.[8]
Tallest Puerto Rican
1916
7 ft 11 in Felipe Birriel
recorded.
1994
Alexander
Soviet Union basketball 1959
7 ft 10 in
Sizonenko
player.[9]
2012
Feodor
Billed as 9 ft 3 in in his 1878
7 ft 10 in
Machnow
life.
1912
Tallest Croat recorded.
1892
7 ft 10 in Grgo Kusi
Tallest citizen of Austria1918
Hungary of his time.[10]
Considered the tallest
living person by
Guinness World Records
7 ft 9 in Bao Xishun
1951
until September 2009
when he was replaced by
Sultan Ksen.[11]
Very tall man in early20th century Mongolia. 1880/85
7 ft 9 in ndr Gongor
Some other sources even 1925/30
give 2.45 m (8 feet)
Angus
Tallest Scotsman or
1825
7 ft 9 in
MacAskill
Briton recorded.
1863
Tall Englishman, height
Frederick
1889
7 ft 9 in
disputed between 7ft
Kempster
1918
8.5in and 8ft 4.5in[11]
Chinese basketball
7 ft 9 in Sun Ming-Ming player. Formerly second 1983
tallest living person.
Tallest confirmed man
7 ft 9 in Naseer Soomro
1975
living in Pakistan .[12][13]
Tallest man in Germany 1925
7 ft 9 in Walter Straub
while he was alive.[14]
1986
Former basketball player
7 ft 8
Ri Myung Hun with the North Korean 1967
in
national team.
7 ft 8 Radhouane
Listed by Guinness
1968

Nationality Metric Imperial


in

United
7 ft 8
States/
Uk 2.35 m
in
raine

India
United
States

2.34 m 7 ft 8 in

Name
Charbib

Igor
Vovkovinskiy

Polipaka
Gattaiah

2.34 m 7 ft 8 in George Bell


Yasutaka
Okayama

Japan

2.34 m 7 ft 8 in

Austria

2.34 m 7 ft 8 in Adam Rainer

Iceland

2.34 m 7 ft 8 in

Jhann Kristinn
Ptursson

United
Kingdom}

2.32 m

7 ft 7
in

Neil Fingleton

United
Kingdom

2.32 m

7 ft 7
in

Paul Sturgess

Somalia 2.32 m

7 ft 7
in

Hussain Bisad

Pakistan 2.31.8 m

7 ft 7
in

Alam Channa

Ukraine 2.31 m 8 ft 5 in Leonid Stadnyk

Note
Lifespan
World Records as tallest
man until January 15,
2005, before Bao Xishun
and Sun Ming Ming.[11]
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
1982
been acting in
commercials and
movies.[15] Also became
well known by wearing a
t-shirt that read
"Obama's Biggest
Supporter."
Tallest living Indian.[16]

1975

Former Tallest living


1957
American.[16]
Tallest basketball player
drafted in National
1954
Basketball Association
history.
Only person known to
have been both a dwarf
and giant. He was
1.18 m (3 ft 10 in) tall at 1899
age 21 and peaked at
1950
2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) when
he died, having doubled
his height as an adult.
Was the tallest person in 1913
Iceland.
1984
Tallest living person
1980
born in the UK.[17][18]
Tied for the tallest player
ever to play college
1987basketball in the U.S.[19]
Somalia, considered to
be one of the tallest
1975
living men.
Pakistani, considered to
1953
be the tallest living man
1998
when he died in 1998.[20]
The tallest living person, 1971

Nationality Metric Imperial

United
States

2.31 m 7 ft 7 in

Argentina 2.31 m 7 ft 7 in
Ireland

2.31 m 7 ft 7 in

United
States

2.31 m 7 ft 7 in

Romania 2.31 m 7 ft 7 in
Sudan

2.31 m 7 ft 7 in

Vietnam 2.30 m

7 ft 6
in

United
Kingdom

2.29 m

7 ft 6
in

Algeria

2.29 m

7 ft 6
in

Montene
gro
China

2.29 m 7 ft 6 in
2.29 m 7 ft 6 in

United
States

2.29 m 7 ft 6 in

United
States

2.29 m 7 ft 6 in

Peru
[edit] Women

2.28 m

7 ft 5
in

Name

Note
Lifespan
though not officially
recognized by Guinness
World Records because
he refuses to be
measured according to
their standards.[21]
Tallest Division I
Kenny George
1987
basketball player.[22]
Tallest wrestler in WWE 1966
Jorge Gonzlez
history.
2010
Skeleton now resides in 1761
Charles Byrne
the Hunterian Museum. 1783
Actor and pro wrestler.
Listed by Guinness
World Records at 7 ft 7 1927
Max Palmer
in, claimed 8 ft 1 in.
1984
Film Bio - Killer Apes,
Invaders From Mars.[23]
Gheorghe
Tied for tallest in NBA
1971
Murean
history.
Tied for tallest in NBA 1962
Manute Bol
history.
2010
Was the tallest man in
1947
Trn Thnh Ph Southeast Asia when he
2010.
died in 2010[24]
Christopher
Formerly Britain's tallest
1943Greener
man
Former basketball player
Saad Kaiche
of Club Baloncesto
1985
[25][26]
Breogn of Lugo.
Tallest Montenegrin
Slavko Vrane basketball player in the 1983
national basketball team
Was the tallest player in
Yao Ming
the NBA until his
1980
retirement in 2011.
Former player in the
Shawn Bradley
1972
NBA, 19932005.
Was the world's tallest
Matthew
1973
actor when he died in
McGrory
2005
2005.[27]
Currently the tallest
Margarito
South American person
1965
Machacuay
and is the fifth tallest in
the Americas.[28]

Nationality Metric Imperial Name

China

United
Kingdom

Note
Lifespan
Confirmed by Guinness World
Records as tallest female ever.
Suffered from spine curvature
8 ft 1
and could not stand at full
1964
2.48 m
Zeng Jinlian
in
height. Tallest recorded
1982
Chinese person and world's
tallest person shortly before her
death.
Tallest recorded English person
and possibly the world's tallest
person at the time of her death.
Jane
1895
2.41 m 7 ft 11 in
Given height is adjusted for
Bunford
1922
spinal curvature; peak standing
height was 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m).
[29]

Tallest living female at 2.34 m


(7 ft 8 in).[30][31] Recognized by
China 2.34 m 7 ft 8 in Yao Defen
1972
Guinness World Records in
2010.[32]
Listed as tallest living female
United
7 ft 7
by Guinness World Records, 1955
2.33 m
Sandy Allen
States
in
until her death on August 13, 2008
2008.[33]
[edit] Disputed and unverified claims
Flag
Metric Imperial Name
Note
Lifespan
Height estimate based on
bone fragments found at the
Neolithic cemetery of
Unknown Giant of
Castelnau-le-Lez, excavated
France
3.50 m 11 ft 6 in
Neolithic
Castelnau in 1890 by Georges Vacher
France
de Lapouge and published
in the journal La Nature,
Vol. 18, 1890.[34]
Was measured at 2.39m
(7 ft 10in) height, the great
Feodor
height of 2.89m (9 ft 3in)
Russia /
Machnow
2.85 m 9 ft 3 in
seems to have stemmed
18781912
Belarus
Russian
from wearing a large
Giant
Russian fur hat. Height is
not officially confirmed.
Written on his grave is Here
John
England /
lyeth the bodie of John
Middleton
United
2.82 m 9 ft 3 in
Middleton, the Childe of
15781623
The Childe
Kingdom
Hale, nine feet three. Height
of Hale
not officially confirmed.
American silent film actor,
United
8 ft 11.5
2.74 m
John Aasen height is not officially
18901938
States
in
confirmed.

Flag

Metric Imperial

Ireland

2.69 m 8 ft 10 in

Italy

2.59 m 8 ft 6 in

China

2.59 m 8 ft 5 in

Ukraine

2.59 m 8 ft 5 in

Pakistan

2.54 m 8 ft 4 in

Netherlan
ds
United
States
Banglades
h
United
States

2.54 m 8 ft 4 in

2.54 m 8 ft 4 in

2.51 m 8 ft 3 in
2.48 m 8 ft 2 in

Finland

2.47 m

8 ft 1.4
in

China

2.46 m

8 ft 1.1
in

Finland

2.46 m 8 ft 1 in

China

2.44 m 8 ft 0 in

Algeria

2.44 m 8 ft 0 in

Indonesia 2.42 m 7 ft 11 in

Name

Note
Lifespan
Claimed 8'10", but was later
Patrick
measured at 7'3.4"
18341862
Murphy
(222 cm). Height is not
officially confirmed.
Emperor of Rome, first ever
Maximinus
recorded person with
173238
Thrax
gigantism.
Wang
Height not officially
1976Fengjun
confirmed.[35]
Refuses to undergo
independent testing under
Leonid
Guinness World Records
1971Stadnyk
rules, so his claim is not
recognized by Guinness
World Records.
Claims actually to be 8 feet
4 inches, but this is
Ajaz Ahmed unverified by Guinness
1976World Records. He claims
that he is still growing.
Tallest recorded woman.
Trijntje
Not confirmed by Guinness 16161633
Keever
World Records.[36][37]
Claims 8 feet 4 inches,
however measured at 7 feet
Ella Ewing 4.5 inches. Her mother
18721913
describes her full height at 8
feet 4 inches.
Parimal
Claims of being 8 feet
19621991
Barman
3 inches, not confirmed.
Claims of being 8 feet
Henry Hite
19151978
2 inches, not confirmed.
Daniel
Height not officially
17031749
Cajanus
confirmed.[38]
Not confirmed by Guinness
World Records. Basketball
Zhao Liang player until an injury in
1982
2001, now a circus
performer.[39]
Louis
Height not officially
Moilanen
18861913
confirmed.[40]
Big Louie
Zhan
Height not officially
1840sShichai
confirmed.[41]
1893
Mounir
Height not officially
1972
Fourar
confirmed.[42]
Musutaman Height not officially
1962-?

Flag

Metric Imperial

Name

Note
Lifespan
confirmed.[43]
Gustaf
Height not officially
Sweden 2.42 m 7 ft 11 in
18821912
Edman
confirmed.[44]
Was measured by Roy
ndr
Chapman Andrews, but
Mongolia 2.36 m 7 ft 9 in Gongor
18791931
some other sources even
Tall Gongor
give 2.45 m (8 feet)
2.36 m 7 ft 9 in
Claimed to be 8 ft 4.5 in.
1889-1918
United
Frederick
Height not officially
Kingdom
Kempster
confirmed.[45]
Saint
Saint venerated by the
2.3 m 7 ft 6 in
Israel
Christopher Roman Catholic Church
[edit] Tallest in varied fields or endeavors
[edit] Tallest in varied sports
See also: List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history and List of
tallest professional wrestlers

Yao Ming at an NBA game

Aaron Sandilands and Lance Whitnall in an Australian Football League stadium

Zdeno Chara, the tallest player in National Hockey League history.

Loek van Mil is the tallest player in professional baseball history


Nationality
Height
Name
Note
Lifespan
2.51 m
Edouard
Tallest strongman as well as 1881Canada
(8 ft 3 in)
Beaupr
tallest wrestler in history
1904
2.45 m
Suleiman Ali Tallest basketball player in
1943Libya
(8 ft 0 in)
Nashnush
history
1991
2.42 m
Tallest professional boxer in 1914
Romania
Gogea Mitu
(7.9 ft)
history.
1936
2.36 m
Sun Ming
Tallest active professional
China
1983
(7 ft 9 in)
Ming
basketball player.
Retired professional
2.31 m
Gheorghe
Romania
basketball player. Tied as
1971
(7 ft 7 in)
Murean
tallest player in NBA history.
Professional basketball player.
2.31 m
Tied as tallest player in
1962
Sudan
Manute Bol
(7 ft 7 in)
National Basketball
2010
Association (NBA) history.
Hasheem
Tallest Active NBA player.
1987
Tanzania 2.21 m

South
Korea
Brazil
Poland

(7 ft 3 in)
2.18 m
(7 ft 2 in)
2.18 m
(7 ft 2 in)
2.18 m
(7 ft 2 in)

2.18 m
(7 ft 2 in)[46]
2.16 m
Pakistan
(7 ft 1 in)
Philippine 2.16 m
s
(7 ft 1 in)
Netherlan 2.15 m
(7 ft 1 in)
ds
United
2.13 m
Kingdom
(7 ft 0 in)
Netherlan 2.13 m
ds
(7 ft 0 in)
United
2.13 m
States
(7 ft 0 in)
2.13 m
Russia
(7 ft 0 in)
United
2.11 m
States
(6 ft 11 in)
Russia

Australia

2.11 m
(6 ft 11 in)

Australia

2.11 m
(6 ft 11 in)

Lithuania
Croatia
Belgium
Slovakia
Russia
United
States
Bulgaria
Germany

2.09 m
(6 ft 10 in)
2.08 m
(6 ft 10 in)
2.08 m
(6 ft 10 in)
2.06 m
(6 ft 9 in)
2.06 m
(6 ft 9 in)
2.06 m
(6 ft 9 in)
2.03 m
(6 ft 8 in)
2.01 m
(6 ft 7 in)

Thabeet
Choi Hongman
Giant Silva
Magorzata
"Margo"
Dydek
Dmitriy
Muserskiy
Mohammad
Irfan
E.J. Feihl

Tied tallest Kickboxer and


Mixed Martial Artist.
Tied tallest Kickboxer and
tallest active wrestler.

1980
1963-

Tallest player in WNBA


history.

1974
2011

Tallest volleyball player.

1988

Tallest international cricketer


1982
in the world.
Tallest Filipino basketball
1970
player who played in PBA.

Loek van Mil Tallest baseball player.

1984

Richard
Metcalfe
Ted van der
Parre

Tallest Rugby union player in


1973
history.
Tallest World's Strongest Man
1955
in history.
Tallest American Football
1944
Richard Sligh
player in NFL history.
2008
Tallest world champion in
Nikolai Valuev
1973
Heavyweight Boxing.
Tallest Baseball player in
Jon Rauch
1978
Major League Baseball.
The tallest player in the
Aaron
history of Australian Football 1982
Sandilands
League.
Same as Aaron Sandilands, the
Peter Street
tallest player in the history of 1980
Australian Football League.
Rolandas
Tallest Olympic Swimmer
1981
Gimbutis
Tallest Tennis player on the
Ivo Karlovi
1979
ATP Tour.
Kristof Van
Tallest Association Football
1987
Hout
player
Tallest player in National
Zdeno Chra
1977
Hockey League history.
Tallest female Volleyball
Nelly Alisheva
1983
Player.
Tallest American Football
Jared Gaither
1986player in the NFL
Kotooshu
Currently tallest sumo
1983Katsunori
wrestler.
Ingo Schultz

Tallest sprinter.

1975

2.01 m
(6 ft 7 in)
United
2.01 m
States
(6 ft 7 in)
United
1.93 m
Kingdom
(6 ft 4 in)
1.93 m
Croatia
(6 ft 4 in)
United
1.93 m
States
(6 ft 4 in)
Czech
1.91 m
Republic
(6 ft 3 in)
[edit] Tallest actors
Nationality
Height
United
7 ft 6 in
States
(2.29m)
United
7 ft 3 in
Kingdom
(2.21m)
7 ft 3 in
Philippines
(2.21m)
United
6 ft 8 1/2 in
States
(2.04m)
Bulgaria

Velichko
Cholakov

Tallest Olympic weightlifter. 1982

Tallest golfer on the PGA


Tour.
Tallest Formula 1 racing
Justin Wilson
driver.
Phil Blackmar

Blanka Vlai Tallest high jumper.

1957
19781983-

Tallest World Cup Competitor


1982in Alpine Skiing.
Tallest Tennis player on WTA
Eva Hrdinov
1984
Tour.
Steven Nyman

Name
Matthew
McGrory
Peter
Mayhew
Raul Dillo

Note
Lifespan
Tallest actor at 2.29m (7 ft 6 in) 1973
when he died.[47]
2005
Tallest actor 2.21m (7 ft 3 in).[48] 1944
Tallest Filipino actor. (7 ft 3 in).
[49][50][51]

Tallest Emmy Award winning


1960
actor at 2.04m (6 ft 8 1/2 in).[52]
Tallest Academy Award
United
6 ft 7 in
James
nominated actor at 2.01m (6 ft 7 1940
States
(2.01m)
Cromwell
in).[52]
United
6 ft 5 in
Tallest Academy Award winning
Tim Robbins
1958
States
(1.95m)
actor at 1.95m (6 ft 5 in).[52]
Possibly the tallest actress to
United
6 ft 2 in
Tamara
1944
play a leading role at 1.88m
States
(1.88m)
Dobson
2006
(6 ft 2 in).
[edit] Tallest people presently living in varied nations
Nationality
Height
Name
Note
Lifespan
8 ft 3 in
Tallest Turkish at 2.51m (8 ft 3
Turkey
Sultan Ksen
1982
(2.51m)
in).[2]
Tallest Moroccan at 2.46m and
8 ft 1 in Brahim
Morocco
second tallest person(8 ft 1 in) 1982
(2.46m) Takioullah
[3]
China
North
Korea
Tunisia
Japan
United
Kingdom

7 ft 11 in
(2.42m)
7 ft 8.5 in
(2.35m)
7 ft 8.5 in
(2.35)

Brad Garrett

Tallest living Chinese at 2.42 m


1983
(7 ft 11 in).
Tallest North Korean at 2.35m
Ri Myung Hun
1967
(7 ft 8.5 in).
Radhouane
Tallest Tunisian and the tallest
1968
Charbib
living person in Africa
Tallest Japanese as well tallest
7 ft 8 in Yasutaka
to be drafted into the NBA at 1954
(2.34m) Okayama
2.34m (7 ft 8 in).
7 ft 7 in
Tallest person born in UK at
Neil Fingleton
1980
(2.33m)
2.33m (7 ft 7 in).[17][18]
Zhang Juncai

7 ft 7 in
(2.31m)
Montenegr 7 ft 6 in
o
(2.29 m)
7 ft 5 in
Canada
(2.26m)
New
7 ft 4.5 in
Zealand
(2.25m)
7 ft 3 in
Australia
(2.21m)
7 ft 3 in
Philippines
(2.21m)
Puerto
7 ft 3 in
Rico
(2.20m)
Romania

Brazil
Nepal

7 ft 5 in
(2.23m)
7 ft 1 in
(2.16m)

Gheorghe
Murean

Tallest Romanian at 2.31 m


1971
(7 ft 7 in).
Tallest living person in
Slavko Vranes
1983
Montenegro
Tallest Canadian at 2.26m (7 ft
Jerry Sokoloski
1983
5 in).
Tallest New Zealander at
Ron Bax
1960
2.25m (7 ft 4.5 in).[53]
Tallest Australian at 2.21m (7 ft
Sam Harris
1984
3 in).
Said to be the tallest Filipino at
Raul Dillo
1991
2.21m(7 ft 3 in).[49][50]
Peter John
Tallest Puerto Rican at 2.20m
1985
Ramos
(7 ft 3 in).
Joelisson
Fernandes da .[54]
1987
Silva
Urmila Kumari Possibly the tallest Nepalese
1991
Chaudhari
woman at 2.16m (7 ft 1 in).[55]

[edit] See also


Giant (mythology)
Gigantism
Goliath
Human height
List of people with gigantism
List of shortest people
List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history
List of tallest professional wrestlers
[edit] References
1.
2.

^ Robert Wadlow
^ a b "Tallest man - living". Guinnessworldrecords.com.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Tallestman---living/48406.htm.
Retrieved 2012-04-29.
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