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Height disputed
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
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
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
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
Japan
2.34 m 7 ft 8 in
Austria
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
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
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]
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]
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
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
1980
1963-
1974
2011
1988
1984
Richard
Metcalfe
Ted van der
Parre
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
1957
19781983-
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]
7 ft 11 in
(2.42m)
7 ft 8.5 in
(2.35m)
7 ft 8.5 in
(2.35)
Brad Garrett
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
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^ a b "Tallest man - living". Guinnessworldrecords.com.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Tallestman---living/48406.htm.
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3.
^ a b "Confirmed: Brahim Takioullah sets world record for largest feet - October 2011
- - Latest news". Guinness World Records. 2011-10-12.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2011/10/confirmed-brahim-takioullah-setsworld-record-for-largest-feet/. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
4.
^ "Morteza Mehrzad The tallest man Iran". Thetallestman.com.
http://www.thetallestman.com/mortezamehrzad.htm. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
5.
^ "Jean-Joseph Brice height controversy".
http://www.thetallestman.com/jeanjosephbrice.htm.
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^ "Anton de Franchepoinct The tallest man Germany". Thetallestman.com.
http://www.thetallestman.com/antondefranchepoinct.htm. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
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