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Tallest verified human in recorded history. Height. 8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a ...
This is a list of the tallest people, verified by Guinness World Records or other reliable sources. According to the Guinness World Records, the tallest human in recorded history was Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940), who was 272 cm (8 ft 11 in). He received media attention in 1939 when he was measured to be the tallest man in ...
Years tallest Name Location Height Increase Notes 13th century–1311 [citation needed] Old St Paul's Cathedral: London 149 m (489 ft) 0% Final completion in 1314. Spire collapsed 1561 1311–1549 Lincoln Cathedral: Lincoln: 159.7 m (524 ft) 7.2% Tallest building ever until 1890. Spire collapsed 1549 1549–1569 St. Mary's Church: Stralsund
The world's tallest man was 3 feet tall as a toddler, could carry his father at age 9, and stretched to a fantastic height of 8 feet 11 inches. ... As a kindergartner, 5-year-old Wadlow wore ...
Zeng was born on 26 June 1964 in Yuanjiang, Hunan, to a poor farming family, as the youngest of four children, [a] growing up in Nanzui Town by Muping Lake. Her parents Zeng Xianmao and Yu Xuemei [b] were 163 cm (5 ft 4.2 in) and 156 cm (5 ft 1.4 in) respectively, with all her siblings being in within similar height range, with a brother being measured at 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) at age 18. [1]
Olivier Rioux. Olivier Rioux (born February 2, 2006) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). [1] Guinness World Records declared him the tallest teenager in the world in 2021, when aged 15 at 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m). [2] Rioux now stands at 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) [3] tall.
The 18-year-old Montreal native recently graduated from high school and has committed to Florida. The school lists his height at a mind-blowing 7-foot-9. That would make him the tallest college ...
Verified tallest male teenager. Height. 7 ft 3.02 in (221 cm) [1] Ren Keyu (born October 18, 2006), is a junior high school student from Leshan, Sichuan, China who is known for being the tallest male teenager as of 2020 with a height of 221.03 cm (7 ft 3.02 in). [1][2][3] His nickname is Xiaoyu (Chinese: 小宇). [2][4] He applied to Guinness ...