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Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in). [2] Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. [3] Due to his condition, he uses crutches to walk.
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 ...
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 the world, After reaching a height of 267 cm (8 ft 9 in). There are reports about even taller people ...
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]
8 ft 2 in (249 cm) Donald A. Koehler (September 1, 1925 – February 26, 1981) is one of 24 known people in medical history to have verifiably reached a height of 8 feet (240 cm) or more. He was generally recognized as the tallest living man in the world from at least 1969 until his death in 1981. At one time, Koehler stood 8 ft 2 in (249 cm ...
Eddie Carmel (born Oded Ha-Carmeili, Hebrew: עודד הכרמלי; March 16, 1936 – August 14, 1972) was an American entertainer, born in British Mandate Palestine (later the State of Israel) with gigantism and subsequent acromegaly resulting from a pituitary adenoma. He was popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," and "The ...
And my great-grandfather was even taller—7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)." His ethnic group, the Dinka, and the Nilotic people [7] of which they are a part, are among the tallest populations in the world. Bol's hometown, Turalei, is the origin of other exceptionally tall people, including 7 foot 3½ inches tall (2.22 meters) basketball player Ring Ayuel ...
Salesman, artist, sharecropper. Known for. Second tallest man in history, tallest African-American ever recorded. Height. 8 ft 9 in (267 cm) Relatives. William Rogan (father) John Rogan (February 12, 1867 – September 11, 1905; some sources indicate 1868 or 1871 as his birth year), [1] was an American sharecropper who was recorded as the ...