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2. Robert Wadlow - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Duncan Phyfe - Wikipedia

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   Duncan Phyfe (1768 – 16 August 1854) [1] was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers.. Rather than create a new furniture style, he interpreted fashionable European trends in a manner so distinguished and particular that he became a major spokesman for Neoclassicism in the United States, influencing a generation of American cabinetmakers.

4. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Tallboy (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A tallboy is a piece of furniture incorporating a chest of drawers and a wardrobe on top. A highboy consists of double chest of drawers (a chest-on-chest), with the lower section usually wider than the upper. [2] A lowboy is a table-height set of drawers designed to hold a clothes chest, [1] which had been the predominant place one stored ...

6. Feodor Machnow - Wikipedia

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   This exaggeration may have been because he wore a huge Cossack fur hat, and tall boots which added a foot to his height. [1] Although, if this was accurate, he would have been taller than Robert Wadlow, now cited as the world's tallest man. [3] Machnow died in 1912 due to pneumonia, [1] and likely complications of acromegaly. He was the father ...

7. Angus Scrimm - Wikipedia

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   Los Angeles, California, U.S. Alma mater. University of Southern California. Occupations. Actor. author. Years active. 1973–2016. Angus Scrimm (born Lawrence Rory Guy; August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016) was an American actor, author, and journalist, known for his portrayal of the Tall Man in the 1979 horror film Phantasm and its sequels.