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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 ...
Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, [ 1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [ 2][ 3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system. [ 4][ 5] In the early phase of ...
180.3 cm (5 ft 11 in) 167.2 cm (5 ft 6 in) 1.08: 17: 0.0%: Measured: 2001 [55] Denmark: 180.4 cm (5 ft 11 in) 167.2 cm (5 ft 6 in) 1.08: Conscripts, 18–20 (N= m:38,025) 5.3%: Measured: 2012 [56] Dinaric Alps: 184.6 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄ 2 in) 171.1 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1.08: 17 (N=m: 2,705 f: 2,842, SD= m:6.84 cm (2.7 in) f:6.15 cm (2.4 in)) 0.0 ...
Thus thousands of men under this height were denied the opportunity to fight in the war. As a result of pressure to allow them entry, special "Bantam Battalions" were created composed of men who were 4 feet 10 inches (147 cm) to 5 feet 3 inches (160 cm). By the end of the war there were 29 Bantam Battalions of about 1,000 men each.
As of 2024, twenty-eight players have been listed at 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) or taller. Four are active as of the 2023–24 season: Boban Marjanović of the Houston Rockets, Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs, Zach Edey of the Memphis Grizzlies, and Bol Bol of the Phoenix Suns. The tallest player inducted into the Naismith Memorial ...
Victor Wembanyama ( / ˌwɛmbənˈjɑːmə / WEM-bən-YAH-mə; [ 2] French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed " Wemby " [ 3] or " the Alien ", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered one of the best basketball prospects of his generation ...
The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters). Joe Biden, the current president, is 6 feet 0 inches (183 centimeters) according to a physical examination summary from February 2024. [2]
Sean Patrick Goble (born November 1, 1966), known as The Interstate Killer, is an American serial killer. A former truck driver, Goble kidnapped and murdered at least four women in the Southern United States between 1994 and 1995. [1] Since his arrest, authorities in ten other states have investigated him for numerous unsolved killings of women ...