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Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri. [1]
Robert Pershing Wadlow was born February 22, 1918, and weighed a healthy 8 pounds 6 ounces. ... On July 15, 1940, Wadlow died in his sleep after suffering from an infection in his foot. He was 22 ...
According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest person in recorded history, measuring 272 cm (8 ft 11 in) at the time of his death. There are reports about even taller people but most claims are unverified or erroneous. Since antiquity, discoveries have been reported of gigantic human ...
Robert Pershing Wadlow enrolled in 1938. Wadlow, remembered as the "Alton Giant," was the tallest known human in recorded history, measuring 272 cm (8 ft 11.1 inches) in height. He was born, educated, and buried in Alton. He died aged 22. Today a statue of Wadlow stands on the campus that was his alma mater.
Väinö Myllyrinne (27 February 1909 – 13 April 1963) [1] was a Finnish acromegalic giant who was at one time (1940–1963) the world's tallest living person, and may have become the tallest after the death of Robert Wadlow. He stood 224 cm (7 ft 4 in) and weighed 141 kg (22 stone; 311 pounds) at the age of 21, but experienced a second phase ...
He was sentenced to death after his toddler died. Now, shaken baby syndrome is at the heart of Robert Roberson’s 11th-hour appeals. Dakin Andone, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN.
Robert Lindsey, a longtime Lexington radio executive who made a midlife career switch to become a small business owner, died Wednesday at age 66. He had battled cancer, an obituary on Milward ...
Around the time of his death he measured 8 ft 9 in (2.67m). He is the second tallest person on record. Robert Wadlow's height surpassed Rogan's in 1939. A newspaper article reported that his maternal grandfather was also a giant, requiring a larger saddle when he rode horses, hinting at a possible genetic inheritance.