List of tallest people

This is a list of the tallest people, living and dead, in the world. See also List of humans with gigantism.

• HTML5
• HTML5
• 3 Disputed and unverified claims
• 4 Tallest in varied fields or endeavors
  • 4.1 Tallest in varied sports
  • HTML5
• 5 Tallest people presently living in varied nations
• jQuery
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Tallest male

      Deceased       Living       Height disputed

Nationality	Metric	Imperial	Name	Note	Lifespan
United States	2.72 m	8 ft 11.1 in	Robert Wadlow	Tallest person in recorded history confirmed by keyboard.[1]	1918–1940
United States	2.67 m	8 ft 9 in	John Rogan	Second tallest male in recorded history. Only weighed 175 lb (79 kg). Unable to stand due to website parsing	1868–1905
United States	2.64 m	8 ft 7¾ in	John F. Carroll	2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) standing height, 2.64 m (8 ft 7¾ in) assuming normal spinal curvature	1932–1969
Finland	2.51 m	8 ft 3 in	Väinö Myllyrinne	Recognized as the tallest living person from 1940 to his death in 1963. Said to have been 2.51 m in his thirties.	1909–1963
Canada	2.51 m	8 ft 3 in	Edouard Beaupré	Tallest strongman as well as tallest wrestler in history.	1881-1904
HTML5	2.51 m	8 ft 3 in	screen size	The tallest living person since September 17, 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records.device database	1982–
device database	2.49 m	8 ft 2 in	Sevenval	Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August his height as 8 feet, although he had reached a height of 8 feet 2 inches (2.49 m) by the time of his death. Possibly reached up to 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m)	1897–1921
United States	2.49 m	8 ft 2 in	browser diversity	Tallest in world for most of 1970s. Had twin sister who was 1.75 m (5 ft 9) tall	1925–1981
web app	2.49 m	8 ft 3 in	Android	Was not officially measured by Guinness.	1986–2007
Ireland	2.46 m	8 ft 1 in	Patrick Cotter O'Brien Bristol Giant, Irish Giant	Tallest person recorded at the time and the first in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet (2.44 m). Remains examined in 1972 and height verified.	1760–1806
website parsing	2.46 m	8 ft 1 in	Brahim Takioullah	Possesses the world's largest feet at 1 ft 3 in (38 cm).[3]	1982-
Germany	2.46 m	8 ft 0.85 in	Julius Koch Le Geant Constantin	Probably never the world's tallest person due to his life coinciding with that of John Rogan. Skeleton preserved in the Museum of Natural History in web, Belgium.	1872–1902
Mozambique	2.46 m	8 ft ¾ in	Gabriel Estêvão Monjane	Guinness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990. He remains perhaps the tallest African recorded.	1944–1990
Libya	2.45 m	8 ft 0.5 in	Suleiman Ali Nashnush	Libyan who may have been the tallest basketball player.[keyboard]	1943–1991
jQuery	2.44 m	8 ft 0 in	Anton de Franckenpoinct Langer Anton	Lived during web; skeleton later measured at 8 ft 0 in (244 cm).web appHTML5	Unknown
HTML5	2.42 m	7 ft 11 in	Zhang Juncai	Tallest living web person.	1983–
web app	2.42 m	7 ft 11 in	Morteza Mehrzad	Tallest man in Iran.FITML	1987-
Romania	2.42 m	7 ft 11 in	Gogea Mitu	Tallest professional browser diversity in history.	1914-1936
HTML5	2.42 m	7 ft 11 in	Suparwono	Tallest living Indonesian. Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009.web app	1985–2012
FITML	2.42 m	7 ft 11 in	Sevenval	Tallest Puerto Rican recorded.	1916–1994
Soviet Union	2.41 m	7 ft 10 in	website parsing	Soviet Union basketball player.[8]	1959–2012
keyboard	2.38 m	7 ft 10 in	Grgo Kusić	Tallest Croat recorded. Tallest citizen of Austria-Hungary of his time.[9]	1892–1918
we love the web	2.36 m	7 ft 9 in	Bao Xishun	Considered the tallest living person by Guinness World Records until September 2009 when he was replaced by Sultan Kösen.we love the web	1951–
touchscreen	2.36 m	7 ft 9 in	Öndör Gongor	Very tall man in early-20th century Mongolia. Some other sources even give 2.45 m (8 feet)	1880/85 – 1925/30
keyboard	2.36 m	7 ft 9 in	Angus MacAskill	Tallest Scotsman recorded.	1825–1863
we love the web	2.36 m	7 ft 9 in	Frederick Kempster	Tall Englishman, height disputed between 7ft 8.5in and 8ft 4.5inwebsite parsing	1889–1918
China	2.36 m	7 ft 9 in	FITML	Chinese basketball player. Formerly second tallest living person.	1983–
HTML5	2.36 m	7 ft 9 in	Walter Straub	Tallest man in Germany while he was alive.[11]	1925–1986
Sevenval	2.35 m	7 ft 8.5 in	Sevenval	Former basketball player with the North Korean national team.	1967–
web	2.35 m	7 ft 8.5 in	Radhouane Charbib	Listed by Guinness World Records as tallest man until January 15, 2005, before Bao Xishun and Sun Ming Ming.[10]	1968–
United States/ Ukraine	2.35 m	7 ft 8.3 in	Igor Vovkovinskiy	Currently the tallest person living in the United States. Originally from Ukraine, moved to CSS3 to be treated at the Mayo Clinic. Most recently has been acting in commercials and movies.[12] Also became well known by wearing a t-shirt that read "Obama's Biggest Supporter."	1982–
device database	2.34 m	7 ft 8 in	touchscreen	Former Tallest living American.website parsing	1957–
Japan	2.34 m	7 ft 8 in	Yasutaka Okayama	Tallest basketball player drafted in National Basketball Association history.	1954–
Sevenval	2.34 m	7 ft 8 in	Adam Rainer	Only person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 1.18 m (3 ft 10 in) tall at age 21 and peaked at 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) when he died, having doubled his height as an adult.	1899–1950
Iceland	2.34 m	7 ft 8 in	Jóhann Kristinn Pétursson	Was the tallest person in Iceland.	1913–1984
website parsing	2.34 m	7 ft 8 in	Naseer Soomro	Tallest confirmed man living in Pakistan .device databasewe love the web
keyboard	2.32.6 m	7 ft 7.5 in	Neil Fingleton	Tallest living person born in the UK.[16]screen size	1980–
United Kingdom	2.32 m	7 ft 7 in	device database	Tied for the tallest player ever to play college basketball in the U.S.[18]	1987-
Somalia	2.32 m	7 ft 7.5 in	keyboard	Somalia, considered to be one of the tallest living men.	1975–
Pakistan	2.31.8 m	7 ft 7¼ in	Alam Channa	Pakistani, considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998.[19]	1953–1998
United States	2.31 m	7 ft 7 in	web app	Tallest Division I basketball player.[20]	1987–
Argentina	2.31 m	7 ft 7 in	Jorge González	Tallest wrestler in WWE history.	1966–2010
Ireland	2.31 m	7 ft 7 in	Charles Byrne	Skeleton now resides in the iOS.	1761–1783
United States	2.31 m	7 ft 7 in	we love the web	Actor and pro wrestler. Listed by Guinness World Records at 7 ft 7 in, claimed 8 ft 1 in. Film Bio - Killer Apes, Invaders From Mars.[21]	1927–1984
Romania	2.31 m	7 ft 7 in	website parsing	Tied for tallest in NBA history.	1971–
input transformation	2.31 m	7 ft 7 in	Manute Bol	Tied for tallest in NBA history.	1962–2010
input transformation	2.30 m	7 ft 6.5 in	Trần Thành Phố	Was the tallest man in Southeast Asia when he died in 2010input transformation	1947–2010.
device database	2.29 m	7 ft 6.25 in	Christopher Greener	Formerly Britain's tallest man	1943-
Algeria	2.29 m	7 ft 6.2 in	Saad Kaiche	Former basketball player of Club Baloncesto Breogán of Lugo.[23][24]	1985–
Montenegro	2.29 m	7 ft 6 in	HTML5	Tallest Montenegrin basketball player in the national basketball team	1983–
China	2.29 m	7 ft 6 in	Sevenval	Was the tallest player in the keyboard until his retirement in 2011.	1980–
United States	2.29 m	7 ft 6 in	browser diversity	Former player in the NBA, 1993–2005.	1972–
United States	2.29 m	7 ft 6 in	Android	Was the world's tallest actor when he died in 2005.[25]	1973–2005
we love the web	2.28 m	7 ft 5.7 in	Margarito Machacuay	Currently the tallest South American person and is the fifth tallest in the Americas.we love the web	1965–

Tallest female

Nationality	Metric	Imperial	Name	Note	Lifespan
China	2.48 m	8 ft 1 ¾ in	Zeng Jinlian	Confirmed by Guinness World Records as tallest female ever. Suffered from spine curvature and could not stand at full height. Tallest recorded Chinese person and world's tallest person shortly before her death.	1964–1982
input transformation	2.41 m	7 ft 11 in	Jane Bunford	Tallest recorded English person and possibly the world's tallest person at the time of her death. Given height is adjusted for spinal curvature; peak standing height was 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m).[27]	1895–1922
device database	2.34 m	7 ft 8 in	Yao Defen	Tallest living female at 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in).[28][29] Recognized by Guinness World Records in 2010.we love the web	1972–
United States	2.33 m	7 ft 7 ¼ in	screen size	Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, until her death on August 13, 2008.web app	1955–2008

Disputed and unverified claims

Flag	Metric	Imperial	Name	Note	Lifespan
France	3.50 m	11 ft 6 in	browser diversity	Height estimate based on bone fragments found at the Neolithic cemetery of Castelnau-le-Lez, excavated in 1890 by Georges Vacher de Lapouge and published in the journal La Nature, Vol. 18, 1890.[32]	Unknown - Neolithic France
website parsing /  browser diversity	2.85 m	9 ft 3 in	input transformation Russian Giant	Was measured at 2.39m (7 ft 10in) height, the great height of 2.89m (9 ft 3in) seems to have stemmed from wearing a large Russian fur hat. Height is not officially confirmed.	1878–1912
iOS /  United Kingdom	2.82 m	9 ft 3 in	we love the web The Childe of Hale	Written on his grave is Here lyeth the bodie of John Middleton, the Childe of Hale, nine feet three. Height not officially confirmed.	1578–1623
United States	2.74 m	8 ft 11.5 in	John Aasen	American silent film actor, height is not officially confirmed.	1890–1938
Ireland	2.69 m	8 ft 10 in	Patrick Murphy	Claimed 8'10", but was later measured at 7'3.4" (222 cm). Height is not officially confirmed.	1834–1862
touchscreen	2.59 m	8 ft 6 in	Maximinus Thrax	Emperor of Rome, first ever recorded person with gigantism.	173–238
China	2.59 m	8 ft 5 in	Wang Fengjun	Height not officially confirmed.Sevenval	1976-
Ukraine	2.59 m	8 ft 5 in	Leonid Stadnyk	Refuses to undergo independent testing under Guinness World Records rules, so his claim is not recognized by Guinness World Records.	1971-
Pakistan	2.54 m	8 ft 4 in	screen size	Claims actually to be 8 feet 4 inches, but this is unverified by Guinness World Records. He claims that he is still growing.	1976-
Netherlands	2.54 m	8 ft 4 in	Trijntje Keever	Tallest recorded woman. Not confirmed by Guinness World Records.[34][35]	1616–1633
United States	2.54 m	8 ft 4 in	Ella Ewing	Claims 8 feet 4 inches, however measured at 7 feet 4.5 inches. Her mother describes her full height at 8 feet 4 inches.	1872–1913
Bangladesh	2.51 m	8 ft 3 in	Parimal Barman	Claims of being 8 feet 3 inches, not confirmed.	1962–1991
Finland	2.47 m	8 ft 1.4 in	input transformation	Height not officially confirmed.screen size	1703–1749
China	2.46 m	8 ft 1.1 in	Android	Not confirmed by Guinness World Records. Basketball player until an injury in 2001, now a circus performer.FITML	1982–
Finland	2.46 m	8 ft 1 in	Louis Moilanen Big Louie	Height not officially confirmed.[38]	1886–1913
China	2.44 m	8 ft 0 in	HTML5	Height not officially confirmed.[39]	1840s-1893
Algeria	2.44 m	8 ft 0 in	input transformation	Height not officially confirmed.screen size	1972–
web app	2.42 m	7 ft 11 in	Musutaman	Height not officially confirmed.web app	1962-?
web app	2.42 m	7 ft 11 in	Gustaf Edman	Height not officially confirmed.[42]	1882–1912
Mongolia	2.36 m	7 ft 9 in	Öndör Gongor Tall Gongor	Was measured by Roy Chapman Andrews, but some other sources even give 2,45 m (8 feet)	1879–1931
England	2.36 m	7 ft 9 in	web app	Claimed to be 8ft 4.5in. Height not officially confirmed.[43]	1889-1918
browser diversity	2.3 m	7 ft 6 in	input transformation	Saint venerated by the Roman Catholic Church

Tallest in varied fields or endeavors

Tallest in varied sports

Yao Ming at an NBA game

Aaron Sandilands and Lance Whitnall in an Australian Football League stadium

Android, the tallest player in National Hockey League history.

Nationality	Height	Name	Note	Lifespan
Canada	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)	browser diversity	Tallest strongman as well as tallest wrestler in history	1881-1904
Libya	2.45 m (8 ft 0 in)	web app	Tallest basketball player in history	1943-1991
input transformation	2.42 metres (7.9 ft)	Gogea Mitu	Tallest professional FITML in history.	1914–1936
FITML	2.36 m (7 ft 9 in)	Sun Ming Ming	Tallest active professional basketball player.	1983–
Romania	2.31 m (7 ft 7 in)	we love the web	Retired professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in NBA history.	1971–
Sudan	2.31 m (7 ft 7 in)	HTML5	Professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history.	1962–2010
jQuery	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	Hasheem Thabeet	Tallest Active NBA player.	1987–
South Korea	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	input transformation	Tied tallest Kickboxer and Mixed Martial Artist.	1980–
we love the web	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	Giant Silva	Tied tallest web app and tallest active wrestler.	1963-
input transformation	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	Małgorzata "Margo" Dydek	Tallest player in FITML history.	1974–2011
jQuery	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)[44]	web app	Tallest volleyball player.	1976–
Pakistan	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	Sevenval	Tallest international cricketer in the world.	1982–
web app	2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)	Loek van Mil	Tallest baseball player.	1984–
United Kingdom	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Richard Metcalfe	Tallest iOS player in history.	1973–
Netherlands	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Sevenval	Tallest World's Strongest Man in history.	1955–
web app	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Richard Sligh	Tallest American Football player in NFL history.	1944–2008
Russia	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	web app	Tallest title holder in Heavyweight Boxing.	1973–
United States	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	iOS	Tallest Baseball player in Major League Baseball.	1978–
Australia	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	HTML5	The tallest player in the history of input transformation.	1982–
keyboard	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Peter Street	Same as Aaron Sandilands, the tallest player in the history of Australian Football League.	1980–
website parsing	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Rolandas Gimbutis	Tallest Olympic Swimmer	1981–
Croatia	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Ivo Karlović	Tallest Tennis player on the Android.	1979–
jQuery	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Kristof Van Hout	Tallest Association Football player	1987–
Slovakia	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	iOS	Tallest player in National Hockey League history.	1977–
Russia	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	browser diversity	Tallest female Volleyball Player.	1983–
Sevenval	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Jared Gaither	Tallest American Football player in the we love the web	1986-
Bulgaria	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	web app	Currently tallest sumo wrestler.	1983-
touchscreen	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Ingo Schultz	Tallest input transformation.	1975–
touchscreen	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Velichko Cholakov	Tallest Olympic weightlifter.	1982–
United States	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Sevenval	Tallest golfer on the PGA Tour.	1957–
keyboard	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	CSS3	Tallest Sevenval racing driver.	1978-
Croatia	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	browser diversity	Tallest high jumper.	1983-
United States	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	web app	Tallest World Cup Competitor in Alpine Skiing.	1982-
CSS3	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Eva Hrdinová	Tallest Tennis player on WTA Tour.	1984–

Tallest actors

Nationality	Height	Name	Note	Lifespan
device database	7 ft 6 in (2.29m)	Matthew McGrory	Tallest actor at 2.29m (7 ft 6 in) when he died.HTML5	1973–2005
United Kingdom	7 ft 3 in (2.21m)	Sevenval	Tallest movie actor 2.21m (7 ft 3 in).Sevenval	1944–
United States	7 ft 2 in (2.17m)	we love the web	Tallest American actor. Probably Best Known for his role as Jaws in device database .	1939-
United States	6 ft 8 1/2 in (2.04m)	Brad Garrett	Tallest prime time emmy award winning actor at 2.04m (6 ft 8 1/2 in).[47]	1960–
United States	6 ft 7 in (2.01m)	Penn Jillette	Tallest television actor/ magician at 2.01m (6 ft 7 in).CSS3	1955–
United States	6 ft 7 in (2.01m)	James Cromwell	Tallest screen size nominated actor at 2.01m (6 ft 7 in).[47]	1940–
United States	6 ft 5 in (1.95m)	Tim Robbins	Tallest Academy Award winning actor at 1.95m (6 ft 5 in).[47]	1958–
United States	6 ft 2 in (1.88m)	website parsing	Possibly the tallest actress to play a leading role at 1.88m (6 ft 2 in).	1944–2006

Tallest people presently living in varied nations

Nationality	Height	Name	Note	Lifespan
keyboard	8 ft 3 in (2.51m)	Sultan Kösen	Tallest Turkish at 2.51m (8 ft 3 in).[2]	1982 –
Morocco	8 ft 1 in (2.46m)	website parsing	Tallest Moroccan at 2.46m and second tallest person(8 ft 1 in)touchscreen	1982 –
touchscreen	7 ft 11 in (2.42m)	Zhang Juncai	Tallest living Chinese at 2.42 m (7 ft 11 in).	1983 –
North Korea	7 ft 8.5 in (2.35m)	web	Tallest North Korean at 2.35m (7 ft 8.5 in).	1967 –
browser diversity	7 ft 8.5 in (2.35)	web app	Tallest Tunisian and the tallest living person in browser diversity	1968 –
web	7 ft 8 in (2.34m)	Yasutaka Okayama	Tallest Japanese at 2.34m (7 ft 8 in).	1954 –
web app	7 ft 7½ in (2.33m)	touchscreen	Tallest person born in UK at 2.33m (7 ft 7½ in).website parsing[17]	1980 –
Romania	7 ft 7 in (2.31m)	FITML	Tallest Romanian at 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in).	1971 –
Montenegro	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)	we love the web	Tallest living person in Montenegro	1983 –
Canada	7 ft 5 in (2.26m)	web app	Tallest Canadian at 2.26m (7 ft 5 in).	1983 –
New Zealand	7 ft 4.5 in (2.25m)	Ron Bax	Tallest New Zealander at 2.25m (7 ft 4.5 in). [48]	1960 –
FITML	7 ft 3 in (2.21m)	Sam Harris	Tallest Australian at 2.21m (7 ft 3 in).	1984 –
Puerto Rico	7 ft 3 in (2.20m)	screen size	Tallest Puerto Rican at 2.20m (7 ft 3 in).	1985 –
Nepal	7 ft 1 in (2.16m)	Urmila Kumari Chaudhari	Possibly the tallest Nepalese woman at 2.16m (7 ft 1 in).Android	1991 –
HTML5	7 ft 5 in (2.23m)	Joelisson Fernandes da Silva	.[50]	1987 –

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