List of tallest people
The tallest people list includes people who were, or currently are, five feet or more. The above-average size can be caused by genetic characteristics, operations on the brain or other triggers. From a medical point of view, one speaks of giant stature from a height of 230 centimeters . Another list names people whose height is sometimes stated in the press and literature as 240 centimeters and more, but this has not been clearly proven. In addition to the size, the country of origin and the dates of life are given for the individual persons and further comments are made.
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In the literature, there are sometimes different statements about the individual persons. This can be due to the fact that the person concerned is growing taller for commercial reasons, for example when they perform in the circus or in shows, or it is due to the fact that some of these people are still growing and so older measurements are no longer up to date. With advancing age, a person can also become smaller due to the curvature of the spine or the compression of the vertebrae. Because of the large number of incorrect measurements, only those people were included in the list whose height has been documented relatively reliably. This can be done primarily through measurements in medical facilities or through the Guinness Book of Records , for which a person is measured several times a day and an average is formed from them. The tallest people can only gain access there if their size is unequivocally determined.
Explanation
- Size (cm): states the size in centimeters. It can be measured in a standing position, possibly taking into account any curvature of the spine. The decisive factor is the largest determined measure in the course of a lifetime.
- Name: gives the name of the person. Alternative names or nicknames are used in italics .
- Country: The country the person comes from.
- Life data: states the year of birth and death.
- Note: Contains notes about the person. These can relate to life or to the sources on size.
- Persons whose information is highlighted in gray were reliably documented and medically measured.
People from 240 centimeters in height
Size (cm) |
Surname | country |
Life data |
annotation |
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272 |
Robert Wadlow The Alton Giant |
United States | 1918-1940 | The tallest person in medical history whose height has been clearly documented. He was measured on faculty at Washington University in St. Louis 18 days before his death. He weighed 199 kilograms when he died and 223 kilograms on his 21st birthday. By the age of ten he was already 200 centimeters tall and 100 kilograms. Its enormous growth was triggered by a pituitary adenoma , which released large amounts of growth hormones . |
267 |
John William Rogan also Willie Bud Rogan |
United States | 1865-1905 | Rogan was unable to stand due to joint stiffness and bone adhesions in his knees and hips. Measurements were taken while sitting. His weight was only 79 kilograms. His enormous growth began at the age of 13. |
264 |
John F. Carroll The Buffalo Giant |
United States | 1932-1969 | His enormous growth began at the age of 16 and was stopped in 1959 by treatment in a hospital. Measurements while standing in 1959 showed 244 centimeters. He suffered from severe spinal curvature. The overall size relates to an assumed curvature of the spine. Later measurements while standing showed 239 centimeters. In 1968 the height was 234 centimeters. |
260 |
Leonid Stadnyk | UKR | 1970-2014 | Was considered the largest living person from August 7, 2007 to September 17, 2009. For years he lived withdrawn and avoided contact with the press, which wanted to make his size public. However, since the measurement method at that time was questioned - only two instead of three measurements were taken in one day to average the size - and he did not want to be measured again, the record went to Sultan Kösen in 2009 with 247 centimeters. |
255 |
Trijntje Keever The Big Girl |
NED | 1616-1633 | The daughter of the mayor of her hometown was the tallest woman in history with proven greatness. She died at the age of 17. It is also indicated with a size of 260 centimeters. |
251 |
Vikas Uppal Vicky |
IND | 1986-2007 | As an 18-year-old, he was stated to be 251 centimeters tall and weighed 195 kilograms. At that point it was still growing. His death in 2007 was the result of a failed brain tumor operation. The above-average growth began at the age of five. It is also given as 239, 242 and 268 centimeters in height and 202 kilograms in weight. |
251 |
Kenyan giant | KEN | ? | Listed by the Guinness Book of Records for 1962 with this size. |
251 |
Sultan Kosen | DOOR | 1982– | Its weight is about 155 kilograms. In 2006 he applied for recognition as the tallest living person in the Guinness Book of Records. At that time, he was officially measured 242 centimeters, six centimeters taller than Bao Xishun, who had been recognized as the tallest person. He was officially measured by the Guinness Book of Records in February 2009 and has been considered the largest living person since the book was published in 2010. On February 8, 2011, he was included in the Guinness Book of Records with his 251.0 cm body length. |
249 |
Ajaz Ahmed | PAH | 1976– | At 236 centimeters tall, Ahmed claimed to be the tallest living person. Its size has never been medically correct or confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records. The tallest person was then a person with the confirmed height of 236 centimeters, from 2007 it was Stadnyk with 257 centimeters. Ahmed is also given as 231, 254 and 256 centimeters. |
249 |
Bernard Coyne The Cherokee Giant |
United States | 1897-1921 | He was not admitted to military service in 1918 with a height of 236 centimeters. When Coyne died in 1921, he was still growing. At the time of his death, he was the tallest person in the world. |
249 |
Donald Don Koehler | United States | 1925-1981 | The above-average growth began from the age of ten. Due to a curvature of the spine, its size was reduced to 238 centimeters in later years. From 1969 until his death in 1981 he was considered the largest living person. He had a twin sister who was 175 centimeters tall. This difference is the largest in twins, according to the Guinness Book of Records. |
248 |
Zeng Jinlian | CHN | 1964-1982 | She was the greatest woman in medical history. She could not stand up straight because of a curvature of the spine. At the age of 13, she was already 213 centimeters tall. Above-average growth began at the age of four months. She was considered the tallest living person from 1981 until her death in 1982 when she was 17 years old. |
248 |
Christopher Munster | DEU | 1632-1676 | Is in the Guinness Book of Records. Was 224 centimeters tall at the age of 16. The goose-herd was appointed his bodyguard by Duke Christian Ludwig of Hanover. |
247 |
Väinö Myllyrinne | FIN | 1909-1963 | At 21 years old, he was 222 centimeters tall and later began to grow again. The recognized height was 247 centimeters, in the 1930s he was supposedly even 251 centimeters tall. From 1940 until his death in 1963 he was considered the tallest person in the world. |
246 |
Brahim Takiollah | MAR | 1982– | Second largest living person in the world. |
246 |
Patrick Cotter O'Brien Bristol Giant , Irish Giant |
IRL | 1760-1806 | The size information was corrected in 1975 due to new bone measurements. Cotter was the tallest person in his day and was only surpassed by John William Rogan almost 100 years later. |
246 |
Julius Koch Le Geant Constantin |
DEU | 1872-1902 | His legs had to be amputated because of gangrene . The size information comes from the time shortly before the amputation. He starred in the short film, The Giant Constantin , in 1902 . His skeleton is on display in the Natural History Museum in Mons . |
246 |
Zhao Liang | CHN | 1982? - | His size was confirmed by a hospital where he presented with an old sports injury. Its weight is about 155 kilograms. He is still wondering whether he would like to have his size published in the Guinness Book of Records. |
246 |
Morteza Mehrzad | IRN | 1987– | Sitting volleyball player and 2016 Paralympic winner . |
246 |
Gabriel Estêvão Monjane | MOZ | 1944-1990 | At 16 he was 226 centimeters and at 21 years he was 239 centimeters. In 1987 he was officially measured at 246 centimeters. He joined a Portuguese circus, where he was no longer studied anthropomorphically. The circus touted him as a 265 centimeter giant. From 1988 until his death in 1990, he was the tallest living person in the Guinness Book of Records. |
245 |
Suleiman Ali Nashnush | LBY | 1943-1991 | Former greatest basketball player. He was successfully operated on in Rome in 1960 to stop his growth. From 1990 until his death in 1991 he was the tallest living person in the Guinness Book of Records. |
244 |
Anton Franckenpoint The tall Anton |
DEU | around 1618-1648 | Anton Franckenpoint was a soldier during the Thirty Years' War within the Leibstandarte of the Protestant general Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. His skeleton can be found today in the Museum anatomicum in Marburg. |
244 |
Aurangzeb Khan | PAH | 1962– | Its size has not been officially confirmed. Khan claimed in 2000 to be the tallest living person, which he would have been if he was more than eight inches. The tallest person, however, was someone 236 centimeters tall. He is also specified with 229 centimeters in height. |
244 |
Mounir Fourar | DZA | 1972-2012 | He was measured at a height of 244 centimeters when he was around 20 years old, but is also called 234 centimeters. In 2003, Fourar publicly claimed to be the tallest living person in the world, which would have been the case with a height of more than 238 centimeters. However, the tallest person was then recognized as someone 236 centimeters tall. |
243 |
Musutaman | IDN | 1962-1996 | He is listed by the Guinness Book of Records with this size. |
242 |
Zhang Juncai | CHN | 1966– | Its size was confirmed on a television broadcast in May 2006. He was measured together with Bao Xishun (236 centimeters tall), who was recognized as the largest living person to date. At 16 he was 180 centimeters tall, at 20 already 210 centimeters tall. In 1998 he was measured at 237 centimeters. At 18 he was in the Beijing basketball selection. |
242 |
Suparwono The Giant of Lampung |
IDN | 1985-2012 | |
242 |
Miguel Joaquín Eleicegui Arteaga ( es ) Gigante de Altzo |
ESP | 1818-1861 | The tallest person in Spain so far. He is the main character in the 2017 Basque film Handia ( en , es ). |
241 |
Felipe Birriel El Gigante de Carolina |
PRI | 1916-1994 | At 77, Birriel was the oldest person to be over 240 centimeters tall. From the age of 16 he began to grow strongly. |
241 |
Alexander Sisonenko | RUS | 1959-2012 | Until 1986 he was one of the best Russian basketball players with twelve international matches. His height was measured in 1998 standing, because of compressed vertebrae with 230 centimeters and lying with 240 centimeters. In the first grade he was already a head taller than any other child. There are also sizes of 240 and 239 centimeters. |
241 |
Tibetan giant | CHN | ? –1943 | Was a candidate for bodyguard for the Dalai Lama in 1941 . |
240 |
Sa'id Muhammad Ghazi | EGY | 1909-1941 | Listed by the Guinness Book of Records for this size. |
240 |
Abdul Houl | EGY | 1872-1892 | Listed by the Guinness Book of Records for this size. |
240 |
Mexican giant | MEX | ? -1899 | Listed by the Guinness Book of Records for this size. |
240 |
Walter Straub | DEU | 1925-1986 | Size according to press release from February 24, 1960. |
240 |
Barthian giant | DOOR | ? | During reburial work in a cemetery, the ophthalmologist Joseph Barth found the bones of a Turkish soldier in 1783. The bones suggested a size of about 235 to 244 centimeters. |
240 |
Huang Chiu Chang | CHN | 1968– | Appeared on a TV show together with Zhang Juncai, 242 centimeters tall and Kang Jianhua, 223 centimeters tall. For a time he was considered the greatest living person in Asia. |
People of questionable size
Size (cm) |
Surname | country |
Life data |
annotation |
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265 | Grady Patterson | United States | 1943-1968 | He was long considered the second tallest person, but his size was never officially confirmed until it was discovered that it was probably a hoax. |
259 | Parimal Chandra Barman | PAH | 1962-1990 | According to other information (Guinness Book of Records) 231 centimeters tall. |
258 |
Franz Winkelmeier Giant from Lengau |
AUT | 1860-1887 | Grown normally up to age 14; performed in countries of the Danube Monarchy from 1881, in Berlin in 1885, in London in 1886 and was presented to Queen Victoria of England in 1887. The physician Rudolf Virchow measured 227.8 cm in Berlin in 1885. |
257 | Ivan Lushkin | RUS | 1811-1844 | Bone examinations indicate the height of 239 centimeters. |
255 | Marianne Wedde | DEU | 1866-1885 | Based on her clothes, one assumes a body height of "only" about 220 centimeters. |
253 | Marshall Chelsea | United States | ? | No details. |
252 | Edouard Beaupré | CAN | 1881-1904 | Other information with 234 centimeters seems more realistic. |
251 | Jitendra Singh | IND | ? | According to other information, 231 and 237 centimeters, which also seems more likely based on pictures. |
249 | Max Palmer | United States | 1927-1984 | Was only 231 centimeters tall. |
249 |
Charles O'Brien Irish giant |
IRL | 1761-1783 | Bone examinations showed 239 centimeters. |
246 | Patrick Murphy | IRL | 1834-1862 | Measurements before death were 222 centimeters. |
246 | Gustav Edman | SWE | 1881-1912 | Appears much smaller in pictures. |
246 | Louis Moilanen Big Luwi |
FIN | 1886-1913 | Other data even speak of 254 centimeters in size. Figures with a size of 236 centimeters seem the most realistic. |
245 | Wang Feng-Jun | CHN | 1978– | Other information with a size of 233 centimeters appears more realistic. |
243 | Hussein Mohamed Ahmed | SOM | ? -1998 | Information with 231 centimeters seems more correct. |
242 | Jack Shields | ESP | 1818-1861 | Also information with 227 centimeters and the more likely 218 centimeters. |
242 | Lennon Bryant | United States | ? - | Plays basketball for Chestnut Hill during the 2007/08 season. Size doubtful based on the playing position and the pictures. |
241 | Feodor Machnov | RUS | 1878-1912 | Confirmed measurements were 238 centimeters. |
241 | Jack Shields | United States | 1859-1896 | One of four brothers, all over 230 centimeters tall. However, it appears smaller than 240 centimeters. |
241 | Jane Bunford | GBR | 1895-1922 | Also information with mostly mentioned 239 and 231 centimeters. |
240 | Joseph Rischer | SUI | ? –1980 | About 240 centimeters tall, no further information. |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Pershing Wadlow
- ↑ Greatest Man ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ John William (Willie) Bud Rogan ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ John Caroll
- ↑ Former 'World's Tallest Man' Leonid Stadnyk dies aged 44
- ↑ guinnessworldrecords
- ↑ Guinness World Record ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Trijntje Keever
- ↑ Vikas Uppal
- ↑ a b c d Size specification according to the Guinness Book of Records.
- ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com
- ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com
- ↑ Ajaz Ahmed ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Bernard A. Coyne
- ↑ Donald Koehler
- ↑ Zeng Jinlian
- ↑ Giants in West Europe ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Väinö Myllyrinne
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- ↑ Patrick Cotter ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Julius Koch ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Zhao Liang
- ↑ Morteza Mehrzad
- ↑ Gabriel Monjane ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Suleiman Ali Nashnush
- ↑ Tall Anton
- ↑ The Duke's "walker" was 2.44 meters
- ↑ Aurangzeb Khan
- ↑ Mounir Fourar
- ↑ Zhang Juncai ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Zhang Juncai ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hallados los restos óseos del 'Gigante de Altzo' que se creían desaparecidos . lavanguardia.com. August 26, 2020. Accessed August 29, 2020.
- ↑ Los restos del Gigante de Altzo no están en su tumba . noticiasdenavarra.com. August 16, 2020. Accessed August 29, 2020.
- ↑ ¿Quién fue el gigante de Altzo, que inspiró la película 'Handia'? . 20minutos.es. August 18, 2020. Accessed August 29, 2020.
- ↑ Felipe Birriel
- ↑ Alexander Sizonenko
- ↑ Tibetan giant ( memento of the original from August 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mexican giant ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Walter Straub
- ↑ Barthsche Riese ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Huang Chiu Chang
- ^ Grady Petterson
- ↑ Mr. Virchow introduces the giant Winkelmeier from Upper Austria. (PDF 488 kB) In: Journal of Ethnology (17th year). 1885, pp. 469-472 , accessed May 22, 2013 .
- ↑ Tallest Indian ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tallesteuropean ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.