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List of Tall PeopleNote: Many of these heights are not confirmed, and some are almost certainly exaggerated. Take with a healthy grain of salt. 8'11 Robert Wadlow (1918-1940) The tallest man ever to be accurately measured. This height is real. Never stopped growing as the result of an overactive pituitary. Died after a poorly fitting leg brace caused an infection. His Growth Pattern:
Robert Wadlow links: here, and here 8'9 John Rogan, Sumner County, Tennessee (1868-1905) 8'4 Leonid Stadnik, Ukraine Possibly the world's tallest living man though his height has not been accurately measured. News story here. 8'2 Bernard Coyne, Anthon, Iowa (1897-1921) 8'2 Zeng Jinlian, China (1964-1982) Tallest Woman Ever 8'2 Donald A. Koehler, Denton, Montana (1925-1981) 8'1 Vin Myllyrinne, Finland (1909-1963) Tallest soldier ever 8'1 Patrick Cotter O'Brien (1760-1806) 8'¾ Gabriel Estvo Monjane, Mozambique (1944-1990) 8' Suleiman Ali Nashnush, Tripoli, Libya (1943-1991) Libyan basketball player 8' John F. Carroll, Buffalo, New York (1932-1969) Suffered from curvature of the spine. Otherwise he would have been over 8'7 7'11 Martin Van Buren Bates (1837-1919) American Civil War veteran and performer 7'9 Xi Shun Tallest verified living person. link 7'9 Sun Ming Ming ABA basketball Player 7'9 Ri Myung Hun North Korean basketball player and tallest North Korean 7'9 Yasutaka Okayama Tallest NBA draft pick, one of the tallest Japanese men ever 7'7 Manute Bol Sudanese born basketball player 7'7 Gheorghe Muresan Romanian born basketball player, acted in a few movies 7'6 Giant Gonzales Professional wrestler 7'6 Yao Ming Chinese-born NBA player 7'3 Peter Mayhew Played the role of Chewbacca 7'2 Richard Kiel Actor Detroit, Michigan 7'2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Hall of fame basketball player 7'1 Wilt Chamberlain Claimed to have sex with thousands of women 7'0 Andre the Giant (19461993) Professional wrestler 6'9 Michael Crichton Author 6'9 Phil Gordon Professional poker player 6'8 Montell Jordan Singer/songwriter and record producer 6'7 Peter the Great Russian Czar 6'7 Hulk Hogan Probably much shorter 6'7 Leo Felton Biracial white supremacist 6'7 Tony Robbins Motivational speaker 6'7 RuPaul Entertainer 6'6 William Gates II father of Bill Gates 6'6 Roald Dahl Author 6'6 Uday Hussein son of Saddam 6'5 Lou Ferrigno 6'5 Howard Stern Claims to have a small penis. Remarkable for someone so tall.
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