This is a list of men and women who are (or have been) the tallest people in the world. The tallest in the world is Robert Waldow.
Angus MacAskill () 7 ft 9 in.Siddiqa Parveen (born 1985) is the tallest living woman in the world since 2021. She is 7 feet 8 inches (234 cm) tall.[ 1]
Nellie Lambert (born 1894) is the tallest woman in history, in 1913, it claimed that Nellie was 8 feet 5 inches (256.54 cm) tall, she was the tallest bride ever at only 19 years old. More information Name, Lifespan ...
Name
Lifespan
Height
Picture
Known for
Robert Wadlow 1918-1940
8ft
11.1in
(272 cm)
Tallest verified person. He was
6 ft by age 8 and in 1940, he was measured
as 8 ft 11 in and 200 kg.
John Rogan
1867-1905
8 ft 9 in
(267 cm)
2nd tallest person. Tallest African-American.
Couldn't stand up due to ankylosis. Doctors measured his height while sitting down at 8 ft 9 in at it's least.
John F. Carroll
1932-1969
8 ft 7 in
(264 cm)
His standing height was 8 ft (244 cm).
Franz Winkelmeier
1860-1887
8 ft 6 in
(259 cm)
Tallest Austrian.
Leonid Stadnyk
1970—2014
8 ft 5.5 in
(258 cm)
Tallest person from Ukraine. His record was never verified because he refused to be measured. He was probably 7 ft 8 in.
Trijntje Keever 1616-1633
8 ft 4 in
(254 cm)
Tallest female person and tallest person from the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is the only place where the tallest person is
a woman.
Vaino Myllyrinne
1909-1963
8 ft 3 in
(252 cm)
Tallest Finnish.
Sultan Kösen 1982-
8 ft 3 in
(251 cm)
Tallest Turkish and tallest person alive. He also possesses the record for the largest hands ever.
Parimal Barman 1962-1991
No picture
Tallest Bangladeshi. Contested against Jinnat Ali (below)
Jinnat Ali 1996-2020
8 ft 2 in
(249 cm)
Tallest Bangladeshi. He had to eat 1 kg of food every day. He weight 298 kg (656 lb) before he succumbed to a brain tumor in 2020. Contested against Parimal Barman.
Don Koehler 1925-1981
No Picture
Zeng Jinlian 1964 - 1982
8 ft 1.75 in
(248 cm)
Julius Koch 1872-1902
8 ft 1 in
(246 cm)
Brahim Takioullah
1982-
8 ft 1 in
No picture
Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani
1987-
8 ft 1 in
Jorge Gonzalez
1966-2010
8 ft 0 in
Abiodun Adegoke
2000
7 ft 11 in
Naseer Soomro
1970 - 2025
7 ft 9 in
(236 cm)
Bao Xishun
1951-
7 ft 9 in
Radhouane Charbib
1968-
7 ft 9 in
Abiodun Adegoke 1992-
7 ft 9 in
Broc Brown
1997-
7 ft 8 in
Gheorghe Muresan
1971-
7 ft 7 in
Manute Bol
1962-2010
7 ft 7 in
Robert Bobroczky 2000-
7 ft 7 in
Olivier Rioux
2006-
7 ft 7 in
Matthew McGrory
1973-2005
7 ft 6 in
Tacko Fall 1995-
7 ft 5 in
Jamarion Sharp 2001-
7 ft 5 in
Jamarion Sharp
Zach Edey 2002-
7 ft 4in
André the Giant 1946-1993
7 ft 4 in
Victor Wembanyama 2004-
7 ft 4 in
Peter Mayhew
1944 - 2019
7 ft 3 in
(221 cm)
Jeison Hernandez
?-
7 ft 2.5 in
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