272 cm8 ft 11 inRobert WadlowConfirmed tallest male and person by Guinness World Records.[1]1918-1940267 cm8 ft 9 inJohn RoganSecond tallest male in recorded history.1868-1905256 cm8 ft 5 inLeonid StadnykOnce held the Guinness title of tallest living person but refuses to be measured by the Guinness Book under new guidelines.[2]1970-251 cm8 ft 3 inÉdouard BeaupréBorn in Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Canada, he performed in various circuses and even wrestled the mighty Louis Cyr.1881-1904251 cm8 ft 3 inVäinö MyllyrinneRecognized as the tallest living person from 1940 to his death in 1963. Said to have been 251 cm in his thirties.1909-1963249 cm8 ft 2 inDon KoehlerTallest in world for most of 1970s. Had 5 ft 10 in twin sister.1925-1981247 cm8 ft 1.2 inSultan KösenTallest living person since September 17, 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records.[3]1982-246 cm8 ft 1 inPatrick Cotter O'Brien

Bristol Giant, Irish GiantTallest person recorded at the time and the first in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet. Remains examined in 1972 and height verified.1760-1806246 cm8 ft 1 inGabriel Estêvão MonjaneGuinness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990. He remains perhaps the tallest African recorded.1944-1990246 cm8 ft ¾ inJulius Koch

Le Geant ConstantinProbably 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 Mons, Belgium.1872-1902245 cm8 ft ½ inSuleiman Ali NashnushLibyan who may be the tallest basketball player.[citation needed]1943-1991244 cm8 ft 0 inBernard CoyneCoyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August 1918, lists his height as 8 feet, although he may have reached a height of 8 feet 4 inches (2.49m) by the time of his death.1897-1921244 cm8 ft 0 inJohn F. Carroll8 ft 0 in (244 cm) standing height, 8 ft 7¾ in (264 cm) assuming normal spinal curvature1932-1969242 cm7 ft 11 inGustaf EdmanListed as the eleventh tallest in Guinness World Records.[4]1882-1912242 cm7 ft 11 inZhang JuncaiTallest living Chinese.1983-242 cm7 ft 11 inSuparwonoTallest living Indonesian. Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009.[5]1985-241 cm7 ft 11 inAlexander SizonenkoSoviet Union basketball player.[6]1959-234 cm7 ft 8 inIgor VovkovinskiyTallest living American.[7]1983-present238 cm7 ft 10 inGrgo KusićTallest Croat ever. Tallest citizen of Austria-Hungary of his time.[8]1892-1918237 cm7 ft 9 inRigardus RijnhoutTallest Dutchman, nicknamed 'Reus van Rotterdam' (Giant of Rotterdam) [9]1922-1959236 cm7 ft 9 inBao XishunConsidered the tallest living person by Guinness World Records until September 2009 when he was replaced by Sultan Kösen.[10]1951-236 cm7 ft 9 inAngus MacAskillThe 1981 Guinness Book of World Records lists MacAskill as the tallest natural giant who ever lived, the strongest man who ever lived, and the man having the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man (80 inches).[11]1825-1863236 cm7 ft 9 inSun Ming-MingChinese basketball player. Formerly second tallest living person.1983-235 cm7 ft 8¾ inRadhouane CharbibListed by Guinness World Records as tallest man until January 15, 2005, before Bao Xishun and Sun Ming Ming.[10]1968-235 cm7 ft 8¾ inBrenden AdamsListed by Guinness World Records as tallest child ever passing Robert Wadlow.1996-235 cm7 ft 8½ inRi Myung HunFormer basketball player with the North Korean national team.1967-234 cm7 ft 8 inGeorge BellTallest living American.[12]1957-234 cm7 ft 8 inYasutaka OkayamaTallest basketball player drafted in National Basketball Association history.1954-234 cm7 ft 8 inAdam RainerOnly person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 117 cm (3 ft 10.5 in) tall at age 21 and grew a metre in a decade, peaking at 234 cm (7 ft 8 in) when he died, having grown 117 cm (46 in) as an adult.1899-1950233 cm7 ft 7½ inNeil FingletonTallest living person born in the UK.[13][14]1980-232 cm7 ft 7⅓ inHussain BisadSomali, considered to be one of the tallest living men.1975-232 cm7 ft 7¼ inAlam ChannaPakistani, considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998.[15]1953-1998231 cm7 ft 7 inMax PalmerActor 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.[16]1927-1984231 cm7 ft 7 inManute BolTied for tallest in NBA history.1962-2010231 cm7 ft 7 inGheorghe MureşanTied for tallest in NBA history.1971-231 cm7 ft 8 inKenny GeorgeTallest Division I basketball player.[17]1987-229 cm7 ft 6 inJorge GonzalezTallest wrestler in WWE history.1966-229 cm7 ft 6 inYao MingCurrently the tallest player in the NBA.1980-229 cm7 ft 6 inShawn BradleyFormer player in the NBA, 1993-2005.1972-229 cm7 ft 6 inSlavko VranešTallest notable Montenegrin.1983-229 cm7 ft 6 inMatthew McGroryWas the world's tallest actor when he died in 2005.[18]1973-2005

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