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There are claims that there is a German with a 746-letter name (I had to add some hyphens and whitespace to make it show up on one page):

Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus
Wolfe­schlegelstein­hausenberger­dorffvoraltern­waren­gewissenhaft­schaferswessen­-
schafewaren­wohlgepflege­und­sorgfaltigkeit­beschutzen­von­angreifen­durch-
ihrraubgierigfeinde­welche­voraltern­zwolftausend­jahres­vorandieerscheinen­wander­ersteer­-
dem­enschderraumschiff­gebrauchlicht­als­sein­ursprung­von­kraftgestart­sein­lange­fahrt­-
hinzwischen­sternartigraum­auf­der­suchenach­diestern­welche­gehabt­bewohnbar­planeten­kreise­-
drehen­sich­und­wohin­der­neurasse­von­verstandigmen­schlichkeit­konnte­fortplanzen­und­sicher-
freuen­anlebens­langlich­freude­und­ruhe­mit­nicht­ein­furcht­vor­angreifen­von­anderer­intelligent­-
geschopfs­von­hinzwischen­sternartigraum, Senior

Although it looks more like a practical joke than a name, and Wikipedia wonders whether it was a publicity stunt.

Guinness Book of World Records listed the name between 1975 and 1985, but the category had disappeared by the late 1980s.

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15y ago

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