The Tallest People
Tallest men:
Yasutaka Okayama
Miguel Joaquín Eleicegui Arteaga
Poolard Gurd
Giant of Estremedura
Neil Fingleton
Jack Earle
Albert Brough
Paul Sturgess
Jorge González
Max Palmer
Henry Daglish
George Auger
Zafarullah Satti
Jiang Baocheng
Baptiste Hugo
Bernardo Gigli
Rigardus Rijnhout
Arthur Caley
Henry Alexander Cooper
James Toller
Terrence Keenan
Jagdeep Singh
Sunil Kumar
Yao Ming
“Balahu”
Antonin Cros
Gustaf Edman
Lewis Wilkins
Jim Cully
Al Tomaini
Daniel Cajanus
Patrick Murphy
George Gracie
Chris Lister
Dalip Singh Rana
Win Zaw Oo
Martin Van Buren Bates
Cornelius McGrath
Johan Aason
Anthony Wallyn
Jude Medcalf
Paul Wight
Reino Rutanen
Bol Bol
Arif Mehmood
Kurt Zehe
Wilt Chamberlain
Kevin Bradford
Muhammad Riaz
Mohammad Irfan
Peter Mayhew
Ronald Taylor
Too short:
Väinö Siltala
Dilsher Shanky
Tallest women:
Hu Chun-Rhang
Maria Stylianopoulou
Wassiliki Calliandji
“Unknown giantess”
Delores Pullard
Zhang Ziyu
“British giantess”
“Tiliya”
Maria Feliciana Dos Santos
Mildred Tshakayi
Marianne Wehde
”Gabby”
Sun Fang
Margo Dydek
Annie Haase
Mary Hales
Ann Hardy
Mary Ellen Powers
Amalie Schulte
Maria Faussnauer
Kaatje van Dyk
Susannah Boyd
Shen Jiao
Rosa Wedsted
Marie Schubinger
Rumeysa Gelgi
Eleanor Wagner
Mildred
“Abomah”
Angelina Melius
“Patagonian Giantess”
Elisaveta Philipoona
Jane Randall
Uljana Semjonova
Babita
Kimberly Helga Diamond
Gitika Srivastava
Maci Currin
Lindsay Kay Hayward
Jessica Pardoe
Shweatlana Singh
Too short:
Zainab Bibi
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) was a man who, to this day, is the tallest person in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He is often known as the "Alton Giant" because of his Alton, Illinois hometown. Wadlow reached 8'11.1" (2.72 m) in height and weighed 490 pounds (220 kg) at his death. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood was due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death. Read more...
Zeng Jinlian (June 26, 1964 – February 13, 1982) was the tallest female ever recorded in medical history, taking Jane Bunford's record. She is also the only female counted among the twelve individuals in medical history who reached a verified eight feet or more. At the time of her death at the age of 17, in Hunan, China, she was 8'1.75" (248.29 cm) tall. However, she could not stand up straight due to a severely deformed spine. Read more...
The tallest living man officially measured by Guinness World Records (Guinness Book of Records) is Sultan Kosen from Turkey, with a height of 8'3" (251.46 cm) tall. Sultan Kosen was last measured in February 2011 and found to still be growing. Read more...
The tallest living woman officially measured by Guinness World Records (Guinness Book Of Records) is Siddiqa Parveen from India, who is estimated to be at least 7'8" (233.68 cm) tall. Read more...
However, others have claimed to be even taller. People of extreme height have always been exaggerating their true height. In history many giants have claimed to be the tallest man alive, or even the tallest man ever. This trend still continues today. TheTallestPeople tries to continue giving you the truth about the tallest people who ever lived and build a community for Giant enthusiasts.
Doubtful height:
Liu Yu-Qing
Grgo Kusić
Noel Berthe
Rayford Johnson
Lange Jacob
Jarne Salmivirta
Mr. George Bell
Annie Irwin
Nam Bok Woo
Werner Syre
Muhammad Amin Tanoli
Mr. Phu Doi
Esther Fosuaah
Stefan Dušan
“Countess Lodoiska"
Fake height:
Joshua Ladu
Anjilena Stifen
Sheridan Belvedan