Ivan Loushkin "At Madame Tussaud's Exhibition, in Baker-street, there is a wax model of Loushkin, the Russian giant 'the talest man that has ever lived in the modern days, measuring 8 feet and 6 inches high, dressed in his military costume as drum-major of the Imperial Regiment of Guards, Preobrajenskey'" - Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1868) "Curiosities of Natural History", p. 24
This Image Has Been Floating Around The Internet Since 2008 Claiming To Be Ivan Stepanovich Loushkin With A Height Of 7 Feet 10.25 Inches (239.4 cm)