John F. Carroll (1932-1969) is one of a few individuals recorded in medical history to have stood eight feet or more. Carroll suffered from severe, 2-dimensional spinal curvature (Kyphoscoliosis) and acromegalic gigantism. He had a standing height of 244 centimeters ( 8 feet 0 inches) on October 14, 1959, but his height would have been 264 centimeters (8 feet 7ľ inches), assuming normal curvature of the spine. He was later measured at 239 centimeters (7 feet 10˝inches) in 1968; he had shrunk in stature due to his worsening spinal condition.
Shortly before Carroll's death in 1969 his standing height was 234 centimeters (7 feet 8Ľ inches). His corrected height was not recorded but may have been close to nine feet.
Carroll was born in Buffalo, New York and also known as the Buffalo Giant in medical literature, His extraordinary growth started at the age of sixteen and continued until his death, despite extensive treatments at Mercy Hospital. At one point he grew seven inches in height in a matter of a few months.
While in a hospital bed Carroll ran a campaign for Alderman of his district and lost by only a few votes.
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