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10 Tallest People in Recorded History
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Tags: tall people, world records, bone deformities, growth spurts
I'm only 5'1" so this list makes me feel like an ant. Turns out the supposed tallest man alive today, Leonid Stadnyk, was actually inaccurately measured by 11.5", meaning he is not even the tallest man in his native country of Ukraine.
| 1. | Robert Pershing Wadlow, 1918-1914: 8' 11.1" (272.03 cm) |
| 2. | Grady Patterson, 1943-1968: 8' 8.25" (264.8 cm) |
| 3. | John William "Bud" Rogan, 1868-1905: 8'8" (264.16 cm) |
| 4. | John F. Carroll, 1932-1969: 8' 7.75" (263.53 cm) |
| 5. | Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever (female), 1616-1633: 8' 4.4" (255.02 cm) (unconfirmed) |
| 6. | "Kenyan Giant" ca. 1966: 8'3" (251.46 cm) (unconfirmed) |
| 7. | Väinö Myllyrinne, 1909-1963: 8'3" (251.46 cm) |
| 8. | Bernard A. Coyne, 1897-1921: 8'2" (248.92 cm) |
| 9. | Donald A. Koehler, 1925-1981: 8'2" (248.92 cm) |
| 10. | Tseng Chin-Lien (female), 1964-1982: 8' 1.75" (248.29 cm) |
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Source:
World's Tallest Man
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omg........ wow a guy was almost 9 foot!!!!! that is amazing! these lists are very interesting
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