List of tallest people
This is a list of the tallest people to be measured and verified, living and dead.
Men
Country | Metric | Imperial | Name | Note | Lifespan |
United States | 272 cm | 8 ft 11.1 in | Robert Wadlow | Tallest human in recorded history confirmed by Guinness World Records. | 1918–1940 |
United States | 267 cm | 8 ft 9in | John Rogan | Second tallest man in recorded history. Weighed only. Unable to stand due to ankylosis. | 1868–1905 |
United States | 263.5 cm | 8 ft 7¾in | John F. Carroll | 244 cm standing height, 264 cm assuming normal spinal curvature. | 1932–1969 |
Ukraine | 257 cm | 8 ft 5in | Leonid Stadnyk | Not officially recognized by Guinness World Records because he refused to be measured according to their standards. | 1969–2014 |
Finland | 251.4 cm | 8 ft 3in | Väinö Myllyrinne | Recognized as the tallest living person from 1940 to his death in 1963. Measured 251.4 cm tall at his peak. | 1909–1963 |
Canada | 251 cm | 8 ft 3in | Édouard Beaupré | Tallest strongman as well as tallest wrestler in history. His death certificate described him as being 8 ft 3in tall and still growing. | 1881–1904 |
Turkey | 251 cm | 8 ft 2.8in | Sultan Kösen | The tallest living person since September 17, 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records. He has 36.5-cm-long feet—the second-longest feet for a living person and 27.5-cm-long hands—the longest for a living person. | 1982– |
Bangladesh | 249 cm | 8 ft 2in | Jinnat Ali | Was not measured officially by Guinness. Tallest person in Bangladesh. | 1996–2020 |
India | 249 cm | 8 ft 2in | Vikas Uppal | Was not measured officially by Guinness. | 1986–2007 |
United States | 249 cm | 8 ft 2in | Don Koehler | Tallest person in world for most of the 1970s. | 1925–1981 |
United States | 249 cm | 8 ft 2in | Bernard Coyne | Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August, gave his height as 8 feet, although he had reached a height of 8 feet 2 inches by the time of his death. Possibly reached up to 8 ft 4in. | 1897–1921 |
Ireland | 246 cm | 8 ft 1in | Patrick Cotter O'Brien | Tallest person recorded at the time and the first in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet. Remains examined in 1972 and height verified. | 1760–1806 |
Morocco | 246 cm | 8 ft 1in | Brahim Takioullah | Possesses the world's largest feet at. | 1982– |
Iran | 246 cm | 8 ft 1in | Morteza Mehrzad | Tallest man in Iran. Gold medalist of Iran sitting volleyball national team in Summer Paralympic games Rio 2016 | 1987– |
Germany | 246 cm | 8 ft 1in | Julius Koch | Probably never the world's tallest person due to his life coinciding with that of John Rogan. Skeleton preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Mons, Belgium. | 1872–1902 |
Mozambique | 246 cm | 8 ft 1in | Gabriel Estêvão Monjane | Guinness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990. | 1944–1990 |
India | 246 cm | 8 ft 1in | Dharmendra Pratap Singh | Tallest living Indian person. | 1983– |
Libya | 246 cm | 8 ft 1in | Suleiman Ali Nashnush | Libyan who was the tallest basketball player in the world. | 1943–1991 |
France | 245 cm | 8 ft in | Jean-Joseph Brice | Known as "Le Géant des Vosges", Ramonchamp, France; his exact height was controversial. | 1835–? |
Germany | 244 cm | 8 ft 0in | Anton de Franckenpoint | Nickname Langer Anton. Skeleton later measured at 8 ft 0in. | fl. 16th century |
China | 242 cm | 7 ft in | Zhang Juncai | Tallest living Chinese person. | 1966– |
Indonesia | 242 cm | 7 ft in | Suparwono | Was the tallest man in Southeast Asia, and he was the tallest Indonesian; claimed to be 8 ft 10.5in. Officially measured by the Indonesian Record Museum in December 2009. | 1985–2012 |
Netherlands | 242 cm | 7 ft 11¼in | Albert Johan Kramer | Tallest man in the Netherlands; His brother-in-law was suffering from dwarfism and did not exceed 69 cm. Together they formed a variety act, with performances around the world. | 1897–1976 |
Puerto Rico | 241 cm | 7 ft 11in | Felipe Birriel | Tallest Puerto Rican recorded. | 1916–1994 |
India | 241 cm | 7 ft 11in | Asadulla Khan | Tallest man in India. | 1988– |
Soviet Union | 240 cm | 7 ft 10in | Alexander Sizonenko | Soviet basketball player. | 1959–2012 |
Egypt | 240 cm | 7 ft 10in | Sa'id Muhammad Ghazi | He was billed as 10 ft in his life. | 1909–1941 |
Belarus | 239 cm | 7 ft 10in | Feodor Machnow | Billed as 9 ft 3in during his life. | 1878–1912 |
Austria-Hungary | 238 cm | 7 ft 10in | Grgo Kusić | Tallest Croat recorded. Tallest citizen of Austria-Hungary of his time. | 1892–1918 |
Pakistan | 238 cm | 7 ft 10in | Naseer Soomro | Tallest confirmed man living in Pakistan. | 1975– |
Netherlands | 238 cm | 7 ft 10in | Rigardus Rijnhout | Second tallest man in the Netherlands; he was known as the giant of Rotterdam. Early June 2011, a life-size statue of Rijnhout was unveiled in the Oude Westen district in Rotterdam. | 1922–1959 |
Brazil | 237 cm | 7 ft 9.3in | Joélisson Fernandes da Silva | Tallest living Brazilian. | 1985– |
Mongolia | 236 cm | 7 ft 9in | Öndör Gongor | Very tall man in early-20th-century Mongolia. Some other sources even give 245 cm | 1880/85 – 1925/30 |
United States | 236 cm | 7 ft 9 in | Louis Moilanen | Tallest person in Michigan history and one of the tallest men in the world during his lifetime. He may have been 8 ft 1in tall. | 1885–1913 |
United Kingdom | 236 cm | 7 ft 9in | Angus MacAskill | Tallest "true" giant. Tallest recorded man from the United Kingdom. | 1825–1863 |
United Kingdom | 236 cm | 7 ft 9in | William Bradley | 1787–1820 | |
United Kingdom | 236 cm | 7 ft 9in | Frederick Kempster | Height disputed between 7 ft 8.5in and 8 ft 4.5in | 1889–1918 |
United States | 236 cm | 7 ft 9in | Martin Van Buren Bates | Known as the Kentucky Giant or The Giant of the Hills. He and Anna Haining Bates were the tallest married couple. | 1837–1919 |
Germany | 236 cm | 7 ft 9in | Walter Straub | Tallest man in Germany while he was alive. | 1925–1986 |
Algeria | 236 cm | 7 ft 9in | Rachid Bara | Tallest man in Algeria while he was alive. | 1974–2009 |
Soviet Union | 236 cm | 7 ft 9in | Uvais Akhtaev | Soviet/Chechen basketball player in 1940–50s | 1930–1978 |
China | 236.17 cm | 7 ft 8.98in | Sun Mingming | Chinese basketball player. Formerly second-tallest living person. | 1983– |
China | 236.1 cm | 7 ft 8.95in | Bao Xishun | Considered the tallest living person by Guinness World Records until September 2009 when he was replaced by Sultan Kösen. | 1951– |
Tunisia | 235.9 cm | 7 ft 8.87in | Radhouane Charbib | Listed by Guinness World Records as tallest man until January 15, 2005, before Bao Xishun and Sun Mingming. | 1968– |
Brazil | 235 cm | 7 ft in | Rafael França do Nascimento | Tallest man in Brazil. | 1987– |
Russia | 235 cm | 7 ft 8½in | Nikolai Pankratov | Tallest man in Russia. | 1990– |
North Korea | 235 cm | 7 ft in | Ri Myung Hun | Former basketball player with the North Korean national team. | 1967– |
United States Ukraine | 235 cm | 7 ft in | Igor Vovkovinskiy | Currently the tallest person living in the United States. Originally from Ukraine, moved to Rochester, Minnesota to be treated at the Mayo Clinic. Most recently has been acting in commercials and movies. Became well known by wearing a T-shirt that read "Obama's Biggest Supporter". Took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, as one of the performers on the stage representing Ukraine. | 1982– |
United States | 235 cm | 7 ft 8in | Broc Brown | Former tallest teenager in the United States. | 1997-2019 |
United States | 235 cm | 7 ft 8in | Cecil Boling | Was 7'8" but shrank to 7'0" when his legs were replaced with artificial legs 8.5" shorter. | 1920–2000 |
United States | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Brenden Adams | Former tallest teenager in the world. | 1995– |
India | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Polipaka Gattaiah | Tallest Indian. | 1975–2015 |
Ivory Coast | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Abdramane Dembele | Tallest man in Ivory Coast. | 1985– |
United States | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Bob Wegner | Professional Basketball Player | 1993– |
United States | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | George Bell | Former Tallest living American. | 1957– |
Fiji | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Kaliova Seleiwau | Tallest living Fijian. | 1981– |
Austria | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Adam Rainer | Only person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 118 cm tall at age 21 and peaked at 234 cm when he died, having doubled his height as an adult. | 1899–1950 |
Pakistan | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Alam Channa | Pakistani, considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998. | 1953–1998 |
Iceland | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Jóhann K. Pétursson | Was the tallest person in Iceland. | 1913–1984 |
Japan | 234 cm | 7 ft 8in | Yasutaka Okayama | Tallest living Japanese. Tallest basketball player drafted in NBA history. | 1954– |
Austria-Hungary | 233.7 cm | 7 ft 8in | Franz Winkelmeier | One of the tallest people in his time. | 1860–1887 |
Spain | 233.5 cm | 7 ft 8in | Miguel Joaquín de Eleicegui | Tallest man recorded in Spain. | 1818–1861 |
Spain | 233 cm | 7 ft 7.7in | Jaime Clemente Izquierdo | Spain's tallest man in his lifetime. | 1961–2005 |
Spain | 233 cm | 7 ft in | Agustín Luengo Capilla | Circus performer. Tallest man in Spain at the time of his death. | 1849–1875 |
United States | 232 cm | 7 ft 7½in | Jack Earle | Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich. American silent film actor and sideshow performer. | 1906–1952 |
Somalia | 233 cm | 7 ft 7.4in | Hussain Bisad | Somalia, considered to be one of the tallest living men. | 1975– |
United Kingdom | 233 cm | 7 ft 7.4in | Neil Fingleton | Tallest NCAA Division I basketball player. Known for his role Mag the Mighty for the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. | 1980–2017 |
Japan | 237 cm | 7 ft 9.3in | Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka | Tallest man in Japan; no color images of him exist even though he died in the 1960s. | 1930–1962 |
China | 233 cm | 7 ft 7in | Wang Feng-Jun | Asia's tallest man in 2004. | 1976–2015 |
Argentina | 231 cm | 7 ft 7in | Jorge González | Tallest wrestler in WWE history. | 1966–2010 |
United Kingdom | 231 cm | 7 ft 7.26in | Paul Sturgess | Tied for the tallest player to play college basketball in the U.S. | 1987– |
United States | 231 cm | 7 ft 7in | Kenny George | Second-tallest NCAA Division I basketball player. | 1987– |
United States | 231 cm | 7 ft 7in | Lock Martin | He played the robot in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still. | 1916–1959 |
United Kingdom | 231 cm | 7 ft 7in | Charles Byrne | Skeleton now resides in the Hunterian Museum. | 1761–1783 |
United States | 231 cm | 7 ft 7in | Max Palmer | Actor and pro wrestler. Listed by Guinness World Records at 7 ft 7in, claimed 8 ft 1in. Film Bio - Killer Apes, Invaders From Mars. | 1927–1984 |
Romania | 231 cm | 7 ft 7in | Gheorghe Mureșan | Tied for tallest in National Basketball Association history. | 1971– |
Romania | 231 cm | 7 ft 7in | Robert Bobroczkyi | Romanian basketball player who was in 2017–18, aged 16. | 2000– |
Sudan | 231 cm | 7 ft 7in | Manute Bol | Tied for tallest in NBA history. | 1962–2010 |
Armenia | 230 cm | 7 ft 7in | Arshavir Grigoryan | Tallest man in Armenia. | 1990– |
Azerbaijan | 230 cm | 7 ft 7in | Aleksandar Rindin | Tallest man in Azerbaijan. | 1985– |
Belgium | 230 cm | 7 ft 6.75in | Alain Delaunois | Tallest living Belgian. | 1971– |
Montenegro | 230 cm | 7 ft 6.5in | Slavko Vraneš | Tallest Montenegrin basketball player in the national basketball team, former player in the NBA | 1983– |
Vietnam | 229 cm | 7 ft 6.25in | Trần Thành Phố | Was the tallest man in Vietnam when he died in 2010 | 1947–2010 |
Senegal | 229 cm | 7 ft 6.25in | Malik Sidibe | Tallest basketball player in Senegal. | 1985– |
United Kingdom | 229 cm | 7 ft in | Christopher Greener | Formerly Britain's tallest man | 1943–2015 |
Algeria | 229 cm | 7 ft in | Saad Kaiche | Former basketball player of Club Baloncesto Breogán of Lugo. | 1985– |
United States | 229 cm | 7 ft 6in | Ralph Madsen | Billed as 7 ft 6 in. | 1897–1948 |
China | 229 cm | 7 ft 6in | Yao Ming | Was the tallest player in the NBA during his playing years until his retirement in 2011. | 1980– |
United States Germany | 229 cm | 7 ft 6in | Shawn Bradley | Former player in the NBA, 1993–2005, tallest living German. | 1972– |
Senegal | 229 cm | 7 ft 6in | Moussa Seck | Tallest basketball player in Senegal. | 1986– |
United States | 229 cm | 7 ft 6in | Matthew McGrory | Was the world's tallest actor when he died in 2005. | 1973–2005 |
Senegal | 229 cm | 7 ft 6in | Mamadou N'Diaye | Was the tallest in high school and college basketball while playing in the USA. | 1993– |
United States | 229 cm | 7 ft 6in | Conrad Furrows | He was listed in the Bernard L. Kobel Catalogue of Human Oddities of Circus Sideshows. | 1922–1967 |
Russia | 229 cm | 7 ft 5.8in | Sergey Ilin | Tallest basketball player in Russia. | 1988– |
Spain | 229 cm | :es:Fermín Arrudi|Fermín Arrudi Urieta | Tallest man in Spain at the time of his death. | 1870–1913 | |
DR Congo | 228 cm | 7 ft in | Bienvenu Letuni | Tallest basketball player in DRC | 1994– |
Poland | 228 cm | 7 ft in | Eugeniusz Taraciński | Tallest man in Poland while he was alive. | 1928–1978 |
Colombia | 228 cm | 7 ft in | Asdrúbal Herrera Mora | Tallest living Colombian. Tied for tallest South American man with Margarito Machacuay | 1986– |
Slovakia | 228 cm | 7 ft in | Martin Miklosik | Tallest basketball player in the Slovak Republic. | 1986– |
Peru | 228 cm | 7 ft in | Margarito Machacuay | Tied for the tallest South American person with Asdrúbal Herrera and is the fifth-tallest in the Americas. | 1965–2020 |
Senegal | 226 cm | 7 ft 5in | Tacko Fall | Currently the tallest player in the NBA since being signed by the Celtics in 2019. Was the tallest high school basketball player in the US as of 2014, and was the tallest player in US college basketball from 2016–2019. | 1995– |
Malta | 226 cm | 7 ft 5in | Samuel Deguara | Tallest man in Italy and Malta. | 1991– |
Nigeria | 225 cm | 7 ft in | Afeez Agoro Oladimeji | Tallest man in Nigeria. | 1975– |
United States Germany | 221 cm | 7 ft 3in | Jakob Nacken | Tallest Nazi soldier in World War II World's tallest man at the time. | 1906–1987 |
Women
Disputed and unverified claims
Tallest in varied fields or endeavors
Tallest in various sports
Country | Height | Name | Note | Lifespan | Photo |
Libya | Suleiman Ali Nashnush | Tallest basketball player. | 1943–1991 | ||
Iran | Morteza Mehrzad | Tallest paralympian and tallest volleyball player. | 1987– | ||
Romania | Gogea Mitu | Tallest professional boxer in history. | 1914–1936 | ||
People's Republic of China | Sun Mingming | Tallest active professional basketball player. | 1983– | ||
Canada | Édouard Beaupré | Tallest strongman and tallest wrestler. | 1881–1904 | ||
Romania | Gheorghe Mureșan | Retired professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association history. | 1971– | ||
Sudan | Manute Bol | Retired professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association history. | 1962–2010 | ||
Argentina | Jorge González | Tallest wrestler in WWE history | 1966–2010 | ||
Senegal | Tacko Fall | Tallest active NBA player. | 1995– | ||
Brazil | Giant Silva | Tallest kickboxer and mixed martial artist. | 1963– | ||
Poland | Małgorzata "Margo" Dydek | Tallest female player in WNBA history. | 1974–2011 | ||
Russia | Dmitriy Muserskiy | Tallest volleyball player. Member of Russia's national team | 1988– | ||
India | Dalip Singh Rana | Tallest active wrestler. | 1972– | ||
Pakistan | Mohammad Irfan | Tallest international cricketer | 1982– | ||
Philippines | E.J. Feihl | Tallest basketball player in PBA history. | 1970– | ||
Philippines | Greg Slaughter | Tallest basketball player in PBA history. | 1988– | ||
Netherlands | Loek van Mil | Tallest baseball player. | 1984–2019 | ||
United Kingdom | Richard Metcalfe | Tallest rugby union player. | 1973– | ||
Netherlands | Ted van der Parre | Tallest World's Strongest Man. | 1955– | ||
United States | Richard Sligh | Tallest American football player in National Football League history. | 1944–2008 | ||
Russia | Nikolai Valuev | Tallest boxing world champion. | 1973– | ||
Netherlands | Semmy Schilt | Tallest kickboxing world champion. | 1973– | ||
Netherlands | Stefan Struve | Tallest fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. | 1988– | ||
United States | Jon Rauch | Tallest baseball player in Major League Baseball history. | 1978– | ||
Australia | Aaron Sandilands | Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history. | 1982– | ||
Australia | Peter Street | Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history. | 1980– | ||
United States | Mason Cox | Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history. | 1991– | ||
United States | Reilly Opelka | Tied as tallest tennis player on the ATP Tour. | 1997– | ||
Croatia | Ivo Karlović | Tied as tallest tennis player on the ATP Tour. | 1979– | ||
United Kingdom | Will Carrick-Smith | Tallest active professional rugby union player. | 1992– | ||
Lithuania | Rolandas Gimbutis | Tallest Olympic swimmer. | 1981– | ||
Belgium | Kristof Van Hout | Tallest association football player. | 1987– | ||
Slovakia | Zdeno Chára | Tallest player in National Hockey League history. | 1977– | ||
Russia | Nelly Alisheva | Tallest female volleyball player. | 1983– | ||
Bulgaria | Kotooshu Katsunori | Tallest sumo wrestler. | 1983– | ||
Germany | Ingo Schultz | Tallest sprinter. | 1975– | ||
Bulgaria | Velichko Cholakov | Tallest Olympic weightlifter. | 1982–2017 | ||
United States | Phil Blackmar | Tallest golfer on the PGA Tour. | 1957– | ||
Switzerland | Ramon Zenhäusern | Tallest World Cup competitor in alpine skiing. | 1992– |
Tallest actors
Tallest people living in various nations
Country | Height | Name | Notes | Lifespan |
Turkey | 8 ft 3in | Sultan Kösen | Tallest Turk | 1982– |
Morocco | 8 ft 1in | Brahim Takioullah | Tallest Moroccan | 1982– |
Iran | 8 ft 1in | Morteza Mehrzad | Tallest Iranian | 1987– |
People's Republic of China | 7 ft 11in | Zhang Juncai | Tallest Chinese | 1966– |
Tunisia | 7 ft 8.5in | Radhouane Charbib | Tallest Tunisian and the tallest living person in Africa | 1968– |
Somalia | 7 ft in | Hussain Bisad | Tallest Somali | 1975– |
North Korea | 7 ft 8.5in | Ri Myung-hun | Tallest North Korean | 1967– |
United States | 7 ft in | Igor Vovkovinskiy | Tallest American | 1982– |
Myanmar | 7 ft 7.5in | Win Zaw Oo | Tallest man in Burma; also known as 'Big Zaw', who is currently seeking medical treatment from 2013 in Singapore | 1977– |
United Kingdom | 7 ft 7in | Paul Sturgess | Tallest Briton | 1987– |
Japan | 7 ft 8in | Yasutaka Okayama | Tallest Japanese | 1954– |
Romania | 7 ft 7in | Gheorghe Mureșan | Tallest Romanian | 1971– |
Brazil | 7 ft 6.6in | Joelisson Fernandes da Silva | Tallest Brazilian | 1991– |
Montenegro | 7 ft 6in | Slavko Vranes | Tallest person in Montenegro | 1983– |
Malta | 7 ft 6in | Samuel Deguara | Tallest Maltese | 1991– |
Canada | 7 ft 6in | Jerry Sokoloski | Tallest Canadian | 1983– |
New Zealand | 7 ft 4.5in | Jonty Butterfield | Tallest New Zealander | 1994– |
Ireland | 7 ft 4.5in | Shaun Aisbitt | Tallest Irishman | 1962– |
Puerto Rico | 7 ft 3.5in | Peter John Ramos | Tallest Puerto Rican | 1985– |
Hungary | 7 ft 3.5in | Laszlo Dobos | Tallest Hungarian | 1993– |
Philippines | 7 ft 3in | Raul Dillo | Tallest Filipino when he was measured at age 17. | 1991– |
Spain | 7 ft 3in | Roberto Dueñas Hernández | Tallest Spaniard | 1975– |
Humans with gigantism
This is a list of notable people who have or had a form of gigantism.- John Aasen, actor in silent films and vaudeville
- Brenden Adams, formerly world's tallest teenager until he turned twenty in September 2015
- Sandy Allen, pituitary gigantism, was recognized as the tallest living woman until the time of her death
- Martin Van Buren Bates
- Édouard Beaupré, "the Willow Bunch Giant" from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Canada, was 8'2" at 23 years old
- Felipe Birriel, El Gigante de Carolina, honored in Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Jane Bunford, tallest woman in history until Zeng Jinlian
- Eddie Carmel, "The Jewish Giant", photographed by Diane Arbus
- John F. Carroll
- Giant of Castelnau
- Zhan Shi Chai
- Alam Channa
- Radhouane Charbib
- Bernard Coyne
- Yao Defen
- Jack Earle
- Ramon Fernandez, dubbed El Presidente
- Kenny George, former UNC Asheville basketball player
- Jorge González, dubbed "Giant Gonzalez" or "El Gigante"; tallest professional wrestler
- Rondo Hatton, actor who played the Creeper in the Sherlock Holmes movie The Pearl of Death
- Henry Hite
- Trijntje Keever, presumed to have been the tallest girl teenager
- Richard Kiel, actor who played Jaws in James Bond
- Julius Koch, eunuchoidal-infantile gigantism; his legs ultimately had to be amputated due to gangrene
- Don Koehler
- Sultan Kösen, tallest living man, a Turkish farmer
- Angus MacAskill
- Cornelius Magrath
- John Middleton
- Sun Mingming, a Chinese basketball player
- Gheorghe Mureșan, tallest NBA player in history
- Patrick Murphy
- Väinö Myllyrinne, Finnish soldier
- Suleiman Ali Nashnush, basketball player from Libya
- Max Palmer
- Jóhann K. Pétursson, dubbed "The Viking giant"
- André René Roussimoff, dubbed "André The Giant"
- Alexander Sizonenko, tallest Russian during his lifetime, formerly a basketball player
- Leonid Stadnyk
- Carel Struycken, actor with acromegalic-gigantism
- Brahim Takioullah, second tallest living man, world's largest feet
- Clifford Thompson
- Stor-Stina
- Vikas Uppal
- Robert Pershing Wadlow, recognized as the tallest human being
- Paul Donald Wight, dubbed "Big Show"
- Igor Vovkovinskiy, America's current tallest man
- George Bell, America's former tallest man
- Morteza Mehrzad, Iran's tallest man
- Paulo César da Silva, Brazilian dubbed "Giant Silva"
- Zeng Jinlian, believed to be the tallest girl teenager, but scoliosis kept her from standing erect
- Dalip Singh Rana, dubbed "The Great Khali", an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and powerlifter
- Bao Xishun
- Anton de Franckenpoint
- Antônio Silva mixed martial arts fighter and UFC heavyweight
- Louis Moilanen
- Sancho VII of Navarre
- John Rogan
- Zhang Juncai
- Lock Martin
- Broc Brown A 20-year-old man in Michigan, ranked at 19 years old as the world's tallest teenager, at 7’8”, and is still growing 6” per year, and may surpass 8’3” Sultan Kosen as the tallest man alive.
- Brandon Marshall, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK; the tallest teenager in Europe and the current tallest teenager in the world, reaching 7’4” at age 16.