List of tallest people
Men
Living Deceased Height disputed

List of tallest people

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: Living Deceased Height disputed

Country	Metric	Imperial	Name	Note	Lifespan (age at death)

United States United States	272 cm	8 ft 11.1 in	Robert Wadlow	Tallest human in recorded history confirmed by Guinness World Records.	1918–1940 (22)

United States United States	267 cm	8 ft 9 in	John Rogan	Second tallest male in recorded history. Weighed only 92.5 kg (204 lb). Unable to stand due to ankylosis.	1868–1905 (37)

United States United States	263.5 cm	8 ft 7¾in	John F. Carroll	244 cm (8 ft 0 in) standing height, 264 cm (8 ft 7¾ in) assuming normal spinal curvature.	1932–1969 (37)

Ukraine Ukraine	257 cm	8 ft 5 in	Leonid Stadnyk	Not officially recognized by Guinness World Records because he refused to be measured according to their standards.	1970–2014 (44)

Finland Finland	251.4 cm	8 ft 3 in	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 (54)

Canada Canada	251 cm	8 ft 3 in	Édouard Beaupré	Tallest strongman as well as tallest wrestler in history. His death certificate described him as being 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) tall and still growing.	1881–1904 (23)

Turkey Turkey	251 cm	8 ft 2.8 in	Sultan Kösen	The tallest living person since September 17, 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records. He has 36.5-cm-long (1 ft 2 in) feet—the second-largest feet on a living person and 27.5 cm (11.2 in) hands—the longest on a living person.	1982–

Bangladesh Bangladesh	249 cm	8 ft 2 in	Jinnat Ali	Has not yet been measured by Guinness. Tallest person in Bangladesh.	1996–

India India	249 cm	8 ft 2 in	Vikas Uppal	Was not officially measured by Guinness.	1986–2007 (21)

United States United States	249 cm	8 ft 2 in	Don Koehler	Tallest in world for most of the 1970s.	1925–1981 (56)

United States United States	249 cm	8 ft 2 in	Bernard Coyne	Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August his height as 8 feet, although he had reached a height of 8 feet 2 inches (249 cm) by the time of his death.	1897–1921 (23)

Republic of Ireland Ireland	246 cm	8 ft 1 in	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 (244 cm).	1760–1806 (46)

Morocco Morocco	246 cm	8 ft 1 in	Brahim Takioullah	Possesses the world's largest feet at 1 ft 3 in (38 cm).	1982–

Iran Iran	246 cm	8 ft 1 in	Morteza Mehrzad	Tallest man in Iran. Gold medalist of Iran sitting volleyball national team in Summer Paralympic games Rio 2016	1987–

Germany Germany	246 cm	8 ft 1 in	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 (30)

Mozambique Mozambique	246 cm	8 ft 1 in	Gabriel Estêvão Monjane	Guinness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990.	1944–1990 (46)

India India	246 cm	8 ft 1 in	Dharmendra Pratap Singh	Tallest living Indian.	1983–

Libya Libya	246 cm	8 ft 1 in	Suleiman Ali Nashnush	Libyan who was the tallest basketball player in the world.	1943–1991 (47)

France France	245 cm	8 ft ½ in	Jean-Joseph Brice	Le Géant des Vosges Ramonchamp - France—Height controversy	1835–?

Germany Germany	244 cm	8 ft 0 in	Anton de Franckenpoint (Langer Anton)	Lived during Thirty Years' War; skeleton later measured at 8 ft 0 in (244 cm).	fl. 16th century

China China	242 cm	7 ft 11¼ in	Zhang Juncai	Tallest living Chinese person.	1966–

Indonesia Indonesia	242 cm	7 ft 11¼ in	Suparwono	Was the tallest man in Southeast Asia, and he was the Tallest Indonesian claimed to be 8 ft 10.5 in. Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009.	1985–2012 (26)

Netherlands Netherlands	242 cm	7 ft 11¼ in	Albert Johan Kramer	Tallest man in The Netherlands; His brother-in-law was suffering from dwarfism and did not exceed 69 cm (27.16 in). Together they formed a variety act, with performances around the world.	1897–1976 (79)

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	241 cm	7 ft 11 in	Felipe Birriel	Tallest Puerto Rican recorded.	1916–1994 (78)

India India	241 cm	7 ft 11 in	Asadulla Khan	Tallest man in India.	1988–

-	240 cm	7 ft 10 in	Alexander Sizonenko	Soviet Union basketball player.	1959–2012 (53)

Egypt Egypt	240 cm	7 ft 10 in	Sa'id Muhammad Ghazi	He was billed as 10 ft in his life.	1909–1941 (32)

Belarus Belarus	239 cm	7 ft 10 in	Feodor Machnow	Billed as 9 ft 3 in his life.	1878–1912 (34)

-	238 cm	7 ft 10 in	Grgo Kusić	Tallest Croat recorded. Tallest citizen of Austria-Hungary of his time.	1892–1918 (26)

Pakistan Pakistan	238 cm	7 ft 10 in	Naseer Soomro	Tallest confirmed man living in Pakistan.	1975–

Netherlands Netherlands	238 cm	7 ft 10 in	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 (36)

Japan Japan	237 cm	7 ft 9.3 in	Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka	Tallest man in Japan; no color images of him exist even though he died in the 1960s.	1930–1962 (32)

Mongolia Mongolia	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Öndör Gongor	Very tall man in early-20th-century Mongolia. Some other sources even give 245 cm (8 feet)	1880/85 – 1925/30

United States 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 1 in tall.	1885–1913 (28)

United Kingdom United Kingdom	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Angus MacAskill	Tallest "true" giant (not due to a pathological condition). Tallest Scottish or British man recorded.	1825–1863 (38)

United Kingdom United Kingdom	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Frederick Kempster	Tall Englishman, height disputed between 7 ft 8.5in and 8 ft 4.5in	1889–1918 (29)

United States United States	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	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

China China	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Bao Xishun	Considered the tallest living person by Guinness World Records until September 2009 when he was replaced by Sultan Kösen.	1951–

China China	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Sun Mingming	Chinese basketball player. Formerly second-tallest living person.	1983–

Tunisia Tunisia	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Radhouane Charbib	Listed by Guinness World Records as tallest man until January 15, 2005, before Bao Xishun and Sun Mingming.	1968–

Germany Germany	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Walter Straub	Tallest man in Germany while he was alive.	1925–1986 (61)

Algeria Algeria	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Rachid Bara	Tallest man in Algeria while he was alive.	1974–2009 (35)

-	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Uvais Akhtaev	Soviet/Chechen basketball player in 1940-50's	1930–1978

Brazil Brazil	235 cm	7 ft 8½ in	Rafael França do Nascimento	Tallest man in Brazil.	1987–

Russia Russia	235 cm	7 ft 8½ in	Nikolai Pankratov	Tallest man in Russia.	1990–

North Korea North Korea	235 cm	7 ft 8½ in	Ri Myung Hun	Former basketball player with the North Korean national team.	1967–

United States United States Ukraine Ukraine	235 cm	7 ft 8⅓ 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.	1982–

United States United States	235 cm	7 ft 8 in	Broc Brown	Former tallest teenager in the United States.	1998-

United States United States	235 cm	7 ft 8 in	Cecil Boling	Was 7'8" but shrank to 7'0" since his legs were replaced with artificial legs 8.5" shorter.	1920–2000 (79)

United States United States	235 cm	7 ft 8 in	Brenden Adams	Former tallest teenager in the world.	1995–

India India	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Polipaka Gattaiah	Tallest Indian.	1975–2015

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Abdramane Dembele	Tallest man in Ivory Coast.	1985–

United States United States	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	George Bell	Former Tallest living American.	1957–

Fiji Fiji	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Kaliova Seleiwau	Tallest living Fijian.	1981–

Austria Austria	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Adam Rainer	Only person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 118 cm (3 ft 10 in) tall at age 21 and peaked at 234 cm (7 ft 8 in) when he died, having doubled his height as an adult.	1899–1950 (51)

Pakistan Pakistan	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Alam Channa	Pakistani, considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998.	1953–1998 (46)

Iceland Iceland	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Jóhann K. Pétursson	Was the tallest person in Iceland.	1913–1984 (71)

Japan Japan	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Yasutaka Okayama	Tallest living Japanese. Tallest basketball player drafted in NBA history.	1954–

United States United States	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Bob Wegner	Tallest basketball player plays for the Lake Michigan Admirals.	1993–

-	233.7 cm	7 ft 8 in	Franz Winkelmeier	One of the tallest people in his time.	1860–1887

Spain Spain	233.5 cm	7 ft 8 in	Miguel Joaquín de Eleicegui	Tallest man recorded in Spain.	1818–1861 (43)

Spain Spain	233 cm	7 ft 7.7 in	Jaime Clemente Izquierdo	Spain's tallest man in his lifetime.	1961–2005 (44)

Spain Spain	233 cm	7 ft 7½ in	Agustín Luengo Capilla	Circus performer. Tallest man in Spain at the time of his death.	1849–1875 (26)

United States United States	232 cm	7 ft 7½ in	Jack Earle	Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich. American silent film actor and sideshow performer.	1906–1952 (46)

Somalia Somalia	233 cm	7 ft 7.4 in	Hussain Bisad	Somalia, considered to be one of the tallest living men.	1975–

United Kingdom United Kingdom	233 cm	7 ft 7.4 in	Neil Fingleton	Tallest NCAA Division I basketball player. Known for his role Mag the Mighty in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones.	1980–2017 (36)

China China	233 cm	7 ft 7 in	Wang Feng-Jun	Asia's tallest man in 2004.	1976–2015 (39)

Argentina Argentina	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Jorge González	Tallest wrestler in WWE history.	1966–2010 (44)

United Kingdom United Kingdom	231 cm	7 ft 7.26 in	Paul Sturgess	Tied for the tallest player to play college basketball in the U.S.	1987–

United States United States	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Kenny George	Second-tallest NCAA Division I basketball player (Neil Fingleton).	1987–

United States United States	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Lock Martin	He played the robot in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.	1916–1959

Republic of Ireland Ireland	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Charles Byrne	Skeleton now resides in the Hunterian Museum.	1761–1783 (22)

United States United States	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Max Palmer	Actor and pro wrestler. Listed by Guinness World Records at 7 ft 7 in, claimed 8 ft 1 in.	1927–1984 (57)

Romania Romania	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Gheorghe Mureșan	Tied for tallest in NBA history.	1971–

Romania Romania	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Robert Bobroczkyi	Romanian basketball player who was 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in) in 2017-18, aged 16.	2000–

Sudan Sudan	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Manute Bol	Tied for tallest in NBA history.	1962–2010 (48)

Belgium Belgium	230 cm	7 ft 6.75 in	Alain Delaunois	Tallest living Belgian.	1971–

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan	230 cm	7 ft 7 in	Aleksandar Rindin	Tallest man in Azerbaijan.	1985–

Armenia Armenia	230 cm	7 ft 7 in	Arshavir Grigoryan	Tallest man in Armenia.	1990–

Brazil Brazil	230 cm	7 ft 6.6 in	Joélisson Fernandes da Silva	Tallest living Brazilian.	1991–

Montenegro Montenegro	230 cm	7 ft 6.5 in	Slavko Vraneš	Tallest Montenegrin basketball player in the national basketball team, former player in the NBA	1983–

Vietnam Vietnam	229 cm	7 ft 6.25 in	Trần Thành Phố	Was the tallest man in Vietnam when he died in 2010	1947–2010 (63)

Senegal Senegal	229 cm	7 ft 6.25 in	Malik Sidibe	Tallest basketball player in Senegal.	1985–

United Kingdom United Kingdom	229 cm	7 ft 6¼ in	Christopher Greener	Formerly Britain's tallest man	1943–2015 (71)

Algeria Algeria	229 cm	7 ft 6⅕ in	Saad Kaiche	Former basketball player of Club Baloncesto Breogán of Lugo.	1985–

United States United States	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Ralph Madsen	Billed as 7 ft 6 in.	1897–1948

China China	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Yao Ming	Was the tallest player in the NBA during his playing years until his retirement in 2011.	1980–

United States United States Germany Germany	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Shawn Bradley	Former player in the NBA, 1993–2005, tallest living German (holding dual citizenship).	1972–

Senegal Senegal	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Moussa Seck	Tallest basketball player in Senegal.	1986–

United States United States	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Matthew McGrory	Was the world's tallest actor when he died in 2005.	1973–2005

Senegal Senegal	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Mamadou N'Diaye	Was the tallest in high school and college basketball while playing in the US (tied for tallest with Tacko Fall in his final college season in 2015–16).	1993–

United States United States	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Conrad Furrows	He was listed in the Bernard L. Kobel Catalogue of Human Oddities of Circus Sideshows.	1922–1967

Senegal Senegal	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Tacko Fall	Was the tallest high school basketball player in the US as of 2014, and since 2016 has been the tallest in US college basketball.	1995–

Russia Russia	229 cm	7 ft 5.8 in	Sergey Ilin	Tallest basketball player in Russia.	1988–

Spain Spain	229 cm	7 ft 5.8 in(?)	Fermín Arrudi Urieta	Tallest man in Spain at the time of his death.	1870–1913 (42)

Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo	228 cm	7 ft 5⅔ in	Bienvenu Letuni	Tallest basketball player in DRC	1994–

Poland Poland	228 cm	7 ft 5⅔ in	Eugeniusz Taraciński	Tallest man in Poland while he was alive.	1928–1978 (50)

Colombia Colombia	228 cm	7 ft 5⅔ in	Asdrúbal Herrera Mora	Tallest living Colombian. Tied for tallest South American man with Margarito Machacuay	1986–

Slovakia Slovakia	228 cm	7 ft 5⅔ in	Martin Miklosik	Tallest basketball player in the Slovak Republic.	1986–

Peru Peru	228 cm	7 ft 5⅔ in	Margarito Machacuay	Tied for the tallest South American person with Asdrúbal Herrera and is the fifth-tallest in the Americas.	1965–

Nigeria Nigeria	225 cm	7 ft 4½ in	Afeez Agoro Oladimeji	Tallest man in Nigeria.	1975–

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Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), was the tallest person.

final_sentence: Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), was the tallest person.