List of tallest people
Men
Columns: Nationality | Metric | Imperial | Name | Lifespan
United States | 2.72m | 8ft 11in | Robert Wadlow | 1918–1940 | United States | 2.68m | 8ft 9½in | John Rogan | 1868–1905 | United States | 2.63m | 8ft 7½ in | John F. Carroll | 1932–1969 | Ukraine | 2.57m | 8ft 5.5 in | Leonid Stadnyk | 1971– | Finland | 2.51m | 8ft 3 in | Väinö Myllyrinne | 1909–1963 | Canada | 2.51m | 8ft 3 in | Edouard Beaupré | 1881-1904 | Turkey | 2.51m | 8ft 3 in | Sultan Kösen | 1982– | United States | 2.49m | 8ft 2 in | Bernard Coyne | 1897–1921 | United States | 2.49m | 8ft 2 in | Don Koehler | 1925–1981 | India | 2.49m | 8ft 3 in | Vikas Uppal | 1986–2007 | Ireland | 2.46m | 8ft 1 in | Patrick Cotter O'Brien | 1760–1806 | Morocco | 2.46m | 8ft 1 in | Brahim Takioullah | 1982- | Iran | 2.46m | 8ft 1 in | Morteza Mehrzad | 1987- | Germany | 2.46m | 8ft 1 in | Julius Koch | 1872–1902 | Mozambique | 2.46m | 8ft 1 in | Gabriel Estêvão Monjane | 1944–1990 | Libya | 2.45m | 8ft ½ in | Suleiman Ali Nashnush | 1943–1991 | France | 2.45m | 8ft ½ in | Jean-Joseph Brice | 1835–? | Germany | 2.44m | 8ft 0 in | Anton de Franckenpoint (Langer Anton) | Unknown | People's Republic of China | 2.42m | 7ft 11¼ in | Zhang Juncai | 1966– | Indonesia | 2.42m | 7ft 11¼ in | Suparwono | 1985–2012 | Puerto Rico | 2.41m | 7ft 11 in | Felipe Birriel | 1916–1994 | India | 2.41m | 7ft 10 in | Asadulla Khan | 1988– | Soviet Union | 2.41m | 7ft 10 in | Alexander Sizonenko | 1959–2012 | Belarus | 2.39m | 7ft 10 in | Feodor Machnow | 1878–1912 | Austria-Hungary | 2.38m | 7ft 10 in | Grgo Kusić | 1892–1918 | Pakistan | 2.38m | 7ft 10 in | Naseer Soomro | 1975– | Mongolia | 2.36m | 7ft 9 in | Öndör Gongor | 1880/85 – 1925/30 | United States | 2.36m | 7ft 9in | Louis Moilanen | 1885–1913 | United Kingdom | 2.36m | 7ft 9 in | Angus MacAskill | 1825–1863 | United Kingdom | 2.36m | 7ft 9 in | Frederick Kempster | 1889–1918 | People's Republic of China | 2.36m | 7ft 9 in | Sun Ming-Ming | 1983– | People's Republic of China | 2.36m | 7ft 9in | Bao Xishun | 1951– | Germany | 2.36m | 7ft 9 in | Walter Straub | 1925–1986 | Algeria | 2.36m | 7ft 9 in | Rachid Bara | 1974-2009 | Tunisia | 2.35m | 7ft 8½ in | Radhouane Charbib | 1968– | United States | 2.35m | 7ft 8 in | Brenden Adams | 1995– | United States/ Ukraine | 2.35m | 7ft 8⅓ in | Igor Vovkovinskiy | 1982– | North Korea | 2.35m | 7ft 8½ in | Ri Myung Hun | 1967– | India | 2.34m | 7ft 8 in | Polipaka Gattaiah | 1975– | United States | 2.34m | 7ft 8 in | George Bell | 1957– | Fiji | 2.34m | 7ft 8 in | Kaliova Seleiwau | 1981– | Austria | 2.34m | 7ft 8 in | Adam Rainer | 1899–1950 | Pakistan | 2.34m | 7ft 8 in | Alam Channa | 1953–1998 | Iceland | 2.34m | 7ft 8 in | Jóhann K. Pétursson | 1913–1984 | Somalia | 2.33m | 7ft 7.4 in | Hussain Bisad | 1975– | United Kingdom} | 2.32m | 7ft 7½ in | Neil Fingleton | 1980– | United Kingdom | 2.31m | 7ft 7 in | Paul Sturgess | 1987- | United States | 2.31m | 7ft 7 in | Kenny George | 1987– | Brazil | 2.31m | 7ft 7 in | Joélisson Fernandes da Silva | 1991– | Argentina | 2.31m | 7ft 7 in | Jorge González | 1966–2010 | Ireland | 2.31m | 7ft 7 in | Charles Byrne | 1761–1783 | United States | 2.31m | 7ft 7 in | Max Palmer | 1927–1984 | Romania | 2.31m | 7ft 7 in | Gheorghe Mureşan | 1971– | Sudan | 2.31m | 7ft 7 in | Manute Bol | 1962–2010 | Belgium | 2.30m | 7ft 6.75 in | Alain Delaunois | 1971– | Azerbaijan | 2.30m | 7ft 7 in | Aleksandar Rindin | 1985– | Montenegro | 2.30m | 7ft 6.5 in | Slavko Vraneš | 1983– | Viet Nam | 2.29m | 7ft 6.25 in | Trần Thành Phố | 1947–2010. | United Kingdom | 2.29m | 7ft 6¼ in | Christopher Greener | 1943- | Algeria | 2.29m | 7ft 6⅕ in | Saad Kaiche | 1985– | Senegal | 2.29m | 7ft 6.25 in | Malik Sidibe | 1985– | Russia | 2.29m | 7ft 6 in | Sergey Ilin | 1988– | People's Republic of China | 2.29m | 7ft 6 in | Yao Ming | 1980– | United States / Germany | 2.29m | 7ft 6 in | Shawn Bradley | 1972– | Senegal | 2.29m | 7ft 6 in | Moussa Seck | 1986– | United States | 2.29m | 7ft 6 in | Matthew McGrory | 1973–2005 | Colombia | 2.28m | 7ft 5⅔ in | Asdrúbal Herrera Mora | 1986– | Slovakia | 2.28m | 7ft 5⅔ in | Martin Miklosik | 1986– | Japan | 2.28m | 7ft 5⅔ in | Yasutaka Okayama | 1954– | Peru | 2.28m | 7ft 5⅔ in | Margarito Machacuay | 1965–