Hello how may I help you? Who is the world's tallest man? According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the tallest man in the world is Sultan Ksen. Exactly how tall is he? He is exactly 8 feet, 2.8 inches tall. Yikes! How old is he? He died in 1940 at the age of 22. Where did he live? When he was alive he lived in Illinois. What is the record height for a woman? That would be Zeng Jinlian, at 8 feet, 1.75 inches. Thanks