how tall is the tallest person living now
Indeed, GWR only knows of 10 confirmed or reliable cases in history of humans reaching 8 ft or more. Sultan first became the world's tallest living man in 2009, when he measured 246.5 cm (8 ft 1 in) in height. He took the title from Xi Shun (China, b. 1951), who measured 2.361 m (7 ft 8.95 in) in height when measured in 2005.