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Last updated: September 20
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Guinness World Records Museum
statue of Robert Wadlow
with my buddy, Tim (6'8") and myself (6'6")
Robert Wadlow (tallest in history) 8'11.1" [2.72m] website Other
Wadlow sites "Wax" Robert & myself
John F. Carroll (1932-1969, Buffalo, New York) 8'7.75"website
Jack Earle (1924 movie: Jack & the Beanstalk) 8'6-1/2"
[2.60m], one source says 7'7.5" [2.32m] website
Maximinus Thrax (Roman Emperor) said to be 8' to 8'6" website
John Aasen (Movie and carnival giant, died 1938) said to be 8'6", more likely below 8ft, closer to 7ft website
John Rogan (1868-1905, Tennessee, tallest African American
ever) 8'6" [2.59m] (some sources: 8'8") website
Clifford Thompson "Count
Olaf" billed as 8'6"
website photo
Jan Van Albert billed as 8'6" [2.59m]website
Leonid Stadnik (Ukrainian, recently discredited by Guinness as world's tallest living person, wouldn't submit to official measuring) 8'5.5" [2.57m]
website website 2
Loushkin8'5" [2.565m] (skeletal evidence suggests
he was 7'10.5")
Al Tomaini (1912-1962, Barnum Circus, was married to Jeanie,
the Half-Girl) claimed 8'4.5", Guiness Records say 7'4" website
Trijntje Keever (1616-33, possibly tallest woman ever) 8'4.4"
[2.55m] website
Marianne Wedhe (1866-84, Germany) billed as 8'3.6" [2.53m]
(clothing evidence suggested she was not taller than 7'2.6") website
Ring Kuot (Sudanese 21 yr old, died June, 2007 from brain tumor surgery)
8'3" [2.5m] website
Vaino Myllyrinne (1909-63, Finland's tallest and tallest soldier
ever) 8'3" [2.51m] photo
Vikas Uppal "Vicky" (Rohtak, India, born 1986)
8'3" website
Ajaz Ahmed (Pakistan, possibly 8'4") 8'2" [2.489m]
website1
Edouard Beaupre (tallest Canadian in history) claimed 8'2" [2.489m] more likely about 7'8"
website1 website2
Bernard Coyne 8'2" article
Don Koehler (1925-81, had a twin sister who was 5'9")
8'2" website
Max Palmer "Paul Bunyan" (tallest wrestler ever, 1928-84) claimed 8'2" more likely 7'7"
website
Zeng Jinlian (tallest woman this century, China, died in '82
at 17yrs) 8'1-3/4" [2.482m] website
Sultan Kosen (officially new tallest living person) 8'1.2" [2.47m] website
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Fischer (possibly tallest couple ever, claimed 8'1" & 7'11"website
Gustaf Edman (1881-1912, tallest Swede ever) 8'1" [2.46m]website
Zhao Liang(2nd tallest living man, unconfirmed) 8'1" website
Louis Moilanen 8'1" website
Patrick Murphy (Irish Giant, 1834-62) claimed 8'1"
(measurement before death was 7'3.4")website
Gabriel Estavao Monjane (born 1944, Mozambique, tallest living in 1989) 8'0-1/2"
[2.46m] website
Suleiman Ali Nashnush (tallest basketball player ever, 1962 Libya) 8'0-1/2"
[2.45m] website
Feng-Jun Wang 8'1/2" [2.45m] website
Grady Patterson (1943-67, would have measured 8'8.25" if not for a curved spine)
8'0.25" [2.445m] website
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Aurangzeb Kahn (previous tallest living, Barnum & Bailey Circus)
8'0" [2.44m] website
1 photo
Hussein Mohamed Ahmed (Somalia) 7'11.67" [2.43m]website
Anna Swan & Captain Bates (Tallest couple ever) 7'11.5"? [2.425m] (other
source: 7'5-1/2" & 7'2-1/2") Swan Bates
Jun-Cai Zhang 7'11.5" website
George Augur (Barnum & Baily Circus 1844) "nearly"
8'0" website
Woo-Gow Chang 7'11" [2.41m] more likely height: 7'8.75"website
Feodor Machnov (1880-1905, Russian) 7'11" (claimed 2.82m)
website
Jack Shields (One of the Texas Giants, one of 9 brothers who were all tall) "
7'11" [2.41m] website
El Gigante de Altzo (Spain) "nearly"
7'10-1/2" [2.40m] website
Lars Opsata (Barnum Circus, born 1833) 7'10-1/2"
[2.40m] Photowebsite
Alexander Sizonenko 7'10-1/2"
website 1 website 2
Charles O'Brien (or Byrne) (Irish Giant, died 1783) billed as 8'4" [2.49m]
(according to skeleton evidence was about 7'10" [2.39m]) website
Malouk Bol (Grandfather of Manute Bol) 7'10" [2.39m]website
Jane Bunford (1895-1922, England) 7'10" website
Viktor Zabolotny (Lithuanian) 7'10" [2.39m] more likely height: 7'3.5"website
Angus MacAskill (Scotland born, of Cape Breton, Canada, 1825-63)
7'9" [2.37m] website
John Middleton "probably about 7'9" website
Regardus Rijnhout (Holland) "nearly"
7'9" [2.37m] website
Bao Xishun (also known as Xi Shun) 7'8.95" [2.361m]
website
Radhouane Charbib (Tunisia, one of 11 siblings - all 5'8")
7'8.9" [2.36m] website
Naseer Ahmaad Soomro (Pakistani man) 7'8.9" website
Sun Ming Ming (Chinese basketball player)
7'8.75" [2.356m] website
Yao Defen (Perhaps new tallest living woman from China) 7'8.5" [2.35m] some sources say 7'6"
website
Chang Woo Gow (Chinese giant: 1841-1893) billed as 7'11"
[2.41m] (actual height 7'8.75") website
Yasutaka Okayama (Japanese Basketball Player) 7'8-1/2" (2.35m) website
Michael Ri (N. Korean basketball) 7'8-1/2" website
George Bell (Biola University Basketball) 7'8" [2.34m] website
Eddie Carmel (movie: The Brain that Wouldn't Die) billed as
8'9" [2.67m] (actual height 7'8" due in part to curved
spine) website
Alam Channa (Pakistan, died '98) 7'8" website
Ghulam Shabbir (Pakistan) 7'8" at age 20, some sources say he is taller website
Igor Ladan some reports: 8'1" but according to Igor
himself: 7'8" website
Zech (Zach) DeVits (New Hampshire, died Apr 20, 2005) 7'8" website
Cornelius MacGrath (Tipperary, born 1736) 7'8"website
Johann Svarfdaelingur/Petursson (Iceland's tallest, movie: Carny, died '84) billed
as 8'8" [2.64m] (one source: 7'8") website
Adam Rainer (most variable stature ever, went from 3'10-1/2"
at 21 yrs. old to 7'1-3/4" at 32 yrs.) 7'8" (died at 51 yrs. in
1950)website
Neil Fingleton (tallest in England) 7'7.5" [2.324m]website
Henry Clay Thurston (tallest soldier in U.S. Civil War) 7'7-1/2"
[2.324m] (possibly closer to 7'1")website
Sandy Allen (world's 2nd tallest living woman) 7'7-1/4"
[2.32m] website
Manute Bol (ex nba player) 7'7" [2.31m] website
Albert Brough (promoted as 8ft, England, late 1800's) 7'7" website
Kenny George (UNC-Asheville Basketball) 7'7"
[2.324m] website
Gheorghe Muresan (ex nba, movie: My Giant) 7'7" website
Lock Martin ("Gort"-Day The Earth Stood Still) 7'7"
website
Jorge Gonzales (wrestler "Giant Gonzales") 7'7"
website
Henry Hite (movie: Monster-a-Go Go, real name: Henry Marion Mullin) claimed 8'2" actually
7'6-3/4" [2.305m] website
Hussain Bisad (previously 7'7-1/2", Guinness World Records to verify soon)
claiming 7'9" website
Shawn Bradley (nba) 7'6" [2.29m] website
Arthur Caley (The Manx Giant, Isle of Man) 7'6" website
Andy Charlton (W. New Mexico University basketball, 1998) 7'6"website
Mills Darden (weighed over 1000 lbs, died 1857) "about"
7'6" website
Ella Ewing (born in Missouri, 1872-1912?, toured with Barnum)
7'6" [2.286m] (promoted as 8'4.5"/2.54m by Ringling Brothers and Barnum) website
Maria Feliciana (3rd tallest living woman, Brazil) 7'6" website
Christopher Greener (2nd tallest in U.K.) 7'6-1/4" website
Baptiste & Antoine Hugo 7'6" & 7'4.58"; website
Calvin Lane (philanthropist
businessman) 7'6" website
Michael and James Lanier (tallest twins) 7'6" website
R.E. Madsen 7'6" photo
Matthew McGrory (feet: 29-1/2) 7'6" website
Yao Ming (Chinese NBA basketball player) 7'6" website
John Paul Ofwono (Uganda) 7'6" (according to East African
magazine) website
Emile Rached 7'6" website
website
Andy Van Volkenburgh (basketball, Fargo-Moorhead Beez of IBA) 7'6"
Will Foster (Gonzaga University basketball) 7'5" [2.24m] website
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Ivo Hogru (Czech basketball) 7'5" [2.24m] website
Chuck Nevitt (Houston Rockets 1982-90) 7'5" [2.24m] website
Pavel Podkolzin (Dallas Mavericks NBA) 7'5" website
Jerry Sokoloski (Canada's tallest basketball player) 7'5"
website
Andre The Giant (deceased wrestler, actor) listed at 7'4" [2.21m] (more likely closer to 7')website
John Bloom (tallest to ever play Frankenstein) 7'4" website
Rob Bruintjes (founder of Dutch Assoc. of Tall Persons) 7'4"
website
Jim Cully (one of 3 tallest pro boxers ever) 7'4" website
Mark Eaton (NBA top shot
blocker 1985) 7'4" website
Eric Gingold (nba prospect) 7'4" website
George Mitu (one of 3 tallest boxers) 7'4" website
John Rankin (1 of 3 tallest boxers) 7'4" website
Ralph Sampson (NBA finals 1986) 7'4" website
Ha Seung-jin (Korean basketball player) 7'4" website
Rik Smits (ex nba) 7'4" website
Slavko Vranes (nba pick from Belgrade) 7'4" website
Roberto Duenas (Barcelona, NBA player obtained by Miami Heat) 7'3" [2.21m] website
Arvydas Sabonis (NBA, Lithuanian) 7'3" website
Iakovos Tsakalidis (first Greek in NBA) 7'3" website
Peter Mayhew "Chewbacca" 7'3" website
George McArthur 7'3" website
Alexsandar Radojevic (NBA player, has a brother who is 6'3") 7'3"
website
Giant Silva (Professional Wrestler) 7'3" (various sites claim everything from 7'1" to 7'7")
website
Dilip Singh (WWE Wrestler known as "Great Khali") listed at 6'11-1/2" back in ninety's as a bodybuilder; now listed as 7'3"website
Hasheem Thabeet (UConn Basketball) 7'3" website
Rev Shaun Aisbitt (tallest from Ireland) 7'2" website
Jason Bennett (Kansas State basketball) 7'2"
website
Richard Kiel ("Jaws"-Spy Who Loved Me) 7'2"(possibly
shorter according to some); website
Paul Wight "The Giant" (wrestler, aka Paul Wright, White, Big Show) listed as 7'2"
(listed as 6'11" in university) website
Kevin Hall (Predator, Harry & the Hendersons) 7'2"
website
Malgorzata "Margo"
Dydek (tallest in wnba) 7'2"
website wnba stats
Kareem Abdul Jabbar (nba legend) 7'2" website 1 website 2
Nathan Popp (UNCB Basketball Player) 7'2" website
Frederic Weiss (French national basketball, famous for having
Vince Carter jump over him to dunk in Olympics) 7'2" website
Wilt Chamberlain (late great nba legend & tallest volleyball player
ever) 7'1" [2.16m] website
Ryan Doherty (Notre Dame,
new tallest baseball player ever) 7'1" [2.16m] website
Alexei Kazakov (tallest living volleyball player, Russia) 7'1" [2.16m] website
Richard Metcalfe (Scottish International Rugby player, world's
tallest rugby player & UK's tallest athlete) 7'1"website
Kevin Nash (pro wrestler) 7'1" (some sources say 6'11",
Kevin himself told one fan he is 6'10") website
Shaquille O'Neal (nba, actor, rap singer) 7'1" website
Marcin Nowak (tallest living volleyball player) 7'5/8" [2.15m]; website
Zhizhi Wang (first Chinese player in NBA) 7'1/4" [2.14m]
website
Brenden Adams (tallest living at 12 years old) 7'0" [2.13m] website
Marcellus Brown (ex basketball player and boxer) 7'0" [2.13m]
website
Vladimir Cuk (actor) 7'0" website
Panagiotis Fassoulas (former Greek basketball team captain, tallest
member of Greek Parliament ever) 7'0" website
Ryan Gandy (tied for 2nd tallest living volleyball player, UBC) 7'0"
Kane (WWF wrestler, real name: Glenn Jacobs) 7'0" (some say 6'10")
website
Kurrgan (wrestler, actor, real name: Robert Maillet) billed as 7'0" website
Jacob and John Nonemacher (twins, University of Wisconsin-Stout) 7'0" website
Jacek Ratajczak (Cal State Northridge, tied for 2nd tallest living volleyball player) 7'0" website
Carel Struycken (movie: Addams Family) 7'0"
Tiny Ron (movies: Ace Ventura, Naked Gun) 7'0" website
Nikolai Valuev (Heavyweight Boxing Champion) 7'0" website
Thomas Agergaard (Danish Saxophone player "almost 7 ft") 6'11" [2.11m] website website
Ryan Anderson (Seattle Mariners baseball recruit) 6'11"
website
Giant Haystacks (real name Martin Ruane) 6'11"
Jon Rauch (Tallest MLB player) 6'11" website
Aaron Sandilands (tallest Australian Football player) 6'11"
website
Uljana Semjonova (tallest female basketball Olympian) 6'11"
website
Gitika Srivastava (Harvard University basketball recruit) 6'11"
website
Tom (tallest lead singer of band "Feo Y Loco") 6'11"
website
Bill Walton (NBA former all star) 6'11"
Giant Baba (Japanese Wrestler, died Feb. '99) 6'10-1/2"
[2.09m] website
John Amaechi (founding patron of Big Brothers of England, only
British player in nba) 6'10" website
Ted Cassidy (tv's Addams Family "Lurch") 6'10"
[2.08m]
Bas van de Goor (volleyball player) 6'10" website
Randy Johnson (tallest pro baseball player) 6'10" website
Elena Kravchenko (Virginia Cavaliers basketball, tallest female
in Division 1-1999) 6'10" website
Martin Bayfield (English Rugby player, 90's) 6'10" website
Ivo Karlovic (world's tallest pro tennis player) 6'10" website
Tom Szymanski (world's tallest weatherman?) 6'10" website
Jorn Utzen (architect, designed Sydney Opera House) 6'10"
website
Larry Bird (nba legend) 6'9" [2.06m] website
Michael Crichton (writer of Jurassic Park) 6'9" [2.06m] website
Mark Calloway (wrestler-"The Undertaker") 6'9"
(some say 6'10") website
Zdeno Chara (tallest in nhl) 6'9"
Allyssa DeHaan (Michigan State University Basketball) 6'9"
website
Ekaterina Gamova (Russian volleyball) 6'9" website1 website2
Brad Garret (of tv's Everybody Loves Ramond) 6'9"
Suzy Gyarfash (Seminole College basketball) 6'9" website
John Isner (College Tennis Player) 6'9"
website
"Magic" (Earving)
Johnson (NBA Great) 6'9" website
Ed "Too Tall"
Jones (NFL legend) 6'9" website
Edmund Kemper (tallest serial killer) 6'9" website
Jonathan Ogden (Tallest current NFL Player) 6'9"
website
Sissy Pickett (Basketball, Martin High School, Louisiana) 6'9"
website
Caroline Welz (German Model) 6'9"
website
Will Sampson (late Native American actor) 6'8.5" [2.045m]website
Manny Yarbrough (Sumo Wrestler) 6'8.3" [2.04m]website
Joel Garner (West Indies Cricket player) 6'8" [2.03m]website
Heidi Gillingham (basketball player) 6'8" website
Zheng Haixia (wnba basketball) 6'8" website
Martin Johnson (rugby, British Lions) 6'8" (some sources
say 6'6") website
Richard Moll (actor on tv's "Night Court") 6'8"
website
Neil (drummer for "Mocca") 6'8" website
Richard Bruce Reid (Australian Cricket) 6'8" website
Oliver Reidel (bass player for German band, Rammstein)
6'8" website
Maria Stepanova (wnba) 6'8" website
Gustavo Borges (world champion swimmer) 6'7-1/2" [2.02m]
Long John Baldry 6'7" [2.006m]
Tall Barney Beal (folk hero) 6'7" (some say 6'10") website
James Cromwell (George Sibley in tv series "Six Feet Under", tallest Oscar nominated actor of all time) 6'7" website
Julius Erving (Dr. J) (NBA Legend, inducted World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in 1995)
6'7" website
Erika Fall (basketball player, Indiana All Star 1993)
6'7" website
Dave Prowse (Darth Vader of Star Wars) 6'7" website
The Tallest Poker Players
Some of the best poker players are also among the tallest.
Huck Seed,1996 world champion and known to play texas holdem like a god, is 6'7 (2.01 m).
Phil Hellmuth and Erik Seidel are two other tall poker players.
Coleen Smith (volleyball) 6'7" website
Hulk Hogan 6'7" website
Kevin James (Scotland,
Uk's tallest soccer player) 6'7"
Montell Jordan 6'7" website
Tom "Tiny" Lister
Jr. (Fifth Element) 6'7" website
Dr. "Misha" Kaladjan Jr. (Russian Composer) 6'7" website
Krist Novoselic (bass player for band Nirvana) 6'7" website
Peter the Great 6'7" website
Anthony Robbins 6'7" website
Joey Ramone 6'7" website
Nick Tweed-Simmons (Son of Gene Simmons) 6'7" website
William Wallace (Scottish Hero) 6'7"
Kara Wolters (WNBA player) 6'7" website
James Arness (of tv's Gunsmoke) 6'6" [1.98m], or 6'7"
according to TV Guide website
Usama Bin Laden (world's most dangerous man) 6'6" (or 6'4")
website
Kristen Bowden (Texas basketball) 6'6" website
Vince Carter (nba) 6'6" website
Fred Dryer (of tv's "Hunter") 6'6"
Bill Fagerbakke (of tv's "Coach") 6'6" website
Jim Fowler (of tv's "Wild Kingdom") 6'6" website
Vicente Fox Quesada (Mexican president) 6'6" website
William Gates II (father of Bill Gates) 6'6" website
Thomas Groves (warlock of movie The Wonder Guy) 6'6" website
Dan Harbord (artist, basketball star & list maker *S*) 6'6"
website
Audley Harrison (UK's gold medal Olympic boxer) 6'6"
Ken Howard (of tv's "White Shadow") 6'6"
Penn Jillette (of the comedy group, Penn and Teller) 6'6" website
Michael Jordan (nba great) 6'6" website
Merlelynn Lange-Harris (Canadian National Basketball) 6'6" website
Dolph Lundgren 6'6" website
Amber Oliver (USC volleyball) 6'6" website
Ann and Claire Recht (tallest female twins) 6'6" website
Peter Steele (singer for band Type O Negative) 6'6" website
John Tesh 6'6"
Tommy Tune 6'6" website
Lowell Weicker Jr. (former governor of Connecticut) 6'6" website
Jenny Whittle (Australian basketball) 6'6" website
Oksana Zakauluzhnaya (wnba)
6'6"
Min Rebecca Zhuang (Chinese
model) 6'5.6" [1.971m]
Fish (Scottish Singer) 6'5-1/2" website
Zrinka (model, ex UCLA basketball) 6'5-1/2" website
Heidi & Heather Burge (2nd tallest female twins) 6'5" [1.955m]Heidi, Heather
Will Butler (singer for band Arcade Fire) 6'5" website
Chuck Connors (tv's "Rifleman") 6'5"
Michael Duncan (The Green Mile, Armageddon) 6'5"
Lou Ferrigno 6'5" website
Mick Fleetwood (of "Fleetwood Mac") 6'5"
Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster on "The Munsters") 6'5"
website
Craig Kilborn 6'5" website
Vladimir Kulich ("The Beast" of tv's Angel) 6'5"
website
Christopher Lee 6'5" website
Lisa Leslie (wnba) 6'5" website
Jonah Lomu (New Zealand Rugby) 6'5"
Mark McGwire 6'5" website
Super Dave Osborne 6'5"
Tim Robbins 6'5" website
The Rock (Wrestler) 6'5" website
Kyle Secor (of tv's Homicide: Life on the Street, Commander in Chief) 6'5" website
Howard Stern 6'5" website
Ryan Stiles (of tv's "Drew Carey") 6'5"
Nikola Tesla 6'5" website
Vince Vaughn 6'5" website
Nina Willemse (Liberty University basketball) 6'5" website
Michael "Wild Thing"
Wilson (Harlem Globetrotter, holder
of world record for highest dunk ever at 12 feet!) 6'5" website
Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) 6'5" website
John Cleese 6'4-3/4" [1.95m] website
Stephen Fry 6'4-1/2" [1.94m] website
James Brolin 6'4" [1.93m]
Charlemagne (medeival king) 6'4" website
Chevy Chase 6'4" website
Vincent D'Onofrio 6'4" website
Michael Dorn 6'4" website
Clint Eastwood 6'4" website
David James Elliot (of tv's "JAG") 6'4"
Rupert Everett 6'4" website
Jeff Goldblum 6'4"
David Hasselhoff (Baywatch) 6'4"
Rutger Hauer 6'4"
Rock Hudson 6'4"
Howard Hughes 6'4"
website
Megumi Kawamura (tallest Japanese model, ex volleyball star) 6'4"
website
John Kerry 6'4" website
Helmut Kohl 6'4" website
Harvey Korman 6'4" website
John Larroquette (of tv's "Night Court") 6'4" website 1 website 2
C-Murder (rap singer) 6'4" website
Abraham Lincoln "nearly" 6'4"
John Mayer 6'4" website
Mile High Mikayla 6'4"
website
Ralph Nader 6'4" website
Conan O'Brien 6'4" website
Jared Padaleck (of tv's "Supernatural") 6'4" website
Vincent Price (horror film great) 6'4" website
Christopher Reeve 6'4"
Steven Seagall 6'4"
Jason Segel 6'4" website
Tom Selleck 6'4"
Henry Simmons (of tv's "NYPD Blue") 6'4"
Roger Waters (fomerly of band Pink Floyd) 6'4" website
John Wayne 6'4"
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