Tallest man

Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), according to Guinness World Records is the tallest man in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He is often known as the Alton Giant. Wadlow reached an unprecedented 8 feet 11.1 inches (2.72 m) in height and weighed 439 pounds (199 kg) at his death. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to a tumor within his pituitary gland. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death.

for me its my bro... 6'6"....

REALLY??? thats surprising.....Its really strange coz I have not seen anyone taller than 6.5 ft in my life

The tallest man ever recorded was Robert Wadlow of lllinois who at his death was 8ft 11ins i.e 2.71m.
He died in 1940 at the age of 22.

Currently the tallest ma in the world is 33 yrs oldd Lenoid stadnik who lives in Ukraine.In april 2004 his recorded height was 8ft 14in i.e 2.54m and he continues to grow.

Great discussion dude I want to share something Amitabh Bacchan the great actor of India is also quite tall

That is one tall man! The tallest person that I have seen was actually a wax figure of the tallest man at that time in the Guiness Book of World Records wax museum in Ontario, Canada sometime in the late 1980's

yaa he is a very tall man.

nice collection.

a real boring topic dude.. try to post something which is a bit more interesting and in which people might think to answer

The tallest man in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence is Robert Pershing Wadlow. He was born at Alton, Illinois, USA, on February 22, 1918, and when he was last measured on June 27, 1940, was found to be 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.

Wadlow died at 1:30 a.m. on July 15, 1940, in a hotel in Manistee, Michigan, as a result of a septic blister on his right ankle caused by a brace, which had been poorly fitted only a week earlier. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, in a coffin measuring 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in) long, 81 cm (32 in) wide and 76 cm (30 in) deep.

Wadlow's greatest recorded weight was 222.71 kg (35 st 1 lb) on his 21st birthday and he weighed 199 kg (31 st 5 lb) at the time of his death. His shoe size was 37AA (47 cm, 18½ in long) and his hands measured 32.4 cm (12¾ in) from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. He wore a size 25 ring. His arm span was 2.88 m (9 ft 5¾ in) and his peak daily food consumption was 8000 calories.

At the age of nine, he was able to carry his father Harold F. Wadlow, later Mayor of Alton, who stood 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) and weighed 77 kg (170 lb), up the stairs of the family home.