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Top 10 tallest people in the world ever recorded

Below are the 10 people with the tallest heights on the planet ever recorded, notably Robert Wadlow holds the world record with a measurement of up to 2.72 meters.

1. Robert Wadlow

Robert Wadlow is known as the world's tallest person in recorded history and confirmed by Guinness World Records. Robert Wadlow was born and raised in Alton, Illinois. The tallest man in the world is also known by names such as “Alton the Giant” and “Illinois the Giant”.

Wadlow's height is 2.72m when his weight reaches 199kg. The reason why he is unusually tall is considered to be due to the influence of pituitary gland hypertrophy, causing growth hormone in the body to increase excessively.
He died at the age of 22. However, even before his death, Wadlow's body showed no signs of stopping this abnormal growth in height and weight.
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2. John Rogan

John Rogan is the name ranked 2nd in the list of tallest people in the world. He is the tallest African-American man in history with a height of 2.67 and a weight of 104kg. John began to grow very quickly in height from the age of 13.
Often appearing in the press, John is called a "black giant". At the same time, because he is so tall and thin, and cannot stand or walk normally, he is also described as "a living skeleton".

John Rogan died in 1905. At this time, he weighed only 48kg.
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3. John F. Carroll

If you are wondering who the next tallest person in the world is, John F. Carroll is the "answer". John F. Carroll is the third tallest man in the world with a height of 2.63m.

Carroll was born in Buffalo, New York. He is also known as the “Buffalo Giant”. This unusual growth in height began when he turned 16. Statistics show that John F. Carroll's height even increased by 20cm within 1 year. He passed away at the age of 37.
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4. Franz Winkelmeier

Franz Winkelmeier, born in 1860 in Austria, is the next person recorded as the tallest person in the world with a height of 2.59m. He is also the tallest person in European history. Franz Winkelmeier is known as the “Giant of Friedburg-Lengau”.
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5. Julius Koch

Julius Koch was born in 1872 and died in 1902 in Germany, he was also known as “Le Geant Constantin”. Julius Koch's admirable height reaches 2.56m. In particular, the skeletal dimensions measured on his body are:

The longest femur ever measured was 76cm.
The longest arm bone is 37.6cm.
The foot bone is measured to be 44cm long.
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6. Al Tomaini

Al Tomaini is a person whose height is 2.54m. When he was 12 years old, he was taller than his father with an outstanding measurement of 1.89m. Through examination, doctors determined that the abnormality in Al Tomaini's height was due to an overactive pituitary gland. He died in 1962 when he turned 50.
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7. Édouard Beaupré

Édouard Beaupré is the next tallest man in the world mentioned on the list with a height of 2.51m. He is known as the tallest wrestler as well as a shining star in the “Barnum and Bailey” circus.
When he was 9 years old, Édouard Beaupré's height was 1.83m taller than his peers. Then, by the age of 17, he was 2.21m tall.

Édouard Beaupré died in 1904 when he was only 23 years old.
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8. Väinö Myllyrinne

Väinö Myllyrinne is considered an “acromegalic giant” by the Finns. He had a height of 2.24m and a weight of 141kg when he turned 21. After going through a growth period, he reached a height of 2.51m.

In 1962 - a year before his death, doctors recorded Väinö Myllyrinne's height as 2.48m. Väinö Myllyrinne also has the largest known arm span with a measurement of 29cm.
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9. Sultan Kösen

Sultan Kösen is the tallest person alive in the world today when compared to the names mentioned above. Currently, he owns the tallest height in the world at 2.51m. His development was due to the effects of a pituitary tumor.
On August 25, 2009, Kösen's standing height was recorded by Guinness World Records as his height. At that time, Sultan Kösen's height reached 2.46m. On February 9, 2011, Kösen was re-measured at a height of 2.51m by Guinness World Records.
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10. Don Koehler

Don Koehler was the name listed by Guinness as the tallest person in the world in the 1970s. He began a period of unusual growth when he was 10 years old. Guinness World Records confirmed Koehler at his peak standing height of 2.49m.
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