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Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, and the tallest American woman, until her death on 13 August 2008. [164] 1955–2008 (53) Vasiliki Caliandi Greece: 230 cm: 7 ft 6.5 in: Tallest woman in Greece. [165] 1882–1904 (22) Sun Fang China: 221 cm: 7 ft 3 in: Asserted to be the world's tallest living woman in 2016. [166]
Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in). [2] Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. [3] Due to his condition, he uses crutches to walk. [4]
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians .
Hussain Mahamed Ahmed, [1] more commonly known as Hussain Bisad (born 1975) (Somali: Xuseen Maxamed Axmed (Xuseen Bisad)) is one of the tallest people in the world and the tallest known person in the UK, at 2.32 m (7 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). He held the record for the largest hands of anyone alive until Sultan Kosen took the record. His hands are 10 ...
A team analyzed information from a database called LifeLines which contains data about more than 94,500 northern Netherlands residents.
U.S. men who once ranked among the third tallest in the world one hundred years ago now find themselves at 37th. While American women dropped from fourth tallest to 42nd.
Rumeysa Gelgi (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish web developer, who is best known for holding the record for Guinness World Record for tallest living woman since 2021, though several other living women not yet confirmed by Guinness are known to be taller. [1]
Zeng was born on 26 June 1964 in Yuanjiang, Hunan, to a poor farming family, as the youngest of four children, [a] growing up in Nanzui Town by Muping Lake. Her parents Zeng Xianmao and Yu Xuemei [b] were 163 cm (5 ft 4.2 in) and 156 cm (5 ft 1.4 in) respectively, with all her siblings being in within similar height range, with a brother being measured at 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) at age 18. [1]