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8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois , was an American man. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
7 ft 8 in: Only person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 118 cm (3 ft 10 in) tall at age 21 and peaked at 234 cm (7 ft 8 in) when he died, having doubled his height as an adult. 1899–1950 (51) Alam Channa: Pakistan: 234 cm: 7 ft 8 in: Pakistani, considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998. [80] 1953–1998 (46)
Jacob Rheuben Erlich (July 3, 1906 – July 18, 1952 [1]), professionally credited as Jack Earle, was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer. Earle claimed to be one of the world's tallest humans standing 8 ft 6.5 in (2.60m) however his actual height was only around 7 ft 6 in (229 cm). [2]
Grey-skinned (sometimes green-skinned) humanoids, usually 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, hairless, with large heads, black almond-shaped eyes, nostrils without a nose, slits for mouths, no ears and 3–4 fingers including thumb. Greys have been the predominant extraterrestrial beings of alleged alien contact since the 1960s. [5] Hopkinsville goblin [6] [7] [8]
Alice is portrayed as an Amazonian giantess (8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) tall), bald, with a large nose (reminiscent of a proboscis monkey, or of Rastapopoulos from The Adventures of Tintin), no visible mouth, and extremely hairy forearms and legs.
2.52 m (8 ft 3 in) Édouard Beaupré , (January 9, 1881 – July 3, 1904) better known by his nickname "The Willow Bunch Giant" was a Canadian circus and freak show giant, professional wrestler , strongman , and star of Barnum and Bailey's circus.
Koehler and his twin sister were born to parents of taller than average height. Their mother was 5 ft 10 in (178 cm); their father was 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). He started an abnormal period of growth when he was 10 years old. The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed Koehler at a standing height of 8 ft 2 in (249 cm) at his peak. His twin sister ...
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]