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Wadlow (left) at ten years old, 1928 Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois , on February 22, 1918, to Harold Franklin and Addie May (Johnson) Wadlow, and was the oldest of five children. He was taller than his father by age 8, and in elementary school a special desk was made for him.
Source: YouTube/Top Trending As a kindergartner, 5-year-old Wadlow wore clothes intended for a 17-year-old. Three years later, Wadlow towered at a height of 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed nearly ...
Robert Wadlow, the tallest verified human, with his 5 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (182 cm) father This is a list of the tallest people , verified by Guinness World Records or other reliable sources. According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest person in recorded history , measuring 272 cm (8 ft 11 ...
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The world's tallest man, as confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, is Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was born in 1918 in Alton, Ill. Standing at a colossal 8'11.1″ (2.72 m) and weighing in at ...
A 10-year-old boy was rescued by Texas State Troopers after he crossed the US border on Thanksgiving Day only to be abandoned by smugglers in a desolate stretch of territory.
Her abnormal height development started when she was four months old. Zeng outgrew her mother by age five and at age 13, she stood 232 cm (7 ft 7.5 in), taller than the tallest man Robert Wadlow was at the same age, at 224 cm (7 ft 4 in). Zeng still attended school, starting at age 7 and graduating in 1980.
John Rogan (February 12, 1867 – September 11, 1905; some sources indicate 1871 as his birth year), [1] was an American sharecropper who was recorded as the tallest non-mobile person ever, and the second-tallest person ever at 8 feet 9 inches (267 cm), behind Robert Wadlow.