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Second-tallest man in the Netherlands; he was known as the giant of Rotterdam. Early June 2011, a life-size statue of Rijnhout was unveiled in the Oude Westen district in Rotterdam. [47] 1922–1959 (36) Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka Japan: 237 cm: 7 ft 9.3 in: Tallest man in Japan; no color images of him exist even though he died in the 1960s. [48]
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.
Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. In its 1981 edition the Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man, the tallest non-pathological giant and the largest true giant in recorded history at 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m), he also had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man at 80 inches (203 cm).
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]
Martin's watch was as big as a saucer. On a visit to the United States, the barker from Barnum took them to the area of Seville where he lived. They both found it a pleasant place to live and ...
Mills Darden (October 7, 1799 – January 23, 1857 [1]) was an American who became famous as one of the largest men ever in human history.His enormous size both in terms of his body weight and height made him one of the biggest humans to have ever lived.
Robert Hughes was born in Monticello, Missouri, the son of Abraham Guy Hughes (1878–1957) and Georgia Alice Weatharby (1906–1947).He was born "weighing a hefty but not abnormal" 11 pounds 4 ounces (5.1 kg) [2] [3] and was a "fairly average-size baby until he contracted whooping cough at about five months old."
Jon Brower Minnoch (September 29, 1941 – September 4, 1983) [2] was an American man who is the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb (635 kilograms; 100 stone) at his peak. [3] [note 1] Obese since childhood, Minnoch normally weighed 800–900 lb (363–408 kilograms; 57–64 stone) during his adult years.