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7 ft 9 in: Tallest person in Michigan history and one of the tallest men in the world during his lifetime. He may have been 8 ft 1 in (246 cm) tall. [60] 1885–1913 (28) Walter Straub Germany: 236 cm: 7 ft 9 in: Tallest man in Germany while he was alive. [61] 1925–1986 (61) Rachid Bara Algeria: 236 cm: 7 ft 9 in
Donald A. Koehler (September 1, 1925 – February 26, 1981) is one of 24 known people in medical history to have verifiably reached a height of 8 feet (240 cm) or more. He was generally recognized as the tallest living man in the world from at least 1969 until his death in 1981.
The world's tallest man was 3 feet tall as a toddler, could carry his father at age 9, and stretched to a fantastic height of 8 feet 11 inches.
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.
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.
Olivier Rioux is listed at 7-foot-9 on Florida's website, which would make him the tallest college basketball player ever. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) (Andy Lyons via Getty Images)
Bao Xishun (also known as Xi Shun; born November 2, 1951) is a Chinese herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, recognized by Guinness World Records as one of the world's tallest living men at 7 feet 9 inches (236 cm) tall. [1] He was formerly certified as the tallest living man by the Guinness World Records.
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.